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☆ Psychology expert shares her No. 1 tip on how to deprioritize work and live a purposeful life
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-30 | by ( Sawdah Bhaimiya | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Jodi Wellman, a positive psychology expert, was an executive leader for 17 years but realized that achieving the pinnacle of success wasn't bringing her any joy. She previously held executive positions at companies like The Sports Clubs of Canada and Bally Total Fitness. "I was probably at the end of what I could do with that company, my proverbial glass ceiling," she said. Wellman said her whole identity rested on her career, so the feelings of hopelessness and fear were intensified as a result. What she realized was that she had pinned all her hopes on finding meaning through work while overlooking every other aspect of her life.

Persons: Jodi Wellman, Wellman, I'd Organizations: CNBC, Sports Clubs of Canada, Bally

☆ A psychology expert’s No. 1 tip on how to use your fear of death to live your best life
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-23 | by ( Sawdah Bhaimiya | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

The thought of no longer existing is too painful and grim for many to bear and is frequently avoided, but one psychology expert thinks people need to face their fear of death head-on to live more fulfilling lives. "Most people like to count their money and I like to say how about we also count our Mondays?" This serves as a reminder of the scarcity of time, pushing people to take action in their lives. When you remember how many days you have left, you're more likely to book that tennis lesson. "If you were going to die tonight what would you wish you had taken action on?

Persons: Jodi Wellman, Wellman Organizations: CNBC, University of Pennsylvania

☆ A British retail firm is revealing interview questions in advance to help make its hiring process fairer
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-22 | by ( Sawdah Bhaimiya | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Would you feel more prepared for job interviews if you knew which questions were going to be asked? John Lewis, a 160-year-old retail giant based in the U.K. with 80,000 employees, has revealed interview questions for job candidates on its website in advance to make the hiring process more equitable. Bullett explained that it will give candidates the opportunity to prepare and "confidently demonstrate what they can do." People are divided on whether this development is beneficial because there isn't a standardized process for interviews, Khyati Sundaram, CEO of recruitment platform Applied, told CNBC Make It. But she warned that revealing job interview questions in advance isn't a "silver bullet" and there are some caveats.

Persons: John Lewis, you've, Lorna Bullett, Bullett, Khyati Sundaram, Sundaram Organizations: John, CNBC

☆ Steve Jobs' former intern on why college grads should pay $50,000 to work with the best people
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-21 | by ( Sawdah Bhaimiya | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Steve Jobs' former intern has some sage advice for college graduates: stop focusing on working for big companies and instead find the best people to work for. Chet Kapoor, chairman and CEO of generative AI company DataStax, has had an illustrious career in Silicon Valley. The Kolkata-born tech leader started out working at Steve Jobs' software company NeXT in 1986 and went on to become CEO of API management company Apigee which was acquired by Google in a $625 million deal in 2016. Kapoor said his experience observing Jobs played a role in shaping his leadership style. "I can attribute a large portion of my success to my first two or three years at NeXT," he added.

Persons: Steve Jobs, Chet Kapoor, Kapoor, Jobs Organizations: NeXT, Google, Jobs, CNBC Locations: Silicon Valley, Kolkata

☆ Steve Jobs' former intern reflects on working for the tech mogul: 'I worked 20 yards away from him every day'
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-17 | by ( Sawdah Bhaimiya | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

As a teen, Chet Kapoor dreamed of working for tech mogul Steve Jobs. One day, that dream became a reality when Kapoor was hired as an intern at software company NeXT, founded by Jobs. "I was one step below the person that opened doors but that didn't matter because I worked 20 yards away from him [Jobs] every day." Kapoor made his mark in Silicon Valley as CEO of cloud software company Apigee, which was acquired by Google in a $625 million deal in 2016. However, he credits a lot of his success to his experience working as Jobs' intern in the early days.

Persons: Chet Kapoor, Steve Jobs, Kapoor, Steve, DataStax —, Jobs Organizations: NeXT, Jobs, CNBC, Google, IBM Locations: Silicon Valley

☆ Nvidia’s CEO was labeled a 'demanding' boss by staff. But experts say you have to be cutthroat
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-13 | by ( Sawdah Bhaimiya | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Nvidia's CEO Jensen Huang knows he's a tough boss and has no regrets about it. In a recent interview with "60 Minutes," employees at the company's Santa Clara headquarters told correspondent Bill Whitaker that the entrepreneur is "demanding," a "perfectionist," and "not easy to work for." Huang, who co-founded the chipmaker in 1993 which is now worth over $2 trillion, said this described him "perfectly." "He is to some degree cutthroat," Wladislaw Rivkin, associate professor of organizational behavior at Trinity Business School, told CNBC Make It. Many smaller companies have gone bankrupt but Nvidia "survived," Rivkin noted.

