Being turned down for a promotion taught Marcia Smith, co-founder and president of documentary-production company Firelight Media, not to underestimate herself even if an employer had underestimated her. In this Q&A, Smith explains why "wait your turn" is bad advice and insists career growth often doesn't follow a straight path.
One way the Great Resignation manifests is when an up-and-coming star is given a new boss who offers little support, development or relief from too much work, writes Wanda Wallace of Leadership Forum, who offers five signals for such situations. "Feeling uncared for is deadly for motivation and destructive to performance over the long run," Wallace writes.
Imposter syndrome manifests differently depending on people's makeup and upbringing, and LaRae Quy walks through five common -- and mistaken -- reasons for feeling like an imposter. For each reason, Quy describes the characteristics and offers advice on how to reframe your mindset.
HR in 2022 will continue to grapple with hiring challenges, a greater emphasis on culture and rapid advances in technology, writes Josh Bersin. "And it's time to think about the HR function as a professional services organization: one with consultants, product managers, service delivery, and technology all in one," Bersin writes.
Expensify awards pay raises, including those for the CEO, based on an extensive voting process in which all employees can participate and the company does not allow salary negotiations. "It has a nice benefit -- we think it controls for internal bias because there is no manager you have to suck up to," says CEO David Barrett, while Gabi Horowitz, head of marketing and brand, says, "It's a way we can all acknowledge and reward each other for our hard work."
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Depression is often common among entrepreneurs, even those like Melissa Bernstein, who created a $550 million enterprise selling old-school toys. Changing their trajectory involved admitting a need for help, finding it and no longer lying about how the pressures of the job affected them, say experts.
You know those warm and fuzzy feelings many of us get during this time of year? There's science behind them. Plenty of variables come into play, such as cultural preferences, location and environment, and researchers are studying how and why certain things (Jack Frost nipping at your nose, maybe?) elicit feelings of comfort.
