Wednesday, January 3, 2018

Weekly Hotlist: To Find Meaning in Your Work, Change How You Think About It

 


THE WEEKLY HOTLIST: Harvard Business Review

January 02, 2018

To Find Meaning in Your Work, Change How You Think About It

By John Coleman


Managing yourself

Are You Having Trouble Focusing? These Simple Strategies Will Help by Rasmus Hougaard, Jacqueline Carter

Start by looking for patterns.


Job search

How to Highlight Your Talents in a Job Interview Without Showing Off by Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic

Use concrete examples, not generic statements.


Gender

What Research Tells Us About How Women Are Treated at Work by Gretchen Gavett

Six of the most important studies we covered in 2017.


Economics

Breaking Down the New U.S. Corporate Tax Law

Mihir Desai, a professor of finance at Harvard Business School, breaks down the brand-new U.S. tax law. He says it will affect everything from how corporate assets are financed to how business are structured. He predicts many individuals will lower their tax burdens by setting themselves up as corporations. And he discusses how the law shifts U.S. tax policy toward a territorial system of corporate taxes, one that will affect multinationals and national competitiveness. Finally, Desai explains what he would have done differently with the $1.5 trillion the tax cut is projected to cost.


Managing up

What to Do When You Don't Feel Valued at Work by Rebecca Knight

How to highlight your achievements without bragging.


Workspaces

Coworking Is Not About Workspace — It's About Feeling Less Lonely by Steve King

89% of people say it makes them happier.


Meetings

How to Save a Meeting That's Gotten Tense by Joseph Grenny

Tips for calming down the crowd.


Organizational structure

When to Decentralize Decision Making, and When Not To by Herman Vantrappen, Frederic Wirtz

There is such a thing as an organization that's too responsive.


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