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April 27, 2015 Why So Many of Us Experience a Midlife Crisis By Hannes Schwandt Fortunately, satisfaction returns in your 60s.

Managing yourself Emotional Intelligence Doesn't Translate Across Borders by Andy Molinsky Sometimes "not bad" means "really great." Productivity The Remedy for Unproductive Busyness by Francesca Gino and Bradley Staats Fight your innate bias toward action and take the time to reflect. Technology Here's How Managers Can Be Replaced by Software by Devin Fidler An experiment in automation. Communication The Dos and Don'ts of Work Email, from Emojis to Typos by Andrew Brodsky How to use emotion in your messages. Career planning Stop Fantasizing About the Perfect Job by John Lees It's about as useful as fantasizing about the perfect spouse. Compensation Do CEOs Really Have the Power to Raise Wages? by Walter Frick How the market for labor really works. Competition There Are Still Only Two Ways to Compete by Roger Martin Though there are many ways to be competitive. Organizational culture Why "Company Culture" Is a Misleading Term by John Traphagan There's a lot more going on.

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