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Who’s the boss? When employees' needs come first

by Jana Kasperkevic
Jul 12, 2017
Servant leadership, a concept that emerged in the 1970s, is gaining in popularity with millennial employees and bosses
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How did bring your dog to work day become a thing?

by Jana Kasperkevic
Jun 22, 2017
Woof.
Dogs share the aisle with employees at DogVacay's offices in Santa Monica, California. Employees of the company, known as an Airbnb for canines, share office space with their own and others' dogs.
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Asking for a raise is like pulling teeth

by Jana Kasperkevic
Jun 16, 2017
Some Americans actually prefer the latter.
Some American's would rather have a root canal than ask for a raise
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Graduating into the Economy

Everlane is a millennial fever dream and it's making a killing

by Hayley Hershman and Eliza Mills
Jun 9, 2017
Its Instagram posts are the stereotypical depiction of the millennial lifestyle.
Everlane's San Francisco headquarter is based in the downtown Mission District.
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How a workplace's culture can begin with just one person

by David Brancaccio
Jun 8, 2017
Tech companies often have founder-centric structures.
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The push to have better workplace protections for the LGBT community

by David Brancaccio
May 11, 2017
There's a lot of momentum in the courts to update the meaning of sex under the Civil Rights Act, a women's rights attorney says.
Gay, lesbian and transgender activists react to the Iowa Supreme Court's decision to recognize same-sex marriage as a civil right back in '09.
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Robot-Proof Jobs

Say hello to your robot co-worker

by David Brancaccio and Katie Long
Apr 7, 2017
There's a new emphasis on designing robots to be teammates, not just tools.
A machine from Carnegie Mellon's Biorobotics Lab.
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The rise of female co-working spaces

by Erika Beras
Mar 30, 2017
Women are creating professional settings that cater to their needs, like child care.
Amber Morris, a manager for the Pittsburgh Downtown Partnership, works out of the Coterie between meetings.
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What it means to be a diplomat in a digital age

by Stephanie Hughes and Ben Johnson
Mar 20, 2017
Anne-Marie Slaughter says that diplomacy isn't just taking place in oak-paneled rooms anymore.
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Who cares how much the boss makes?

by Sabri Ben-Achour
Feb 7, 2017
One measure of the Dodd-Frank Act that looks set to be diluted or disapparated: the rule that requires companies to disclose how much more the CEO makes than the workers. Some observers worry about this, but how much do workers really care?
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