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May 16, 2016 7 Things to Say When a Conversation Turns Negative By Kathleen Kelley Reardon A helpful list of replies and comebacks.

Generational issues What Millennials Want from a New Job by Brandon Rigoni, Ph.D., Amy Adkins It's not a ping-pong table. Collaboration Research: You Have Fewer Friends than You Think by Alex "Sandy" Pentland Only half of friendships are reciprocal. Economy Corporate Inequality Is the Defining Fact of Business Today by Walter Frick And it's shaping how we all get paid. Leadership Why We Pick Leaders with Deceptively Simple Answers by Gianpiero Petriglieri Anxiety. Motivating people Recognizing Employees Is the Simplest Way to Improve Morale by David Novak Eight ways to address the recognition deficit. Productivity 4 Organizational Mistakes That Plague Modern Knowledge Workers by Maura Thomas Starting with open offices. Branding Build Your Brand as a Relationship by Mark Bonchek, Cara France It's not a one-way conversation anymore. Innovation To Grow as a Person, Selectively Forget the Past by Vijay Govindarajan A simple approach to change.

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