Persons: Jensen Huang, Santa Clara, Bill Whitaker, Huang, Whitaker, Wladislaw Rivkin, Rivkin, Sankalp Chaturvedi, Chaturvedi Organizations: CNBC, Trinity Business School, Nvidia, Imperial College Business School . Workers Locations: Santa, Silicon Valley

☆ Workers are secretly using AI on important tasks over fears it makes them look replaceable, new Microsoft and LinkedIn research finds
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-08 | by ( Sawdah Bhaimiya | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

It found that although 75% of workers are using AI in the workplace, over half of respondents don't want to admit that they're using it for their most important tasks. This is because 53% of those who are using AI at work on their most important tasks are worried that it makes them look replaceable. Additionally, nearly half of professionals are concerned that AI will replace their jobs and are considering quitting their current postings in the year ahead. Colette Stallbaumer, general manager of Microsoft Copilot and co-founder of Microsoft WorkLab, told CNBC Make It that workers need to get over their fears and start embracing AI. "The more you can as an employee lean in and learn, the better off you're going to be," Stallbaumer said.

Persons: Colette Stallbaumer, Stallbaumer Organizations: Microsoft, LinkedIn, CNBC Locations: Brooklyn, New York, U.S, Germany, France, India, Singapore, Australia, Brazil

☆ 'Exact same cover letters word for word': Career consultant says Gen Z are misusing AI
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-06 | by ( Sawdah Bhaimiya | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Gen Z are digital natives and have quickly adopted AI, using it for everything from assignment research to planning holidays. "So I speak to businesses and employers who hire anything from like 10 to 1000s of Gen Z every year," Davis said. Davis explained that "employers are getting hundreds of the exact same cover letters word for word," or answers to job application questions that are the same, and suspect that ChatGPT use is in play. And it appears that Gen Z is leaning the most on AI, according to a February Grammarly survey of 1,002 knowledge workers and 253 business leaders. It reported that 61% of Gen Z said they can't imagine doing work tasks without using generative AI — the most out of any of the generations.

Persons: they've, Shoshana Davis, Gen, Davis, Gen Z Organizations: CNBC Locations: India, Germany, Spain, France, Mexico, Brazil

☆ A viral conspiracy theory on TikTok says nice people don’t get promoted. But experts disagree
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-30 | by ( Sawdah Bhaimiya | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

One viral TikTok has young workers up in arms about the perils of being pleasant in the workplace. A TikToker who goes by the name Jacqueline recently posted a TikTok video where she claimed that people who are "a pleasure to work with" will "never get promoted." She added: "You will never be promoted out of a hardworking more junior position where a lot of the hard work exists ... There's a lot of benefits to being other-oriented like we like nice people and we do nice things for those people," he added. 'Pleasant people don't bend over backwards'In Jacqueline's TikTok video, she conflates having a pleasant personality with being a pushover, according to Vogel.

Persons: Jacqueline, Cameron Anderson, Andrew Brodsky, Brodsky, Ryan Vogel, Vogel Organizations: Haas School of Business, University of California, University of Texas, McCombs School of Business, CNBC, Chinese University of Hong, University of Iowa, Purdue University, Fox School of Business, Management, Temple University Locations: Berkeley, Chinese University of Hong Kong, agreeableness

☆ Gen Z: bad office etiquette might be holding you back at work
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-01 | by ( Sawdah Bhaimiya | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Gen Z workers are often criticized for not practicing good workplace etiquette. AdvertisementGood workplace etiquette — from being mindful about how you present yourself to the kind of foods you eat for lunch — could be essential to your career progression, according to an etiquette expert. "If you are not practicing good etiquette, your career, in my opinion, will not progress half as fast as if you are practicing good workplace etiquette," Meier told BI. Beaumont EtiquetteGen Z is still learning about office etiquetteGen Z is new to the workplace and still learning the ins and outs of office etiquette after studying remotely during the pandemic. Meier advises these young professionals to educate themselves on office etiquette by reading books on the subject.

