Steve Beard, CEO of Adtalem Global Education, believes setbacks are a good chance to learn from mistakes or failure to set yourself up for future success. "There's time to be heads down and focus on the work in front of you, but you've also got to be heads-up, surveying the landscape and looking for the opportunities to reach the next rung of the ladder," said Beard. "And you've got to do that at the same time."

Making frequent, character-building deposits into your trust account with your boss or your team helps ensure any unfortunate behavioral blips have minimal impact in the workplace, SmartBrief Senior Leadership Editor Candace Chellew writes. Chellew explains what trust deposits look like as both a leader and an employee, and suggests ways to ensure you and your team are on strong footing with one another.

Indra Nooyi, PepsiCo's former chairman and CEO, says the best way to "earn the stripes to be a leader" is by surrounding yourself with mentors who can help advance your career and reveal your growing edge. "It's not just the old CEO group that can support you. Your network might have people much younger than you, and they're the ones who can tell you what you need to learn," Nooyi notes.

Eighty percent of employees admit to lying during job interviews, with 44% doing so frequently, and those with higher education are more likely to do so, according to ResumeLab. A separate Gartner survey reveals nearly 50% of job applicants use generative AI in the application process, and Gartner's Caroline Ogawa warns that lying during recruitment is leading to job mismatches and candidates backing out after offers have been accepted.

When you have a highly skilled candidate applying for a job, make sure their professional values coincide with the company's, which can be discovered by spending time with them, asking them about their motivations and figuring out how committed they are to this specific role, advise a panel of business leaders. You can also make the position more attractive to candidates by explaining how professional development is possible along with long-term training and development, says Johan Hajji with UpperKey.

A new survey from Slack Technologies found that workers aren't as productive if their day includes more than two hours of virtual or in-person meetings. Some companies have taken to creating entire weeks where no meetings can be scheduled or discouraging meetings on a particular day of the week to make time for the work that requires focus and concentration.

Overcome procrastination and make progress toward your goals by reminding yourself of your long-term goals, networking with those who can help you and developing a plan made up of more immediately achievable tasks to set yourself up for success, writes Camille Preston, the founder and CEO of AIM Leadership. "As you embark on your own path to success, carry with you the knowledge that every setback is a stepping stone, every fear is an opportunity for growth, and every goal is within your reach," Preston writes.

Wild chinstrap penguins in Antarctica get 11 hours of sleep a day by taking over 10,000 microsleeps that last just seconds, according to a study published in the journal Science. Researchers collected sleep data from brain and neck implants in a group of penguins and discovered the napping habits, which researchers believe may help the penguins avoid predators by reducing the length they are asleep at a time.