The underrated importance of your website domain | How this intrinsic change can improve all leadership | Remote workers break out the laptops at Disney World
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Too many startups overlook their domain name when growing their business, writes Laws.com founder Boris Kreiman. Picking the best domain name means choosing one that describes what you do and using one-word dictionary words, Kreiman writes.
If gender were removed from the leadership equation, female leaders would outnumber men because they display more emotional intelligence and empathy, but many women become leaders by outdoing men in masculine traits, which can lead to lousy leadership no matter the gender, says Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic, author of "Why Do So Many Incompetent Men Become Leaders?: (And How to Fix It)." "The point is not to have more biological women in charge but to have better leaders in charge," says Chamorro-Premuzic.
Remote workers are increasingly setting up to work at Disney World and documenting their experiences on social media. "I think people are adopting and looking to adopt a situation where they can work at the same time they're experiencing something they enjoy," said AJ Wolfe, who has been writing about Disney parks for 15 years.
Hey hanging, where an internal work message starts with "Hey" or "Hiya" and then ... or ... nothing, can strike fear in the receiver as their brain spirals with worst-case scenarios, says psychotherapist Bryan Robinson. "The brain has to know 'What's going to happen?' for survival," says Robinson. "Our minds go, 'I'm in hot water.'"
The post-pandemic 'Great Reshuffle' continues transforming American industry, as workers seek job satisfaction and better pay and conditions. The manufacturing sector has been particularly hard-hit, losing a significant tranche of workers during the pandemic. While durable goods manufacturing is seeing a stronger recovery, the broader industry is struggling to fill hundreds of thousands of open positions.
Conflict happens, but it's how you handle the five stages that it passes through before it escalates into a blowup that will help you be a better leader, writes consultant, speaker and author Marlene Chism. Feeling an inner disturbance is the first stage, followed by justifying someone's behavior, seeing them as an adversary, finding proof of that assumption and finally aggression toward them. If you can recognize where you are in those stages, you're more likely to defuse the situation, Chism notes.
Walking around Charlotte this past weekend, my very fit son wondered if the burgeoning city has an Equinox yet (it doesn't). Even though the Queen City is filling fast with skyscrapers and bank professionals, it is not quite ready for the new Optimize by Equinox program, where $40,000 a year will get you a new lease on health and longevity. The program includes twice-yearly biomarker testing, fitness trainer, sleep coach and nutrition coach. The cost includes gym membership, thank goodness. -- Janet Kahler, editor of Your Career
Tokyo Telecommunications Engineering was founded in 1946 and made its mark building transistors for Bell Labs. TTE soon after changed its name to what?