Poor performers might need specific feedback and a bit of encouragement, or their performance could be suffering because of a faulty system, writes David Burkus. "Even if there isn't much praise to be given, making an effort to catch low performers doing something right a few times can help create a more productive conversation when the time comes for constructive feedback," Burkus writes.

When we assume that people understand our requests, will give us feedback and know how their work contributes to the organization, we set ourselves up for frustration and misunderstanding, writes John R. Stoker, who offers 12 mistaken expectations that can trip us up. "Part of becoming more emotionally intelligent and a more effective leader is about identifying our expectations and clearly sharing them with others," Stoker argues.

Video Window Remote has launched an Android and iOS app aimed at enhancing the communication between on-site and virtual workers. CEO Daryl Hutchings explains that the technology "enables you to really be present with the people you work with while successfully completing your projects and accomplishing your goals," and Hutchings says privacy safeguards are in place to prevent unauthorized access.

The National Football League is heading into this season with 12 woman coaches -- a record high -- and women now make up the highest-ever number of NFL office jobs at 38.2%. Women who work within the NFL discuss the initiatives that are driving more gender diversity, including the league's Women's Careers in Football Forum.

The concept of "learn for four years and go work for the rest of your life is just completely obsolete," says CEO Adam Enbar of Flatiron School, which teaches technology skills. In this Q&A, Enbar says most of Flatiron's students are between 25 and 45, "but we definitely have younger and older students who are super successful."

Lasting companies are able to navigate changing markets by performing well in 10 tangible and intangible ways, such as using analytics, having empathy, mastering and operating at scale across geographies, says venture capitalist Robert Siegel. "It's not only the competencies of digital and physical but understanding broadly how systems and groups interact with each other, and the consequences of these interactions," Siegel says.

Some people dive into the wine business right off the bat, while other people shift into it after successful careers in other fields -- like film producer-turned-winemaker Carroll Kemp, lawyer-turned-wine store co-owner Gina Trippi and the four other pros profiled here. "Making the decision to trade Wall Street for tanks, barrels and vineyards ranks near the top for choices made in my life," says winemaker Jamie Kutch, owner of Sonoma, Calif.-based Kutch Wines.

Data from the OECD has been used to predict when each country around the world will recover from the economic wallop it received from COVID-19. Countries like China, Turkey and the US are deemed to have already completed their economic recovery. Most countries are expected to recover by the end of 2022, and a few might see their recovery stretch into 2023 or even early 2024.