The key to working with a micromanager is to push back -- gently -- with assurances that you have everything under control and ask them what part of your work isn't meeting their standards. "Micromanagers often have a subconscious drive to be perennially busy so they don’t have time to do the hard work of leadership," writes Martin Moore, founder of Your CEO Mentor.

Leaders must pay extra attention to employee engagement and workplace flexibility, but even the best organizations must also support employees who choose to leave anyways, writes Julie Winkle Giulioni. "Giving people the opportunity to return if things don't work out is not magnanimous -- it's smart," she writes.

Pandemic-induced lockdowns granted millions of commuters a reprieve from the daily grind of traffic. But with some major metropolitan areas beginning to reopen, traffic planners are once again building the case for charging motorists to use roadways.

Some large employers are supporting employee well-being and work-life balance by offering unlimited paid time off as part of their benefits. Netflix, Sony, Grubhub, Evernote, Roku, VMWare, Oracle and LinkedIn are among the companies hoping to attract and retain talent with unlimited PTO.

Sleep researchers suggest that renewed attention to sleep habits is important for post-pandemic life, whether that means changes in work schedules or the perception of late risers. "People who haven't re-established their sleep hygiene are coming in with lingering sleep problems even though the pandemic is cooling off," says Dr. Stanley Wang of the Sleep Disorder Center at the Heart Hospital of Austin, Texas.

Ernest Shackleton's ship, the Endurance, had to be abandoned by his South Pole expedition team in 1915. A new expedition is set to launch next February in hopes of finding the ship, thought to be 10,000 feet under the Weddell Sea.