By Jeff Haden Even if you're a remarkable boss there's a lot you don't know about your employees. There's also a lot that employees don't know about you.

By Cheryl Lock, LearnVest.com When Sara Sutton Fell began her search in 2006 for a flexible, professional job that would allow her to grow in her career and be a good mother, she came to a realization that would change her life: Flexible work was hard to come by.

By Katherine Crowley Are women in the office really meaner than the men? As workplace relationship experts (and women), my colleague Kathi Elster and I wanted to uncover whether the "mean girl" label was just another toxic stereotype, an example of women being judged more harshly than men for the same...

By Master-Degree-Online.com Many companies and employees consider email the lifeblood of work productivity. They check it repeatedly while they are at the office. And, thanks to mobile technology, many employees check emails where ever they happen to be -- on vacation, at parties, even from the bathroom.

By Reid Hoffman This post originally appeared on LinkedIn. Follow Reid on LinkedIn. The best-selling career book of all time goes by the whimsical name What Color Is Your Parachute? But when it comes to charting a career plan, that's the wrong question. What you should be asking yourself is whether your...

By Alexander Kjerulf The words we use to talk about work can be revealing. In Denmark, we say: arbejdsglaede. Which means literally happiness (glaede) at work (arbejde). This word exists in other Nordic cultures -- but nowhere else on the planet. (The Japanese instead have the word Karoshi which means "Death...

By Molly Blake In April 2011, a young Army wife posted a chilling comment on her blog that began, "If you are reading this, you should know that I'm dead." The 27-year-old woman continued, "at least I hope I'm dead ... it would be awful to fail at your own suicide." The woman reportedly received treatment...

By Kate White Did you ever see that fun, wacky '90s television show called "Just Shoot Me"? It was all about working at Blush, a fictional women's magazine. One day I noticed that the set and props were very similar to stuff we had at Cosmopolitan. When I asked my entertainment director about it, she said...

By Catherine McManus, Women & Co. You're totally prepared for the job interview. You've spent hours on the company website, you looked up the bios of everyone you'll be meeting with, and can carry on a conversation about their 10 most recent business announcements with ease. But then you get thrown that...