Kate Lewis, the chief content officer for Hearst Magazines, says she became a better leader when she decided to be herself -- a smiling, friendly person. Lewis says this enabled her to "have more candid, more deep, more real conversations."

China has been recruiting potential spies on LinkedIn, The New York Times reported Wednesday. Posing as corporate headhunters, Chinese agents have been targeting academics and former government officials, the newspaper reported.

Google has announced that it will shut down Hire by Google, a recruiting platform designed to help small and medium-size businesses recruit and hire job candidates. The platform will cease operations on Sept. 1, 2020 in order to focus on other Google Cloud products, the company said in a statement.

Fewer Americans are switching jobs, limiting opportunities to learn new skills and make more money, writes Brittany De Lea. One study shows the rate of workers who change jobs has decreased as much as 38% in the past 20 years.

Workers over 50 who want to change careers should focus on their contacts, make sure their skills are up to date and be willing to make the case that they are passionate about taking a new direction, writes Katie Russell. "Loads of people start new careers at a very late stage," says Heather McGregor, executive dean of Edinburgh Business School.

Doing more with less, fixing bad relationships, dealing with poor-performing or "toxic" employees and managing difficult customers can lead to chronic stress that can make it difficult to effectively run a business, writes Nadine Greiner. Focusing on the task at hand and fostering teamwork are among strategies that can help overcome stress-related obstacles.

Lego is testing a program that will make the instructions for some of its kits available as braille or text for voice readers. The blind and visually impaired have always been able to use Legos via their sense of touch, but this initiative might broaden the range of products they can build.