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Make Time for Small Talk in Your Virtual Meetings (Harvard Business Review)

In a virtual world, beginning meetings with an icebreaker is a first step to reintroducing small talk. Alternatively, inject some fun at the beginning of their meetings.

9 Steps to Take After Being Rejected for an Internal Promotion (Business Insider)

Avoid emotional reasoning. Ask yourself how you’ll feel about this situation 10 weeks, 10 months and 10 years from now. It’s likely you realise you will be able to move on and refocus.

How Leaders Can Help Their Teams Manage Stress (Entrepreneur)

Plenty of companies offer generous or even unlimited amounts of vacation time, but workers are reticent to indulge lest they fall behind. The easiest solution to this issue is to simply mandate that workers take the time off they need.