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Female CEOs Are More Likely To Be Targeted By Shareholder Activism

Activist investors often try to unseat female CEOS, despite research that proves they typically outperform their male counterparts.

Activist investors often try to unseat female CEOS, despite research that proves they typically outperform their male counterparts.

The gender gap in American C-suites has always made it difficult for women to reach the top spot in their firm, but new research suggests that they continue to face discrimination from shareholders even after they’ve taken the helm.

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Going Beyond Pitchers, Soma Launches A Water Bottle

Soma—the more beautiful, sustainable alternative to Brita—goes beyond the pitcher with this new water bottle.

Soma—the more beautiful, sustainable alternative to Brita—goes beyond the pitcher with this new water bottle.

Ten years ago, when I was in college, plastic Nalgene bottles were all the rage. If you were headed to class or the gym and needed hydration on the go, one of the few options in the college bookstore were those blue or pink utilitarian bottles made by a company known for making lab equipment.

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Set Sail As A High-Seas Solopreneur

Does the current U.S. election cycle have you eyeing your options abroad? Here’s how to be your own boss on the open ocean.

Does the current U.S. election cycle have you eyeing your options abroad? Here’s how to be your own boss on the open ocean.

Righteously vowing to leave the country is now an established custom in election-year America. This year, some of that repining has taken on a more serious tone than usual. Whatever your own political hopes, expectations, or sweat-drenched nightmares, it’s worth remembering that plenty of Americans live and work abroad already, for loads of reasons.

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Four Things To Do Outside The Office To Boost Your Creativity

The best place to spark innovation on the job may be to get completely away from the office.

The best place to spark innovation on the job may be to get completely away from the office.

To be successful, businesses need innovation, and that requires creative thinking. Former advertising agency creative director Jack Foster says ideas are the “wheels of progress,” and warns that without them “stagnation reigns.”

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How The Late Show With Stephen Colbert’s New Producer Is Reshaping The Show

Morning Joe co-creator Chris Licht on removing roadblocks, fostering collaboration, and minimizing drama.

Morning Joe co-creator Chris Licht on removing roadblocks, fostering collaboration, and minimizing drama.

After launching MSNBC’s Morning Joe and reinventing CBS This Morning, producer Chris Licht is steering his career in a darker direction—literally. As the new executive in charge of The Late Show With Stephen Colbert, Licht has ditched the crack-of-dawn time slot of past gigs for a program that airs when most people are heading off to bed.

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4 Tips For Leading Teams Of Freelancers

You still have to motivate the team members who work remotely, temporarily, or part-time.

You still have to motivate the team members who work remotely, temporarily, or part-time.

How do you manage someone you’ve never met in person? And how do you gain loyalty from somebody who works for you 10 hours a week? How do you make all the parts work together?

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From Getting Your Emails Read To Workplace Slights: This Week’s Top Leadership Stories

This week’s top stories may finally get your coworkers to read your emails and help you recover from the workplace’s daily injustices.

This week’s top stories may finally get your coworkers to read your emails and help you recover from the workplace’s daily injustices.

This week we learned how to write more open-worthy email subject lines, what it takes to bounce back from unfair treatment, and how to put downtime to more productive use.

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Why Is Health Care Design So Terrible?

Health care consumers pay a lot of money for bad design. It’s time for the device and drug companies to stop.

Health care consumers pay a lot of money for bad design. It’s time for the device and drug companies to stop.

A regular glass ketchup bottle is a poorly designed experience. To serve the ketchup you have to hold it at a 45-degree angle, tap it in a special place, insert a knife, and then it splatters not only onto your plate but also onto your lap.

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