Paul's Update 7/27

8 Signs an Employee Is Exceptional (Which Never Appear on Performance Evaluations)

8 Signs an Employee Is Exceptional (Which Never Appear on Performance Evalu... Many are good. Some are superior. And a few--just a few--are exceptional. Here's how to tell the difference.

HBR The Connection Between Employee Trust and Financial Performance

The Connection Between Employee Trust and Financial Performance A high-trust culture pays off.

Five Ways To Make Your Office Happier

Five Ways To Make Your Office Happier By Lydia Dishman Employees who are thanked for a job well done are more engaged, plus expressing gratitude to others makes us hap...

HBR To Grow as a Leader, Seek More Complex Assignments

To Grow as a Leader, Seek More Complex Assignments Don’t just build your leadership muscle — find new muscles.

How a Guy From a Montana Trailer Park Overturned 150 Years of Biology

How a Guy From a Montana Trailer Park Overturned 150 Years of Biology By Ed Yong Biology textbooks tell us that lichens are alliances between two organisms—a fungus and an alga. They are wrong.

Flexible work arrangements are the future | The Context Of Things

Flexible work arrangements are the future | The Context Of Things Flexible work arrangements can admittedly sound like a buzzword. But it should be an underlying tenet of how you...

What Happened to the Ice Bucket Challenge?

What Happened to the Ice Bucket Challenge? By James Surowiecki Derided at the time as “slacktivism,” the social-media campaign has had surprisingly long-lasting benefits.

Starting the next chapter in Detroit’s suburban story

Starting the next chapter in Detroit’s suburban story While the landscape of Westland remains predominantly suburban, projects like this are steps toward upcycling ...