Persons: Myka Meier, Meier, —, Beaumont, Walt Bettinger, Charles Schwab, We've, It's, Gen Organizations: Service, Business, KPMG, Deloitte

☆ An $88 billion auto giant laid off 400 workers remotely in a move likened to ending a marriage by video call
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-29 | by ( Sawdah Bhaimiya | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

The move by Stellantis, worth $88 billion, has sparked fresh discussions on the etiquette around how to execute layoffs. AdvertisementExperts say that virtual and remote-style layoffs aren't the best solution — it shows a lack of empathy and consideration for the workers affected and might push remaining workers to leave. AdvertisementWhen employees feel the "psychological contract" between themselves and their employers is "violated," they may resort to extreme reactions, Jones said. This could also hurt the morale of remaining employees and increase attrition, according to Boodoo. "Research suggests that following a layoff, there's an increase in voluntary turnover among remaining employees.

Persons: —, Elon Musk, they'd, Ben Hardy, Amanda Jones, it's, Jones, Muhammad Umar Boodoo, weren't Organizations: Service, Dodge, Wall Street Journal, CNBC, Business, Google, Twitter, Employers, London Business School, King's College London, Warwick Business School, Employees

☆ A Meta employee slammed internal rules that ban staff from discussing controversial topics at work, calling them 'toxic'
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-27 | by ( Sawdah Bhaimiya | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

A Meta staffer criticized the company's new rules on internal communication. Meta staff are banned from discussing some topics like abortion and gun rights at work. AdvertisementA Meta employee described the company's new internal communications policies that ban the discussion of certain sensitive topics at work as "toxic" after accusing the firm of censoring pro-Palestinian views on its platforms and internally among staff. AdvertisementMeta changed its policies on internal communications in late 2022, introducing a set of rules — known as Community Engagement Expectations — to limit staff from discussing certain topics at work. AdvertisementShe added: "@meta, please stop internally censoring employees and get rid of the toxic CEE," referring to the company's new workplace discussion rules.

Persons: —, Meta Organizations: Meta, Service Locations: Palestine

☆ This company charges from $350 an hour to teach people how to behave at work
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-19 | by ( Sawdah Bhaimiya | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

download the appSign up to get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in markets, tech, and business — delivered daily. Read previewAs more companies issue return-to-office mandates, it's opened up discussions around people lacking office etiquette — from what they eat in the office to how they converse with colleagues. Myka Meier runs US-based firm Beaumont Etiquette , which offers etiquette courses for companies and individuals to learn soft skills like communication, dining etiquette, and how to dress for work, among other things. Gen Z is struggling with communication skillsSome Gen Z workers are struggling with soft skills like communication. Advertisement"You have to educate yourself — all etiquette is, is being kind and respectful to other people and putting others first."

Persons: —, it's, Myka Meier, Meier, Gen Z, Longhua Liao, Zers, that's Organizations: Service, Business, Fortune, KPMG, Deloitte

☆ Bernie Sanders wants to bring in a 4-day workweek, which would see workers paid the same for 8 hours less work every week
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-15 | by ( Sawdah Bhaimiya | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Bernie Sanders has introduced a bill to bring in a 32-hour workweek for American workers. Sanders introduced legislation for a four-day workweek on Wednesday, saying people are overworked. The four-day workweek has gained momentum in recent years, with trials showing it makes workers happier and more productive. AdvertisementBernie Sanders introduced new legislation on Wednesday calling for a 32-hour workweek in the US, which would see workers earn the same as they would during a 40-hour workweek. AdvertisementA 2023 McKinsey report found that tasks that make up 30% of people's work hours will be automated by 2030.

Persons: Bernie Sanders, Sanders, workweek, —, Sen, Laphonza Butler, Mark Takano, Bill Cassidy, Sam Altman, I'm, Jo Sims Organizations: Service, Democratic, Wall, Republican, Health, Education, Labor, Pensions, New York Times, US Bureau of Labor Statistics, McKinsey, Business, Case Management Locations: California, Louisiana, Australia

☆ Nvidia's $80 billion boss Jensen Huang says that if you want to be a success you need to face 'pain and suffering'
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-14 | by ( Sawdah Bhaimiya | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Nvidia boss Jensen Huang told Stanford students that success is earned through suffering. The billionaire told students people with high expectations generally have low resilience. "I think one of my great advantages is that I have very low expectations," Huang, who graduated with a master's degree from Stanford in 1992 and is now worth around $80 billion, responded. "People with very high expectations have very low resilience, and unfortunately, resilience matters in success," Huang said. AdvertisementHuang then joked: "For all of you Stanford students, I wish upon you ample doses of pain and suffering."

