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Avoid people-pleasing behavior to boost your career Being too focused on making others happy can take a toll on your career because you might be left with little time to pursue tasks that matter most, writes Lisa Evans. Here are four ways to regain control of your schedule. Fast Company online (7/12)When you're on a team, it's not just about you The best team members practice servant leadership -- putting others' needs ahead of their own, following the team's vision and setting teammates up to succeed, writes Randy Conley. "The legendary Michigan football coach Bo Schembechler was famous for preaching these words: 'The Team! The Team! The Team!' " he writes. Leading With Trust blog (7/14)
3 Strategies for Gen Z By 2025, Gen Z will represent nearly 1 In 3 workers worldwide. As companies integrate Gen Z with their existing workforce, it's key to understand this new generation's workplace preferences. Are you ready? Prepare for the next-gen workforce today.
Whether or not hugging is acceptable varies by industry, region and rank at work, say workplace etiquette experts. They offer alternate ways of expressing warmth if a person's body language signals too much contact is unwelcome. CNN (7/13)
Worried about being overqualified? It depends on gender A study finds hiring managers often resist hiring men who are overqualified, fearing they'll lack dedication to the position, writes Patty Tascarella. For women, however, being overqualified tends to alleviate employer concerns about mothers prioritizing family over career. The Business Journals (tiered subscription model)/Pittsburgh (7/12)How to help a hiring manager see you in the position Talking to hiring managers as you would a trusted co-worker allows them to envision you as a rightful member of the organization, writes psychology and marketing professor Art Markman. "If you instead think about interviewers as people looking to find potential colleagues, and the conversation as an opportunity for everyone to get to know one another, the relationship changes," he writes. Harvard Business Review online (tiered subscription model) (7/12)
Balancing Yourself
6 therapy alternatives to reduce anxiety There many ways to reduce symptoms of anxiety these days, including eye movement desensitization and reprocessing therapy, chatbots and gardening. Virtual reality has been used to address fear of flying as well as the fear of being trapped, which led one person to avoid subways. Marie Claire magazine (7/2019)
Ella White was aboard Lifeboat No. 8 on April 14, 1912 as the Titanic sunk and she used her cane -- which contained a small battery-powered light inside -- to guide her and fellow survivors to safety. The cane will be up for sale at Guernsey's Auction Saturday and is estimated to sell for roughly $500,000. Atlas Obscura (7/15)
You can forget facts but you cannot forget understanding.
