Most of the country has been sheltering in place and working from home for some time now. This change came with obvious challenges to getting work done for those who live with others â be they roommates, partners, spouses, or children. Then, there are those employees who do not have others at home and now have no commute. One might intuitively think these individuals would be just as productive or even more so, given that research shows remote workers get more done....
How can consultants, coaches, and other gig workers with time on their hands during the pandemic and economic downturn stay productive?...
Each year, around 185,000 MBA students graduate in the U.S. alone. A significant portion of these students spend more than 100 hours each preparing for so-called case interviews â the favored evaluation method of elite consulting firms such as McKinsey, in which candidates are presented with a business problem and asked to talk through how they would solve the problem. This is a colossal waste of time. Case interviews are a terrible evaluation method; itâs time to end their use in hiring....
When I was a kid, I used to run a lemonade stand in my front yard every summer. I would stir up some yellow powder into a pitcher of lukewarm water and wait patiently for my patrons. And I did pretty good out there! Iâd make a dollar or two and dream of saving it up for some new roller skates or a funky-flavored lip gloss. Instead, Iâd almost always immediately spend it on something useless and instantly gratifying.
My income has thankfully increased as Iâve gotten older, but so has my anxiety about money. When Iâm stressed, it can be hard to stay away from those instantly gratifying purchases (Iâm looking at you, Amazon Prime) and thereâs a lot to be stressed about right now with a pandemic, economic recession, U.S. presidential election, and fight for racial justice compounding my everyday worries â which include, but are not limited to â job security, student loans, and making rent payments....
