When You’re Asked to Meet Impossible GoalsThe real leadership skill is not figuring out how to do it all; it’s knowing when and how to push back.
How to Start a Podcast, From Those Who Have Done ItIf it’s time for you to take the mic, this step-by-step guide will help you get set up.
Spring Cleaning, but Make It Your Career: Here Are 6 Steps to Rebuild on Your Own TermsPlotting a career change or ready to leave a toxic job? These tips will help you reset, rebuild, and reclaim your professional life.
Beyond the Boardrooms: Surprising Places You Can Work With a Business DegreeThink business degrees only lead to corporate boardrooms? Think again. From fashion houses to film sets, government offices to global nonprofits, business grads are making their mark far beyond Wall Street. Discover how this versatile degree opens doors across industries—with high salaries, growing demand, and surprising career paths you never saw coming.
From Paul Weiss to DLA Piper, 5 Lawyers Share How They’re Using AI at WorkLawyers from Big Law to solo practices are cautiously testing AI for specific tasks to trim some time from routine steps.
Trump Said Cuts Wouldn’t Affect Public Safety. Then He Fired Hundreds of Workers Who Help Fight Wildfires.ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up for Dispatches, a newsletter that spotlights wrongdoing around the country, to receive our stories in your inbox every week.
CEO Matt Bromberg on ending Unity’s ‘war’ against its customersToday, I’m talking with Matt Bromberg, who is the CEO of Unity, one of the leading video game development platforms. He’s been in the job for less than a year, and in many ways, he is the perfect Decoder guest.
How the Best Leaders Master Their Communication with ConfidenceWhat's the one thing every successful leader, innovator and visionary must master? They don't just talk — they connect. They ignite action, build trust and spark real, lasting change. And let me tell you something — communication is more than words.
I'm 58 and lost my 6-figure job. Over a year of applications later, I still haven't found anything.This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Pete Petersen, 58, who has been looking for work since February 2024 after he was laid off from his corporate job. Petersen spent much of his career in the consumer products healthcare division of a pharmaceutical company.
Help! A Nice Man at Church Asked Us for a Favor. We Have No Idea What We’re About to Get Into.This is Prudie Phones a Friend, a new feature where Jenée Desmond-Harris calls a few experts for their advice to a letter writer. Submit questions to Prudence here. My partner and I—we’re a queer couple—are some of the only young people at our small church.
'Your RIF notice is not cancelled.' Inside a chaotic week of massive layoffs at HHSChaos and confusion dominated the restructuring affecting thousands of workers at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services this week. Some people who were fired are being unfired, at least temporarily. Some managers don't even know who still works for them.
Time ManagementLord Chesterfield (1694 – 1773) famous for his letters to his son on the Art of Becoming a Man of the World and a Gentleman, remarked, “Take care of the minutes and the hours will take care of themselves.
Former USAID employees are still stuck with their work devicesAfter DOGE demolished USAID, the Trump administration has yet to collect work laptops and phones that could expose sensitive information. After DOGE demolished USAID, the Trump administration has yet to collect work laptops and phones that could expose sensitive information.
The Evolution of a Folk-Punk HeroPatrick Schneeweis was never the voice of a generation, but perhaps he was the voice of a tendency.
My 6 must-have Linux apps for productivity, and why they make work easierSince I made the jump to Linux all those years ago, I have never once found myself missing out on applications. Sure, there have been moments early on when I thought there were better options available on other platforms, but those days are in the past.