Some employers are rejecting the continuation of remote working as offices look to reopen, a move that could prove shortsighted as workers aren't afraid to seek new roles that give them the flexibility they want. "In order to create something meaningful -- something that keeps talent from looking elsewhere -- the process must be employee-centric, with freedom and flexibility built into the design," says YARD NYC CEO Ruth Bernstein.

Employers may be better off scheduling which days employees should report to the office in a hybrid work arrangement instead of allowing them to decide on their own, HR leaders and other executives say. "When you give too much choice to employees, you can inadvertently create a two-tiered system," says Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic, ManpowerGroup's chief talent scientist.

Make your presentations memorable by sticking to the core idea, keeping the main points to five or fewer and creating a logical framework, writes Stephanie Scotti. "This framework becomes the road map, letting your audience know where you are taking them -- directly and unmistakably -- from Point A to Point B," she writes.

To help women of color attain senior leadership positions, give them opportunities to head team projects, create employee resource groups and train managers, writes Tiffany Pham, CEO of Mogul. "Find alignment with their goals and create a career plan for advancement," Pham writes.

The global job market has changed irrevocably during the pandemic with structural changes to the economy accounting for high worker demand in some sectors, low demand in others and employees willing to walk away from jobs if flexibility is not on the table, Julia Horowitz writes. Some of the biggest reasons for worker shortages are people leaving city centers and employees leaving particular industries hit hard by lockdowns, and working conditions and pay will be key priority areas for employers.

In regions of the world where COVID-19 concerns have eased, people are starting to ease back into social settings the likes of which they haven't encountered in more than a year. The neuroscience about the negative effects social-distancing and lockdowns have had on people's mental health has been widely reported, but less is known about how reversible those effects might be.

People who, after a stressful day at work, decide to browse social media or watch a Netflix show instead of going to sleep are doing what's called revenge bedtime procrastination, which can only harm the body because they deprive themselves of needed sleeping time, said clinical psychologist Sabrina Romanoff. Romanoff cautions that while the act of "revenge" and taking back leisure time feels good in the moment, instead allocate time for a short leisure activity before bed.

A mere 60 years after she first wrote the New York Yankees to inquire about working as a batgirl, Gwen Goldman finally got her day to shine.