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August 13, 2018 5 Things to Do When You Feel Overwhelmed by Your Workload By Alice Boyes Start tracking your time to figure out how much you're actually working.

Leadership Research: To Be a Good Leader, Start By Being a Good Follower by Kim Peters, Alex Haslam A study of Royal Marines suggests "stand out from your peers" isn't always good advice. Change management How to Tell Your Team That Organizational Change Is Coming by Liz Kislik Prepare what you'll say, and personalize it for each audience. Strategic planning 6 Steps to Make Your Strategic Plan Really Strategic by Graham Kenny You don't need dozens of strategic goals. Work-life balance 4 Conversations Every Overwhelmed Working Parent Should Have by Joseph Grenny, Brittney Maxfield With your boss, your children, your partner, and yourself. Entrepreneurship What MoviePass Can Teach Us About the Future of Subscription Businesses by Eddie Yoon The company provides a cautionary tale about understanding pricing and demand. Leadership Why Great Success Can Bring Out the Worst Parts of Our Personalities by Darko Lovric, Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic Once you've reached the top, do you have to care what anyone thinks? Career planning Starting a New Job? Take Control of Your Onboarding by Susan Peppercorn It can set you up to succeed later on. Business education Research: Business School Really Does Influence How Students Make Decisions Later On by Jiwook Jung, Taekjin Shin A study looks at the lasting effects of MBA education.

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