Holacracy has been key to generating and implementing ideas at Zappos, organizational designer John Bunch says. Bunch discusses how holacracy supports creativity and autonomy through decentralized management, in which people belong to different work circles and contribute to multiple projects.

When top-performing employees announce their departure, approach the situation sympathetically to understand why, writes SYPartner's Dacia J. Faison Roe. Accept that it may be counterproductive to try to keep these employees on board with a pay increase or other incentives, which would only postpone the inevitable.

Vision care is among the Affordable Care Act's essential benefits and it has become a must-have in employer benefit packages, experts said. Peter DeBellis of Bersin by Deloitte said the benefits trio of health, dental and vision has a high participation rate and vision plays a role in many chronic health problems.

Leaders can make their criticism more constructive by phrasing it as a question or by showing appreciation for someone's initiative, writes executive coach Hanna Hart. "Even if you feel quite certain of your critique, it is more respectful and positive to practice curiosity," she writes.

Australian blogger Karen Alpert became frustrated with her husband's lack of help with chores and sent him to the grocery with a list of items including 3% milk, unsour cream, fat-free hummus and diet Diet Coke. Alpert turned off her phone so her husband could not contact her once he was at the store.