Communication

By Brad Lomenick Let's be honest: you don't want to fail. But if you're a leader, you've more than likely failed at one point or another. One of the most prevalent reasons for failure is the lack of the essential elements needed to lead now and well. Here are four traits you must possess if you want to succeed...

Career counselors frequently caution college students that their flipflops and textspeaks may cause problems in the workplace. One undergrad apparently didn't heed the warnings, and was denied an internship for failing to capitalize one word. On his blog, best-selling author Jeff Pearlman reports the plight of...

If you're a teacher, and want to keep your job, don't insult your students on Facebook. If your boss is a Jewish community leader, and you want to keep your job, don't post photos on Facebook of yourself covered in swastikas. And if you're anyone who wants to keep your job, don't go on Facebook and insult...

In our ever-toxic education debate, we have politicians yelling at politicians, teachers yelling at administrators, unions yelling at pundits, and pundits yelling at everyone. But rarely do we hear a student yell at a teacher. In a video that's gone viral, a high school student in the Dallas suburb of...

For six days, many of Don Ennis' 1,236 Facebook friends were a little confused. The ABC News producer started a countdown on his profile, hinting at a big change to come, posting videos of Sam Cooke singing "A Change Is Gonna Come," and Aretha Franklin and Luther Vandross covering Sam Cooke's "A Change Is Gonna...

In America, we have the freedom to desecrate the American flag. And if someone tries to...

By Cara Aley Building a rapport with your coworkers so you can all nicely coexist requires delicate balance. But some people get a little bit too comfortable in the process of rapport building, and it can be to the detriment of their coworkers' respect levels. Here are five little-known factors that can lead...

By Hannah Morgan Dating can be very similar to finding a job. When you think about all the time and effort you invest in finding the right partner, wouldn't it make sense that finding the right job is just as time consuming?

Three brothers, Christian, Joseph, and Patrick Lane, had one simple idea: to completely revolutionize the way people shop. Americans produced 1.4 billion pounds of waste a day, and 40 percent of that is packaging used just once. Why do we need boxes around cereal, they wondered, and plastic around milk? They...