Work-isms are words or phrases that have been popularized in professional settings. These can be a helpful and effective way to communicate, but only when they are understood by all. In this video, learn what work-isms to stop saying and what to replace them with.

According to research, people who show their sense of humor at work are seen as more motivating leaders. That's a positive. But for me the biggest reason to be funny at work is that if we're going to spend such a large portion of our lives in this place, we might as well be having fun.

We’ve all been to meetings that could have been an email, or that ended without anything being decided, or were SO BORING that we got through 20 levels of Candy Crush. You know what bad looks like. You may even know what good looks like. But do you know how to hold a meeting that doesn't suck?

The Art of Gathering is based on Priya Parker’s extensive experience as a professional facilitator. It has a very logical and chronological flow that helps the reader to understand that you can and should curate the experience of your gatherings. Doing this leads not only to efficiency, but more importantly to deeper meaning and connection with others.

A surprisingly small percentage of interview candidates take the time to write a thank you email. Once people get to mid-career, they expect that their experience speaks for itself and so the thank you note is not important. This couldn’t be further from the truth.

Noise is anything that disrupts the message between sender and receiver. When people hear the word noise they first think of physical noise. There are other kinds of noise that disrupt the communication cycle and they are much more dangerous because often times the sender doesn't even realize that the message wasn't received.

There are ways that you can prepare for extemporaneous speaking. When you have phrases top of mind to use, it makes it easier to speak when you need to. Collect phrases. Observe how people say things and consider if it might work for you. Test them out in different scenarios. This helps you to know what to say. It’s like a phrase bank.

Side projects are a way to enhance skills, experience novelty, explore passions and interests, and meet some really cool people along the way. My side projects have brought me so much joy and made me a better person at work, at home, and in life.

This is an editorial about the multiple truths of working from home and why the path forward is for both employees and employers to think differently about this topic.

When it comes to communication, there is no silver bullet. I share the communication strategies that have worked for me, but they may not work for you. Even if you find something that works well for you, it may not work in all circumstances. That’s why the best advice that I can give is to pay attention.

This book helps the reader to begin to understand how culture influences the way we think and operate across eight dimensions. Meyer maps several countries on a variety of dimensions and then explains the differences through stories, and concludes with practical guidance for navigating working relationships across cultures.

This book is based on a course about startups that Thiel taught at Stanford in 2012. One of his students, Blake Masters, took extensive notes that were shared outside of class and outside of campus. They gained such popularity that Theil worked with Masters to turn those notes in to this book.

When you are late, your actions you have told this group of people that your time is more valuable than theirs and it’s not. It doesn’t matter who you are. It’s not. If this is happening regularly you should examine why and think of some strategies to prevent it from happening in the future.

This is a book about how to learn faster so that you can unlock your limitless brain. Kwik starts with explaining some of the foundational truths about how we learn and retain information and then he uses those throughout the book to help the reader learn and retain information.

The skill of quickly getting to the problem and focusing the discussion to achieve a meeting objective is an advanced communication skill. These strategies are specifically designed for when efficiency needs to be prioritized because something has become urgent.

This book was gifted to me and arrived to my house on December 31st, the perfect time of year for a book about contemplating who you are and what you want from life. I devoured it in three days.

The majority of the time we spend speaking at work is not in formal presentations. These speaking opportunities are much more influential to creating buy-in for your idea than your fancy slide deck and polished pitch. Part of successfully navigating the internal spheres of influence in an organization is to always be prepared for spontaneous speech.

I’ve kept a journal for years, but this practice has escalated as I’ve learned more about the benefits of journaling on mental and physical health. Something I hadn’t anticipated was how journaling would help me at work.

The word atomic is nodding to foundational points of the book; that habits are a source of immense energy and power, they’re part of a larger system, and that you should start with an extremely small and irreducible unit.

Once you hit corporate mid-level and above, there is are two truths about career paths that are important to understand. First, career steps are not predictable, straight up climbs. A mentor of mine used to always say "It's not a ladder, it's a jungle gym". Second, by the time the open role is on a job posting board, it’s too late.