Rather than peruse job sites for your next job, look to a community group to find job leads, especially one that has corporate sponsors or a fundraising component. Joining a group also will plug you into what's going on in your community, which could open doors.

Distractions are the largest barrier to satisfying work and leave employees feeling exhausted without results to show their accomplishments, according to corporate productivity trainer Maura Thomas. Three things to end the distraction habit are becoming aware of the problem, planning your tasks and making your habit less convenient.

Good leaders put less emphasis on hard work and concentrate more on trusting the employees and working with them to establish values, writes Art Petty. "The pivot to empathy creates a powerful leadership moment," Petty writes.

In a corporate world full of different personalities, look out for bosses who might be a psychopath or sociopath, writes career consultant Jack Kelly. Signs to watch out for include manipulativeness, selfishness, egotistical and unstable behavior, micromanagement and angry confrontations.

There are at least 13 C-suite titles with a majority of women, including chief diversity officers, chief people officers, chief HR officers and chief learning officers, according to LinkedIn data. "The newest C-suite titles may be less bogged down by historical gender biases associated with the standard corner office positions," writes Caroline Fairchild.

Learning to recover from stress turns it into a chance for growth, says Raphaela O'Day of the Johnson & Johnson Human Performance Institute. O'Day recommends planning "serious recovery time as a reward" after the holidays if December is crunch time for your business.

Studies show climate change is causing certain bird species in North America to shrink. Interestingly, the warming climate is also changing the shape of these birds.