To change a negative employee's behavior, the first step is to recognize and eliminate preconceptions so you truly listen to what is being said. It is also important to ensure the company culture is not toxic.

Only leaders practicing empathetic, transparent and curious leadership will solve the talent crisis and reduce turnover, writes Kate Wolff, founder and CEO of Lupine Creative. "Empathy grows within agency culture when we teach people to understand the gap between perceptions and intentions, and the importance of treating both sides of any interaction with an equal ear," Wolff writes.

Acting as your own career coach can help you progress in the field, and this process starts with a heightened sense of self-awareness. Think about how you want to be perceived in different work scenarios, and ask yourself questions to gain insight.

The late basketball coach John Wooden talked about vision as looking with one eye through a microscope and the other eye through a telescope, showing that leaders need to be able to execute on the details while pursuing long-term goals. "This focus on the small is not to say we become micro-managers -- that can be a hinderance to progress in its own way," writes Ken Downer.

The Supreme Court on Thursday blocked the Biden administration's COVID-19 vaccine-or-test requirement for businesses with at least 100 workers but allowed a similar requirement for health care workers at facilities receiving federal funding to stand. President Joe Biden criticized the court's decision to overturn OSHA's vaccine mandate and called on employers to proceed with their own requirements "to protect their workers, customers and communities."

Medieval artwork and modern media depictions of the Middle Ages often show warriors riding large horses, but a new study suggests reality was somewhat different. Actual medieval warhorses were more the size of modern ponies than today's steeds, according to the findings in the International Journal of Osteoarchaeology. Zooarchaeologists examined and measured nearly 2,000 bones from the time period and found that many of the warhorses were diminutive in stature. However, they were still considered big for their time.