AvatarSara Fletcherflipped into WorkAvatarAvatarAn Editor's Guide To Writing Ridiculously Good EmailsForbes - The MuseThere’s an epidemic out there—an epidemic of bad emails. I really realized it after about the fifth time my boss commented on an email I sent her to look over: “That’s a really good email!” I hadn’t thought it was anything special, until I started to pay closer attention to the emails I was …
AvatarSara Fletcherflipped into WorkAvatarAvatarIndulge Your Way to Self-Disciplineverified_publisherInc Magazine - Jessica StillmanWant to form a new worthy but less than pleasant habit like going to the gym? A new study suggests you should try pairing it with a guilty pleasure. New Years is approaching so you’re probably already starting to think about resolutions and what worthy changes you should make to your life in the …
AvatarSara Fletcherflipped into WorkAvatarAvatar5 Ways to Get More From Your Meetingsverified_publisherInc Magazine - Alexa von TobelThe biggest productivity-killer in meetings is lack of focus. Get organized to avoid wasting everyone's time with these tips. The rambling tangents. The awkward questions. The sense of getting nothing accomplished. Sound like a meeting you've had recently? The truth is, running a more effective …
AvatarSara Fletcherflipped into WorkAvatarAvatarWhy Taking Time Off Is Good for Your Brainverified_publisherInc Magazine - Minda ZetlinResearch shows you'll do better work if you take more downtime. Keep that in mind this Thanksgiving. It's Sunday evening but instead of relaxing with your family, you're sitting in front of your home computer. There are just a few emails you have to send out before the week starts, a couple of …
AvatarSara Fletcherflipped into WorkAvatarAvatarThe Job Market for MBAs is About to Take a HitHarvard Business Review - Walter FrickA survey of employers suggests the hiring of MBAs in the U.S. will drop 25% in the coming year. November 21, 2013
AvatarSara Fletcherflipped into LikesAvatarAvatarLife’s Work: An Interview with Sandra Day O’Connorverified_publisherHarvard Business Review - Alison BeardPhotography: Stephen Voss/Redux Sandra Day O’Connor graduated from Stanford Law School in 1952 but had trouble finding work as a lawyer because, at the time, firms would hire only men. She went on to become the first female majority leader of a U.S. state senate and the first woman on the U.S. …
AvatarSara Fletcherflipped into LikesAvatarAvatarHistorical photographs get a 'colorized' makeover - in picturesverified_publisherThe Guardian - Sarah GilbertDo historic photographs look better in colour? The colorizers think so. Skilled digital artists such as Sanna Dullaway and Jordan J Lloyd are keen to remind us that the past was as colourful as the present – and their message is spreading though Reddit and Facebook.• Read Jon Henley on the …