A company's management process can be a competitive advantage if it meets six criteria, including creating a culture that has agile capabilities and enables employees to reach their potential, writes Lukas Michel, founder and CEO of Management Insights AG. "Companies that have established agile, people-centric and dynamic capabilities outperform others by a huge margin," Michel writes.

When friends hit you up for a job with your company, it's important to be upfront, even if you decide to advocate for the hire, writes Inc. columnist Alison Green. "A good line to use with everyone at the outset is, 'We've had a lot of applications for the position and our hiring processes are usually really competitive, so I should tell you from the outset that I can't make any promises,' " Green says.

As someone diagnosed with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, Jandra Sutton has devised a "productivity toolbox" to maintain focus while working, including working with another person and doing a "brain dump" to clarify thoughts and ease anxiety. "The goal is to let someone else's presence and productivity create accountability and help you get things done," Sutton writes.

Goldman Sachs is planning to eliminate several hundred positions beginning this month, sources say, which would mark its biggest workforce reduction since the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic.

When the rocket booster lifting a payload into space explodes into a fireball, you'd think that would be constitute a bad day for Jeff Bezos-backed Blue Origin. But then again, the payload survived because the launch escape system worked exactly as designed, so that's a very good thing.