If you want to be a great public speaker, talk to yourself to get a sense of your voice and cadence, bring in friends to help you improve, and study what you admire about other speakers and how to implement their strategies, writes Robin Stombler, president of Auburn Health Strategies. "Good public speakers often have knowledge, passion and confidence in the matter they discuss -- even if they aren't 'perfect' speakers," Stombler writes.

Naming the fear and anxiety you feel when challenges arise, talking with others to get a different perspective and creating a ritual to shake it off can help you move forward and gain more confidence, writes Terri Klass. "Looking at fear through a different and creative lens can help leaders see a new way of moving out of their paralysis," Klass writes.

Target has made notable advances in diversity and inclusion in recent years, and Chairman and CEO Brian Cornell shared at NRF 2023: Retail's Big Show that women now hold one-third of the company's board seats, along with half the positions on its leadership and store leadership teams. Cornell led a panel of four female Target executives who talked about the moves both subtle and bold that the retailer has been making to create a more inclusive culture.

Some employers are focusing on "proactive rest" by allowing employees to schedule their own breaks and take naps, cutting back on meetings, shutting down the business for a week and shifting to a 32-hour, four-day workweek, says Brent Cassell, vice president of Gartner's HR group. "How do we think about rest not to recharge after we burn out, but ensure our employees stay charged over time?" Cassell asks.

Podcasts are an effective way for business-to-business marketers to reach busy decision-makers who like listening to content while doing other tasks and companies with their podcasts experience higher awareness, consideration and purchase intent, Lesley Vos writes. Vos explains how to plan, record, edit, submit and promote B2B podcasts.

If your job calls for you to stare at a computer screen most of the day, then chances are you sit for long periods of time. Such sedentary behavior is not good for your health, and the work-from-home trend only compounds this problem because you don't even have to get up to leave your home. Experts say it is important to get up and move for 5 minutes twice an hour.

Wild pumas, also known as cougars, mountain lions or panthers, are being seen again east of the Mississippi River after being all but extirpated, and researchers have identified more than a dozen areas along or east of the river suitable for sustaining cougar populations. Allowing cougars to thrive "would most likely result in healthier forests, safer roadways, less zoonotic disease and, in turn, healthier human communities," but human communities must first learn to coexist with the big cats, writes biologist Mark Elbroch, co-author of the study published in Biodiversity and Conservation.

I am Janet Connor Kahler, editor of Your Career. I have been with SmartBrief for 13 years in a variety of jobs, including my current job as content production manager. I have experience in hiring, training and managing workers and have taught college courses that include resume writing and job interviewing. I've never produced a podcast, but I did conduct many radio interviews in my college radio days.