Persons: Jensen Huang, Huang, —, isn't, It's Organizations: Nvidia, Stanford, Service, mater, Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research, New Locations: Stanford, Taiwan, Kentucky

☆ This TikTok influencer is quitting to work 9-to-5, and expects to earn less
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-14 | by ( Sawdah Bhaimiya | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

TikTok influencer Ana Wolfermann is quitting to find a 9-to-5 job. Being a TikTok star has its disadvantages, including success hinging on consistent popularity. AdvertisementBut being a TikTok star has disadvantages, including inconsistent pay and success hinging on consistent popularity. Fitness influencer Taylor Olsen told BI she got a corporate job in 2023 because she was almost canceled on TikTok. She explained that a fellow creator who met her said online that she had "mean girl" vibes, which lost her roughly 100,000 TikTok followers and 40,000 Instagram followers.

Persons: TikTok, Ana Wolfermann, —, Wolfermann, Fortune, she's, You'll, influencer Taylor Olsen, Olsen Organizations: Service Locations: TikTok

☆ A tech entrepreneur shared the 'stoke, stage, stack' habit-creation framework that helps him keep habits up 365 days a year
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-10 | by ( Sawdah Bhaimiya | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Ron Gutman, a tech entrepreneur, shared his 'stoke, stage, stack' framework to make habits last. Gutman runs 365 days a year, even when it's snowing because he's always prepared for the environment. One tech entrepreneur shared his "stoke, stage, stack" framework that turns goals into long-lasting habits. "I run every morning, no fail, 365 days a year," Gutman said adding that he runs on the beach or in the park. If I didn't have the proper running shoes, I would very quickly hurt myself.

Persons: Ron Gutman, Gutman, he's, —, You'll, " Gutman, it's, James Clear's, BJ Fogg's, BJ Fogg Organizations: Service, Stanford University Locations: stoke

☆ Constantly pretending your boss's dumb jokes are funny can lead to emotional exhaustion and lower job satisfaction, academics found
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-08 | by ( Sawdah Bhaimiya | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

The study, from academics at three elite universities, looked at the impacts of fake positive reactions to jokes by employees. It found that bosses who make too many jokes actually increase the amount of surface acting employees do, which can then lead to emotional exhaustion or burnout, and lower levels of job satisfaction. AdvertisementThe study found that the leaders who frequently made jokes increased surface acting in followers, which subsequently resulted in poor well-being outcomes, including emotional exhaustion. AdvertisementThe surface acting can trigger a cycle of negative well-being outcomes for employees, per the study. When leaders are more thoughtful about their humor, it actually alleviates the pressure of surface acting.

Persons: —, Randall Peterson, Xiaoran Hu, Michael Parke, Grace Simon, Peterson, they're Organizations: Service, Academy of Management, London Business School, London School of Economics, University of Pennsylvania, US Army Locations: United States

☆ A recording of a council meeting in rural New Zealand has racked up almost 2 million views on YouTube as office workers use it to pretend they're busy
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-08 | by ( Sawdah Bhaimiya | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

download the appSign up to get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in markets, tech, and business — delivered daily. Read previewA Zoom recording of a council meeting in a rural region of New Zealand uploaded to YouTube nearly four years ago has racked up almost two million views, with people commenting that they play it to pretend to be busy in the office. The video, uploaded by the Waipa District Council in April 2020 during the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, shows a Zoom meeting of the region's finance-and-corporate committee. One is a product-marketing meeting uploaded by the software company GitLab and another is a finance meeting uploaded by the city of Santa Fe, New Mexico. Being in the office can be more distracting as colleagues do things such as "desk bombing" or pulling you into spontaneous chats.

Persons: —, Fortune, I'm, commenter, Jessica Methot Organizations: Service, YouTube, Business, Companies, Rutgers University Locations: New Zealand, Waipa, Santa Fe , New Mexico

☆ Middle managers are feeling the squeeze and losing confidence in their employers amid layoffs, cost-cutting, and RTO mandates, Glassdoor finds
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-05 | by ( Sawdah Bhaimiya | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

Middle managers are less confident about their companies' business outlook than other employees. They're under pressure to execute layoffs, RTO mandates, and stringent performance reviews. "Middle managers are under pressure to do more with less," Glassdoor's lead economist Daniel Zhao said. download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . This story is available exclusively to Business Insider subscribers.

