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  • How To Change Your Boss’s Mind

    A lot of advice about persuasion assumes a relatively equal power dynamic. But sometimes you need to persuade someone higher up than you in a hierarchy: your boss, their boss, a project leader. For that you need four specific strategies: focus on common goals, get to a neutral space, let them build your case with…


  • How To Break Up With A Toxic Work Friend

    How To Break Up With A Toxic Work Friend

    Workplaces are funny little ecosystems. You spend all your time working and developing complex relationships with everyone from the security guard to your shared desk mate, but occasionally, these fragile work friendships can go south.


  • Everything I Know About Leadership I Learned From Star Trek

    Everything I Know About Leadership I Learned From Star Trek

    It’s Star Trek’s 50th anniversary, and while I could wax rhapsodic about the impact the show had on me in general, one thing that persists, even now, every day, is how much I learned how to be a good leader by watching Starfleet captains. Sometimes they were exceptional. Other times they really weren’t. I always…


  • Don’t Be Afraid To Ask Dumb Questions

    Whether it’s a hot new movie, a huge sports event, or a TV show that it feels like everyone is watching, it’s no fun to be caught out of the loop during water cooler chats or party conversations. If you want to be a part of it all, let go of your pride and ask…