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How To Be A Non-Threatening Woman

A satirical article lays out some strategies for women in leadership positions to help assist them in protecting the fragile male ego.

Women in leadership positions are often instructed on how to act so they don’t appear too aggressive or bitchy. Instead of placing the blame on sexist workplace culture or misogynistic employees, these articles tell ladies exactly what they’re doing wrong and how to fix it.

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How Small Companies Can Attract Talent From Google, Apple, and Facebook

You’ll never compete on prestige or financial returns, but there are other strengths a small company can offer.

Successful companies are built with strong talent. Employees who have been with you since Day One are valuable because they’re often entrepreneurial, and people who have an impressive resume as a result of working for high-profile brands can give your company a different kind of boost.

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Virgin America’s New App Puts A Travel Agent In Your Pocket

The airline’s new app by Work & Co launches in beta this week.

Travel agents were among the first casualties of the Internet age, rendered obsolete by websites that let travelers select and book their own flights. But considering how time-consuming and complex it can be to hunt down the right seat at the right time and for the best price (be honest—how many airline tabs did you have open the last time you tried to fly?), some of us may be nostalgic for the golden age of travel in which your trusted agent knew your preferences—where you fly most frequently, window or aisle seat, first class or economy—completed the booking to those specifications, and bid you a polite bon voyage.

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Turn Nutrition Labels Into Data Visualizations You Can Actually Use To Make Better Food Decisions

Sage Project wants to make what you’re eating way more understandable.

Only about half of Americans read nutrition labels on food, and even fewer say they fully understand them—or what unpronounceable ingredients like “polydimethylsiloxane” actually mean. A new food data platform attempts to make things clearer, using bright visualizations that explain what you’re eating, where it came from, and how it might affect your health.

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Michelle Obama And Ivanka Trump Show You Two Ways To Give A Knockout Speech

Both women’s masterful convention addresses showcase two powerful speaking styles: one cinematic, the other percussive.

There are many ways to be a bad speaker and many ways to be a good one. Those twinned truths have been on display during the Republican and Democratic National Conventions this week and last. And while their backgrounds and politics differ quite a bit, Michelle Obama and Ivanka Trump delivered two of the most memorable and compelling addresses—for similar but different reasons.

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