Harvard Business Review
Why People Get Away with Being Rude at Work
To our dismay, our study discovered a tendency on the part of managers to blame employees for the mistreatment they …
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Across our curated articles on work, you'll find a range of guides, stories, research studies and actionable tips on how to navigate the workplace, office culture and politics, meetings, open-plan offices, and a whole lot more.
Signal v. Noise
How to onboard a new hire
Recently I hired someone new here at Know Your Team. Here’s exactly what I wrote on Day 1 and the 23 questions I asked …
WorkThe New York Times
How Phones Made the World Your Office, Like It or Not: From desk to car to pocket
The telephone began to pervade our lives at the end of the 19th century, and then — as you can see in these photos from The …
WorkThe Wall Street Journal
Yes, You Actually Should Be Using Emojis at Work
Once viewed as a frivolity, emojis are now key to clear and concise communication, esprit de corps and cultivating a shared …
WorkOneZero
Don't Put Your Work Email on Your Personal Phone
Mobile Device Management potentially gives your company the ability to spy on your location, your web browsing, and more.
WorkBonnie Eisenman
What I Know About: Being Sick at Work
I’ve spent a lot of time working on skills to make it easier for me to exist in a professional environment. This …
Health WorkThe Hustle
How much money can you make on Amazon Mechanical Turk?
Mechanical Turk offers workers the freedom to complete menial tasks for small sums of cash. But is the platform really a …
WorkJan Harasym
How to survive an open office.
However, for me, if I have some work that really must be done I end up doing it at home. When I’m in the office I just …
WorkThe Startup
The Silent Meeting Manifesto v1: Making meeting suck a little less
Meetings suck. It’s a universally accepted truth.
I’m here to tell you that they don’t have to. I’m …
WorkUniversity of Cambridge
One day of paid work a week is all we need to get mental health benefits of employment
“We know unemployment is often detrimental to people’s wellbeing, negatively affecting identity, status, time …
Health WorkThe DESK Magazine
How to Email a Busy Person & Get a Reply
If you want to email a busy person and get a response, you’d better write a good email. And after sending and receiving …
WorkDice
Burnout is Now an Official Medical Condition
Burnout is real, and it now has its own distinction with the World Health Organization (WHO) as a legitimate medical …
Health WorkJustin Jackson
The Freedom Ladder
Have you ever seen a painter use a scaffold? It’s a ladder you construct to get from ground level up to the elevation …
Life WorkDuke's Fuqua School of Business
Love Your Job? Someone May be Taking Advantage of You
If someone is passionate about what they do, we see it as more legitimate to exploit them, according to new research from …
WorkForge
How to Outlaw the Office Bully
New legislation seeks to clearly define workplace bullying — and offer employees a chance to fight back.
WorkFast Company
Almost half of American workers have cried at work
48% have cried at work. While women are more inclined to break down in tears over stress, 36% of men also acknowledged crying …
WorkThe New York Times
Is Conference Room Air Making You Dumber?
A small body of evidence suggests that when it comes to decision making, indoor air may matter more than we have realized.
Health WorkNew York Magazine
People Who Claim to Work 75-Hour Weeks Usually Only Work About 50 Hours
Virtually anyone you know who claims to be working more than 60 hours a week is not telling the truth.
WorkThe New York Times
Where the Good Jobs Are
For people without a college degree, finding work that offers decent pay can be a challenge. The solution may require a …
WorkQuartz
The five types of communication problems that destroy company morale
In organizations, it often seems like all problems are eventually communication problems, because communication is the way we …
WorkFast Company
Why companies are still reluctant to introduce the four-day workweek
There’s plenty of evidence on the benefits of a four-day workweek. But many companies are still hesitant to make the …
WorkDavid Perell
The Ultimate Guide to Writing Online
Writing online is the fastest way to accelerate your career. It’s the best way to learn faster, build your resume, and …
Life WorkQuartz
It took a century to create the weekend—and only a decade to undo it
But the week is man-made, arbitrary, a substance not found in nature. That seven-day cycle in which we mark our meetings, …
Life WorkInc.
Ikea Just Killed the Open-Plan Office
Can we have the best of both worlds? Ikea says yes–and backs it up with a working prototype.
WorkHacker News
How do I ask for a raise?
I’m a shy person regarding this question, I have a friend that his method is “I have another offer, can you …
Career WorkOneZero
How to Quit Your Job in 837 Easy Steps
I found myself Googling whether to leave my job — while leading PR at Google.
Career WorkThe Wall Street Journal
See How Your Salary Compares
Over 1,000 companies, including Amazon, JPMorgan and Walmart, have disclosed how they compensate workers. Find out where your …
Money WorkThe Atlantic
Workism Is Making Americans Miserable
For the college-educated elite, work has morphed into a religious identity—promising identity, transcendence, and community, …
WorkThe Guardian
Four-day week: trial finds lower stress and increased productivity
Study of pilot at New Zealand firm finds staff were happier and 20% more productive.
WorkHacker News
What company environment has enabled your best work?
Interested in specifics around team dynamics, communication, learning, decision making, physical layout, etc.
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