Persons: Daniel Zhao, —, Glassdoor Organizations: Service, Business

☆ A young worker sparked a debate about loneliness and boredom after complaining about spending a night alone in a hotel for a work trip
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-04 | by ( Sawdah Bhaimiya | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

A young worker complained about feeling lonely in a hotel room for a work trip and sparked an online debate. The US is facing a loneliness epidemic as young people feel increasingly isolated in a digital world. download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . AdvertisementA young worker has gone viral on social media and sparked a debate about loneliness and the relative merits of solo business trips after posting a TikTok complaining about feeling bored and alone in a hotel room for a work trip. Riley Scruggs, a senior creative strategist at Discover Financial Services in Washington, DC, posted a video on TikTok sitting around in a hotel room in suburban Illinois.

Persons: —, Riley Scruggs, Scruggs, Eloise, I'm lowkey, Vivek Murthy, Murthy Organizations: Service, Discover Financial Services, US Locations: Washington ,, Illinois, TikTok

☆ A tech entrepreneur shared the advice Steve Jobs once gave him that's helped him find success and happiness in his career
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-02 | by ( Sawdah Bhaimiya | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

download the appSign up to get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in markets, tech, and business — delivered daily. Read previewA serial tech entrepreneur recalled some words of wisdom that Steve Jobs shared with him that have helped him face challenges over his career and kept him moving forward. Gutman, who has headed numerous companies during his career, told Business Insider that Steve Jobs gave a commencement speech when he graduated from Stanford in 2005. Jobs said it led to a creative period in his life during which he founded two companies and fell in love. Frame challenges as adventuresGutman explained that if you're not passionate about the work you're doing or are solely motivated by money, you're more likely to give it up for something else.

Persons: —, Steve Jobs, Ron Gutman, Gutman, Steve, Jobs, Steve Wozniak, Apple, I'm, You've, We're Organizations: Service, Stanford University, Business, Stanford, Apple

☆ Use ChatGPT for mock interviews if you want to land a job, says ex-Disney recruiter
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-29 | by ( Sawdah Bhaimiya | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Read previewHere's a way to use ChatGPT you may not have thought of: using its voice feature to help you practice for job interviews. Harnessing the chatbot's voice feature is a hack suggested by Simon Taylor , a former talent recruiter at Disney and Amazon-owned tech startup Graphiq. He told CNBC Make IT he'd tested it out and found the questions ChatGPT asked were "spot on." Taylor says the first step is pasting the job description into ChatGPT and telling it "I want to conduct a mock interview based on this job description." He said the hack is one way to practice answering potential job interview questions.

Persons: —, Simon Taylor, ChatGPT, Taylor, It's, OpenAI, that's Organizations: Service, Disney, CNBC, Business, ChatGPT

☆ Deutsche Bank's 3-day-a-week return-to-office policy has been met with fierce criticism by staff who say there isn't enough space for everyone
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-28 | by ( Sawdah Bhaimiya | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Deutsche Bank staff have criticized the company's new return-to-office policies. download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . "There's enormous resistance among staff," Stephan Szukalski, the head of the labor union DBV, which represents Deutsche Bank staff, told Bloomberg via email. Szukalski, who is also part of the bank's supervisory board, said there isn't enough office space and that staff are already complaining about bottlenecks. The spokesperson told BI: "The bank remains committed to our hybrid working model, which has been received extremely positively by staff.

Persons: —, Christian, Rebecca Short, Stephan Szukalski, Szukalski, EY, Dan Schawbel, Nicholas Bloom Organizations: Deutsche Bank, Staff, Service, Bloomberg, Business, DBV, Google, General Motors, SAP, Stanford Locations: Germany

☆ Mark Zuckerberg was blown away by a visit to a Japanese McDonald's and joked that it was so good it should have a Michelin star
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-27 | by ( Sawdah Bhaimiya | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

Mark Zuckerberg is having a great time in Japan and shared a post visiting a Japanese McDonald's. The billionaire was so impressed with the meal, he said it should have a Michelin star. Mark Zuckerberg has been enjoying his visit to Japan and his latest Instagram post showed him tucking into a burger at a Japanese McDonald's which he said should have a Michelin star. Zuckerberg posted pictures on Instagram on Tuesday which showed him visiting a McDonald's in Japan. The first picture shows Zuckerberg in a pair of Meta's smart sunglasses and a sheepskin jacket, sitting at a table inside the restaurant.

Persons: Mark Zuckerberg, Zuckerberg Organizations: Business Locations: Japan, Asia, South Korea, India

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