225K jobs added last month Nonfarm payrolls gained 225,000 jobs in January, according to the Labor Department, exceeding the 158,000 projected by economists surveyed by Dow Jones. The unemployment rate increased to 3.6% as the labor-force participation rate climbed to 63.4%. Full Story: CNBC (2/7)
Bruce Daisley, a former Google, Facebook and Twitter executive, says he's seen the damage of overwork, which often takes years or decades to manifest itself in poor health. "Often it's the lie we tell ourselves -- that the success of this organization is down to the immense hours that we're working -- and we neglect the harm that it's doing to us," he argues. Full Story: Chief Executive online (2/7)
How to end gender-based interruptions during meetings Leaders can make meetings and conversations more inclusive by noticing when men interrupt women, downplay their ideas or see them as aggressive for challenging the status quo, writes BCB Property Management President Debrah Lee Charatan. "Strategies to encourage open communication may include creating a set of ground rules that specifically govern interruption and overspeaking and establishing a team leader or conversational moderator," she writes. Full Story: Chief Executive online (2/5)
