Weekly Hotlist: Being a Two-Career Couple Requires a Long-Term Plan

 

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March 05, 2018 Being a Two-Career Couple Requires a Long-Term Plan By Avivah Wittenberg-Cox The questions you should be asking.

Meetings Plan a Better Meeting with Design Thinking by Maya Bernstein, Rae Ringel Start with empathy. Stress Senior Executives Get More Sleep Than Everyone Else by Rasmus Hougaard, Jacqueline Carter Rest is essential for logical reasoning, attention, and mood. Collaboration How to Collaborate Effectively If Your Team Is Remote by Erica Dhawan, Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic Err on the side of communicating clearly. Accounting Why Financial Statements Don't Work for Digital Companies by Vijay Govindarajan, Shivaram Rajgopal, Anup Srivastava Traditional accounting can't explain how companies like Uber and Twitter are valued. Gender How Women Can Develop — and Promote — Their Personal Brand by Dorie Clark Establish a narrative and share your ideas. Leadership & Managing people Diversity and Authenticity by Katherine W. Phillips, Tracy L. Dumas, Nancy P. Rothbard Minorities hesitate to share information about themselves at work. That's a problem for everyone. Personnel policies HR Goes Agile by Peter Cappelli, Anna Tavis Agile isn't just for tech anymore. Leadership development How CEOs Without College Degrees Got to the Top by Kim Rosenkoetter Powell, Elena Lytkina Botelho, Vamsi Tetali A diploma isn't the only credential that counts.

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