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Fast Company Daily

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Stories, tips, and advice on how employees, managers, and businesses are working smarter, all from Fast Company and all in less than five minutes each weekday.
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9 red flags to watch for in a job interview

Many job seekers encounter red flags during interviews, ranging from witnessing the current staff’s lack of morale to unprofessional behavior from the interviewer. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Oct 16, 202410 min

How to deal with loneliness after getting laid off

Losing a job means losing your routine—and often the connections you had with coworkers. Here’s how to keep (and develop) your community as you move into a new role. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Oct 11, 20248 min

Why the best workers generally receive useless feedback

High performers often get vague, cliché-filled feedback from their managers, according to new research. Here’s how to fix the problem. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Oct 09, 20246 min

How can I be less negative?

Our brains are hardwired to pay more attention to negative experiences. Here’s how to train them to let it go. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Oct 04, 20245 min

Why great leaders are also great listeners

‘Listening Leaders’ must do more than know how to listen and engage their teams. They must also curate the right tools to listen to customers and track the organization’s presence on social media. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Oct 03, 20249 min

5 red flags you’re not operating at peak performance

Here are the biggest “killers” of organizational effectiveness, and some solutions on how to address them quickly to push the limits of what’s achievable in your respective industry. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Oct 02, 202410 min

Here’s why most brainstorming sessions are a waste of time

While brainstorming sessions are common in many workplaces, psychological and social mechanisms can undermine our creative efforts. Here’s what to do instead. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Oct 01, 20249 min

3 ways to unlock your potential at work

You have the opportunity to take the wheel in your career. It starts with believing that you can. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Sep 30, 20249 min

How to stop feeling embarrassed at work

Feeling embarrassed every now and then isn’t a bad thing. But these three strategies can help if it’s impacting your professional life. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Sep 26, 20247 min

How to work more efficiently, according a neuroscientist

In her new book, neuroscience researcher Mithu Storoni breaks down how to best structure your work sessions and increase your productivity. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Sep 19, 20247 min

Could ‘unbossing’ fix our engagement problem?

Data on engagement suggests while employees may feel less connected to their organizations, they value the autonomy and flexibility that unbossing provides. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Sep 18, 20247 min

Can thinking like a freelancer make your day job feel more meaningful?

Establishing a sense of purpose is a key driver for why some individuals choose to become freelancers. They feel they can wrestle back control over their lives and their agenda when they are independent contractors. But the good news is that this freelancer mindset can teach all workers, self-employed or otherwise, how to create meaning in and at work. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Sep 16, 20247 min

A definitive 3-step guide to giving negative feedback, according to neuroscience

Whether you’re in-person and sitting on opposite sides of a desk, or you’re remote and separated by screens, few experiences at work are as heart-pounding and stress-inducing as a feedback conversation between manager and employee. Managers fear creating a resentful employee if they give a less-than-glowing assessment, and employees may fear for their job security Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Sep 13, 20248 min

3 Ways to spot a ghost job listing

Over 80% of recruiters admit that they post ads for jobs that either don’t exist or are already filled. Here’s why it happens and how to sniff them out. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Sep 12, 20247 min

4 ways to take on toxic colleagues—and win

We often allow toxic coworkers more power than they actually have. This medical leader says we can tame these annoying ‘paper tigers’ by honing these 4 microskills. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Sep 11, 20247 min

Why a 4-day workweek sets up an uneven playing field for workers

While workers in well-paid jobs have bargaining leverage to assert their legal rights, others in lower-paid jobs face minimal protection and risk direct exploitation in a four-day working week. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Sep 09, 20248 min
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