Business
Managers: You’re not a BFF or a therapist. This is how much you should know about your employees’ personal lives
SEPTEMBER 12, 2024
One of the unexpected disadvantages to the evolution of leadership, from more autocratic, tyrannic, despotic, and top-down during more nepotistic, plutocratic, violent times, to more democratic, empathetic, considerate, and inclusive in the best of times, is the common tendency to mistake leaders for our friends.
The essence of leadership has not changed in the slightest. It is still...
SEPTEMBER 12, 2024
Republican presidential nominee and former U.S. President Donald Trump reacts in the spin room, on the day of his debate with Democratic presidential nominee and U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on September 10, 2024.
Former President Donald Trump's consistent threats to prosecute his perceived enemies – most recently this past weekend – are concerning to...
SEPTEMBER 12, 2024
US Vice President and Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris (R) shakes hands with former US President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump during a presidential debate at the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on September 10, 2024.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Former President Donald Trump said Thursday he will not debate Vice President Kamala Harris a second time,...
SEPTEMBER 12, 2024
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Picture this: You’ve just checked in to your hotel room, whether that’s for a weekend business conference or a week-long vacation. You likely greeted the front desk employee, showed your ID, put down a card for incidentals and headed to your accommodations after a long day of travel.
If that sounds familiar, you’re probably...
Business
‘She’s coming after him’: Famed Democratic strategist James Carville gives Trump a warning before the debate
SEPTEMBER 10, 2024
James Carville appeared on Dan Abrams Live on Tuesday evening, about 24 hours prior to Trump and Harris’s ABC debate (NewsNation/YouTube)
Veteran Democratic strategist James Carville warned Donald Trump that Kamala Harris is “coming for him” precisely 24 hours before the pair face-off on the debate stage.
“I think she is very well prepared. I think she’s coming with...
SEPTEMBER 10, 2024
Former President Donald Trump and Mark Cuban. Kamil Krzaczynski/AFP via Getty Images; Megan Briggs via Getty Images
Mark Cuban warned that Trump's planned tariffs would burden even the smallest business.
Sweeping duties on imports would mean costly, time-consuming compliance, the "Shark Tank" star said.
Cuban has argued tariffs would raise consumer prices, fuel wider inflation, and invite...
SEPTEMBER 9, 2024
James Earl Jones.- Chip East/REUTERS
James Earl Jones, an actor whose thundering Old Testament voice and commanding presence established him as one of his generation’s most indelible performers, whether in Shakespearean tragedies, the “Star Wars” franchise or a Disney animated classic, died Sept. 9 at his home in Pawling, N.Y. He was 93.
His agent, Barry McPherson, confirmed the...
SEPTEMBER 9, 2024
I've spent 30 years researching what makes people, and especially leaders, mentally strong. Along the way, I've discovered that you become mentally stronger by exercising six core mental muscles:
Confidence
Fortitude
Boldness
Decision-making
Goal-focus
Messaging (which is about showing up positive-minded and engaged)
You can get in easy "reps" to build these muscles by being intentional about what you...
Community
A teacher caught students using ChatGPT on their first assignment to introduce themselves. Her post about it started a debate.
SEPTEMBER 8, 2024
Professor Megan Fritts caught several students using ChatGPT in the first week of the semester. picture alliance/Getty Images
A teacher's students ChatGPT for a simple introductory assignment in an ethics and technology class.
Professor Megan Fritts shared her concerns on X, sparking debate on AI's role in education.
Educators are divided on AI's impact, with some feeling...
SEPTEMBER 6, 2024
This image shows the region of the sky in which the record-breaking quasar J0529-4351 is situated. (Photo: ESO)
Astronomers have discovered the brightest object ever observed in the universe, a quasar that shines 500 trillion times brighter than our Sun.
This record-breaking celestial body, named J0529-4351, was identified using the European Southern Observatory's Very Large Telescope (VLT) in Chile.
Quasars...