Tuesday, July 19, 2016

Give Yourself Permission to Work Fewer Hours

 


THE WEEKLY HOTLIST: Harvard Business Review

July 18, 2016

Give Yourself Permission to Work Fewer Hours

By Elizabeth Grace Saunders


Leadership

The Psychological Underpinnings of This Strange Political Summer by Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic

They're not rational.


Job search

Why You Should Always Go Off-Script in a Job Interview by Tanya Menon, Leigh Thompson

Prevent your interviewer from making snap judgments.


Entrepreneurship

What's the Most Lucrative MBA Career? by Richard S. Ruback, Royce Yudkoff

Consultants versus small-business owners.


Data

The 4 Mistakes Most Managers Make with Analytics by Anja Lambrecht, Catherine Tucker

Collecting lots of data is not the hard part.


Diversity

Why Subtle Bias Is So Often Worse than Blatant Discrimination by Eden King, Kristen Jones

It's more common and harder to prove.


Stress

The Data-Driven Case for Vacation by Shawn Achor, Michelle Gielan

People who take 11 or more vacation days are 30% more likely to receive a raise.


Communication

What Great Listeners Actually Do by Jack Zenger, Joseph Folkman

It's about more than keeping quiet.


Personnel policies

How We Rewrote Our Company's Mental Health Policy by Kelsey Meyer

A five-step process other companies can use.


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