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May 9, 2016
A Simple Brain Hack For More Creative Problem Solving
Think innovation is out of your reach? You're just not approaching the thinking correctly.
Think outside the box.
How To Help Fix Your Employee's Time Management Problem
Being bad at time management isn't necessarily a personal failing, it's a skills gap that you can help coach your employee to overcome.
You might think that by the time people enter the workforce, they would know how to manage their time. And yet in any office, there is someone who creates chaos and bad feelings because of his or her relationship with the clock. As a manager, "You really shouldn't be the one who has to teach this," says Bruce Tulgan, author of Bridging the Soft Skills Gap, and yet if it's a business issue, then you do. So how can you teach an employee time management?
What To Do During Your Employees' First Week To Avoid Losing Them
More than 40% of turnover happens within the first month, which means it's more important than ever to engage them from day one.
If a new employee is going to quit, chances are it will happen within the first six months. More than 40% of turnover happens within the first month, and another 10% or more leave before their first anniversary, according to a study by Equifax Workforce Solutions. That means it's more important than ever to engage them from day one.
5 Habits Of Great Leaders
The best leaders are busy during their downtime, but not in the ways you might think.
The habits of the best leaders are well documented. They're self-aware. They admit mistakes. They take care of, recognize, and communicate well with their teams.
Here's How To Be A Great Intern Manager
Overseeing your company's internship program could propel you into a management role.
Remember what it felt like to be the intern at the office? Your first step in the real world—an exciting but absolutely terrifying experience because you knew this could be the thing that makes or breaks your career. No pressure, right? Well, now you get to relive the experience from the other side of the desk. Congrats—you're the intern supervisor!
May 8, 2016
My Week With The Rolls-Royce Of Routers
Chet Kanojia's new company wants to do away with ISPs—and traditional Internet as we know it. It's starting with routers.
I feel sorry for my router. We ignore it for weeks on end. We hide it in a corner covered in spiderwebs and cords. We've never said anything good about it. Sometimes, we yell at it.
These Students Built A Glove That Translates Sign Language Into English
Two UW undergraduate students won $10,000 for building a gadget-loaded glove that translates sign language gestures into audio.
A pair of undergraduates at the University of Washington made a glove that translates gestures in American Sign Language (ASL) into English and speaks it via speakers. The SignAloud glove won them a $10,000 Lemelson-MIT Student Prize and international attention. Now they're figuring out how to refine their gadget for social good...and make sure they pass their college exams.
Can Crowdsourcing Help Make Life Easier For People With Disabilities?
Apps and websites are compiling volunteers' input to help with everything from finding wheelchair ramps to overcoming cognitive impairments.
These days GPS technology can get you as close as about 10 feet from your destination, close enough to see it—assuming you can see.
The San Francisco Giants Want To Bring Fans Closer To The Action With VR
Watch out for those line drives coming at your head.
When Willie Mays, one of the five greatest players in baseball history, took to the field at AT&T Park in San Francisco on April 7, more than 43,000 Giants fans watched from the stands as he waved his cap and soaked in their adulation.
The 17 Things Managers Should Never Say
A former army paratrooper shares some of the worst leadership slip-ups that he heard over his career and why they can destroy morale.
When poor leaders make it into the general and flag officer ranks, it can really be destructive to the military profession and unit effectiveness. It's no different in the civilian world where people are even less likely to point out that the emperor has no clothes for fear of losing their job. Below are 17 sayings from senior leaders demonstrating poor leadership that I overheard as an aide-de-camp for three well-known successful generals. People who habitually say these things or act in this manner can send organizations hurtling in the wrong direction unless there was a very strong team of soldiers, noncommissioned officers, and junior officers to keep the unit on track despite their failing commander.
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