Why you should be honest with your coworkers

Why you should be honest with your coworkers

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Toolkit: Set Better Goals (like Shohei Ohtani)

With a new year comes new goals and new hopes and dreams. This season, Anne and Frances are introducing a new segment called Toolkit: a practical guide to ideas, tools, and frameworks that can help you reach your goals at work and beyond. In this episode, they tackle the importan ...  Show more

(Re-release) Unsolicited Advice: How to get your mojo back at work

Next week we're launching a new season of Fixable, so today we're sharing an episode from the archive. Are you feeling overwhelmed, uninspired, or burned out at work? In this special Unsolicited Advice episode, Anne and Frances are getting ready for summer by tackling the importa ...  Show more

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