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Why do some teams rise under pressure while others struggle despite having plenty of talent? Organizational psychologist André Martin argues that success starts with two kinds of alignment: believing in the group and understanding how you work best. In Collective Confidence: The Winning Formula ...

The higher the stakes, the harder it becomes to read the room. Stress narrows our attention, confidence disguises bad assumptions, and familiar body-language “tells” often tell us very little. Pamela Meyer, a Certified Fraud Examiner and expert in deception detection, joins us with ideas from How t...

AI may be everywhere, but good leadership still depends on deeply human skills: sound judgment, adaptability, and the ability to stay steady under pressure. In Leadership Intelligence: Science-Backed Strategies for Mastering 21 Everyday Management Challenges, executive coach and economis...

Midlife can feel like standing on a rope swing: you know it’s time to let go, but the familiar still has a powerful grip. In Your Turn: How to Create a Midlife You Love, longtime NPR health and science correspondent Allison Aubrey reframes this unsettled stretch as a second adolescence—no...

What happens when the systems designed to help us begin treating people like problems to process? Dr. Paul LeBlanc explores how education, healthcare, government, and other institutions can recover their humanity in Broken: How Our Social Systems Are Failing Us and How We Can Fix Them. ...