HR can help end the recent "ghost quitting" trend by improving career development, offering promotions and setting up a talent marketplace that matches people's skills and ambitions to new roles, writes Ben Reuveni, CEO of Gloat. "Job sharing can help to beat quiet quitting by providing relief to employees who feel overworked, and connecting them to a complementary and engaging partner," Reuveni writes.

Leaders can ensure their vision is being carried out by clearly articulating it to their team, repeating it frequently and seeking feedback, writes Liz Kislik. "[I]t's ineffective to dump a vision on people, walk away, and assume things will work out the way you see them in your mind's eye," Kislik writes.

Sales managers can get teams into a rhythm and coach them consistently when they can develop 10 crucial characteristics, writes Erica Schultz, chief marketing officer for Rain Group. For example, top-performing sales managers tend to excel at motivation, productivity and focus, studies show.

Meetings are stressful and plagued with distractions, but most people value their potential for networking and decision-making, according to research from career development service LiveCareer. To make sessions more productive, find the right number, duration and structure for meetings, and prepare adequately.

US private-sector jobs have increased by 132,000 over the past month, well below the 225,000 positions projected by economists, according to an ADP report. The analysis, which included earnings data for the first time, showed that average annual pay rose by 7.6%.

Could the return to office mean the return to wide-leg khakis for men in the office? Slim-cut pants might be on the way out to be replaced by the wide leg made famous by 1920s Oxford students and 1990s TV stars. Even J.Crew's "Giant-Fit Chino Pant" -- with a 50% wider leg opening -- is sold out online.

When artificial intelligence isn't busy revolutionizing agriculture, it's helping officials in France spot 20,000 undeclared swimming pools. Owners of the pools stand to see their tax bills increase by as much as 30%. Allez les gens ... it's time to buy a brown or green pool cover!