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Monica Torres
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HuffPost LifeThe Most Inspiring Advice From 2019 Commencement Speeches
Kick-start your career and life with wisdom from Oprah Winfrey, Stacey Abrams and Missy Elliott.
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What Real-Life Whistleblowers Want You To Know
Former Boeing, TSA and Federal Reserve whistleblowers share advice on how to do it right.
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7 Ways To Get Your Family To Back Down Over Your Career Choices
Seek to understand where your parents are coming from rather than to be understood.
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Email Trackers Are Watching Your Inbox. Here's How To Block Them.
You can tell who is using email trackers on you, and it's usually unsettling.
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5 Insidious Ways Office Design Sets You Up To Fail
Your unproductive behavior could be due to environmental factors and workspace design choices.
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The New Rules For Dealing With Co-workers On Social Media
Workers offer their tips, advice and motivations for sharing their lives on social media.
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How Gayle King Stays Calm — And Other Great Career Advice She's Given
The CBS co-host and editor-at-large at O has decades of career experience to share.
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How I Learned To Deal With Panic Attacks At Work — And You Can Too
You are not helpless when a panic attack strikes at the office.
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Is It Possible To Work For A Bad Boss Without Becoming Bad Yourself?
When it comes to behavior and emotions, employees consciously and subconsciously take cues from their leaders.
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How To Deal With An Oversharer At Work
Being straightforward and kind is often the best approach. Here's how to do it.
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Businesses Don't Plan Big Raises This Year. Here's What To Do About It.
Wages are stagnant, but additional raises are still possible in the off-cycle, experts suggest.
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It's 2019. We Need To Start Describing Women Better Than This.
Remember when a rocket scientist's obituary opened with her ability to make beef stroganoff?
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How to Tell When Your 'Tough Boss' Is Really A Toxic Boss
When "high standards" involve toxic behavior, it does not pay to be or have a tough boss.
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The Tiny Word That's Never Actually OK To Use In Work Chats
It's one of the most secretly fraught words to use with co-workers.
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Share With Us How You Deal With Co-workers On Social Media
HuffPost is working on a story about the new social media rules at work. Help us by sharing yours.
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Don't Let Your Boss Use This Word To Ask More Of You
When employers want employees to equate their work with family, it manipulates trust.
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6 Ways To Make A Meeting Actually Useful, According to Science
Make your next meeting a little less painful with research-based tips from a new book.
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The Majority Of Your Co-workers Are Dealing With This Hidden Issue
Caregivers aren’t getting enough help from employers, who generally don’t see the problem, according to new Harvard research.
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6 Ways To Apply Marie Kondo's Life-Changing Lessons To Your Career
Use the KonMari method to tidy up a messy career.
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7 Hacks For Adjusting Your Work Space When You're Short
The average office chair height is not designed for a petite person. Ergonomics can help you avoid chronic pain.