Weekly Hotlist: The Research Is Clear: Long Hours Backfire for People and for Companies

 

Aug 21, 2015 The Research Is Clear: Long Hours Backfire for People and for Companies By Sarah Green Carmichael The high cost of overwork.

Human resource management What Separates Great HR Leaders from the Rest by Jack Zenger, Joseph Folkman And what the bad ones do poorly. Psychology Employees Can't Be Summed Up by a Personality Test by Peter Bregman Curiosity is a better assessment tool. Psychology Happiness Isn't the Absence of Negative Feelings by Jennifer Moss A skeptical look at the positive-psychology backlash. Strategy Google Couldn't Survive with One Strategy by Martin Reeves And neither can your company. Pricing A Refresher on Price Elasticity by Amy Gallo You can't form a pricing strategy without it. Career planning Turning Your Complex Career Path into a Coherent Story by Anna Ranieri Connect the dots for hiring managers. Decision making Amazon Is Right That Disagreement Results in Better Decisions by Cass R. Sunstein But it can be done without humiliating people. Giving feedback Giving Feedback When You're Conflict Averse by Amy Jen Su Avoiding confrontation makes things worse.

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