Work Life

JANUARY 27, 2024

You’re feeling stagnant in your career, so you apply for an interesting new job. Several screening calls and interviews later, you have an offer letter in your hand. You hand in your resignation letter, and your manager asks to see you. Rather than conduct an exit interview, they come back with a counteroffer with terms that are much better than those offered by your new job.

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Mad in America

JANUARY 27, 2024

T he results from the RADAR trial have been discussed in several comments and blogposts, and in our case, in a letter in Lancet Psychiatry calling for attention to the dignity of risk-taking. The RADAR trial, the largest study in the field to date, led by Professor Joanna Moncrieff, tested the hypothesis “…. that antipsychotic reduction would improve social functioning with only a small increase in relapse rate.

Maintenance 113

Maintenance Manufacturing Decision Making Healthcare 113

Success

JANUARY 27, 2024

Trauma monetization: it’s become a buzzword in the age of social media. But what does it mean and what are the dangers of it? TikTok influencer Kimberly Rhoades has 2.6 million followers on TikTok. Her tagline on her TikTok and her Instagram accounts is, “Your favorite trauma dumping comedian.” Her content is all about child abuse and alcohol addiction, where she playacts her parents: Cigarette Mom and Beer Dad.

Coaching 110

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Work Life

JANUARY 27, 2024

Conflicts are inevitable in any team, but they don’t have to be destructive. Misinterpretation of others’ intentions is one of the major causes of conflict. Our perceptions are based on our experiences, and we often assume others share them. With the increase of hybrid and remote work, the chances for miscommunication have increased, and often workplace drama is left unresolved.

Equipment 105

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Work Life

JANUARY 27, 2024

I’m here to share a radical insight I discovered after taking my kids to the science center one day: Don’t make the Formula One race car simulator your last stop before driving home. We exited the complex and piled into the minivan. I pulled out of the parking lot then turned down the freeway on-ramp. A few moments later, I puzzled over why all the cars around me were driving so slowly.

Correspondence 105

Correspondence Influencing Decision Making 105

Work Life

JANUARY 27, 2024

Two weeks ago, Brittany Pietsch, an account executive at Cloudflare, sat down for a suspicious 10-minute call with HR. Secretly, she set up her phone to record whatever happened next. Two anonymous HR people she had never met before unceremoniously told her she was being let go for performance-related issues. But Pietsch was ready. She had already caught wind that other people on her team were getting a similar explanation.

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Work Life

JANUARY 27, 2024

Back in my figure skating days, I was more worried about landing a triple axel than landing a client. But as a working adult, I’ve found that my elite figure skating background has served me well. And it’s not just the college essay tropes of “time management” and “organizational skills” that transfer to the corporate world.

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