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December 04, 2017 How to Control Your Emotions During a Difficult Conversation By Amy Gallo Getting worked up will only make things worse.

Strategy execution 8 Tough Questions to Ask About Your Company's Strategy by Paul Leinwand, Matthias Bäumler Most companies don't have the answers. National competitiveness A Tax Plan that Hurts Education Will Hurt U.S. Competitiveness by Amy Webb Making college less affordable means America's employers will find it even harder to hire great talent. Career planning How to Ask Your Boss for Time to Learn New Things by Rachael O'Meara A six-step plan for making a persuasive request. Professional transitions Even Senior Executives Need a Side Hustle by Dorie Clark Today no one should rely on just one income stream. Security & privacy Hackers Are Targeting Your Mobile Phone. Here Are 15 Ways to Slow Them Down by Luke Bencie, Camille Mouliard, Maxime Proud Don't be an easy mark. Reorganization How We Reorganized Instagram's Engineering Team While Quadrupling Its Size by James Everingham Define the outcomes you want, and the structure will follow. Social responsibility People Think Companies Can't Do Good and Make Money. Can Companies Prove Them Wrong? by Amit Bhattacharjee, Jason Dana Research shows "anti-profit beliefs" are widespread. Economy The Case for Good Jobs by Zeynep Ton Better pay and more opportunities. Your workers want those things. So should you.

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