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How Quickly Gender Stereotypes About Work Emerge

The Horizons Tracker

Research from the University of Houston shows that children as young as 6 also tend to develop ideas that girls are less keen on subjects such as engineering and computer science than boys are. They wanted to better understand how these stereotypes affect a sense of belonging or willingness to participate in subjects among children.

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How Women over 50 Increase Confidence and Power at Work

Skip Prichard

Called out as being ‘over the hill’ and the subject of ageist jokes and comments, they are also marginalized and viewed as less valuable than their younger colleagues. You might include things like volunteering for special projects to running a company-wide event, getting involved in affinity groups or women’s leadership initiatives.

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Bonus or No Bonus? | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

Should bonuses come off the top-line, bottom-line, be based on contribution margin, be subjectively or objectively distributed, be paid in cash, stock, options, profit sharing, perks, or some other mechanism? It's a great topic and I think you are directionally very accurate in your views. People understand this.

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To Blog or Not to Blog?

N2Growth Blog

Miller’s post is quick to point out that blogging is competitive, requires a great investment of time, subjects the blogger to the ire of those who have dissenting opinions, and that it is becoming increasingly difficult to make money blogging. I struggle with two, and some of those are of marginal value. When I forget, I struggle.

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The Right Way to Cut People Off in Meetings

Harvard Business Review

The conversation begins, but after 10 minutes of good discussion on the first agenda item, someone goes off on a tangent that, while interesting, is only marginally related to the designated topic. In fact, research suggests that “getting off the subject” is the number one challenge to meeting productivity.

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Research: Millennials Think About Work Too Much

Harvard Business Review

This age group experiences a sharp increase in ongoing stress, characterized by the most negative thoughts and the least positive emotions, compared to other age groups. Each of these topics includes a set of common words and their frequency.

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Why Income Inequality Is Here to Stay

Harvard Business Review

But amid bailouts, unemployment, and ever-fresh financial scandals among the top 1%, the issue of income inequality has seeped into the mainstream economics and become a legitimate subject of research. This is not true. As such, it should not influence one's income.

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