• “Sideways Is the New Up!”
    Kelley Steven-Waiss & Edie Goldberg / (c) Christophe Testi @ CreativeShot Photography
    This 17 min. read saves you up to 6 hours
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    “Sideways Is the New Up!”

    Most organizations still assess employees' skills by looking at their current roles and job titles. Edie Goldberg and Kelley Steven-Waiss propose a tried-and-tested alternative.

  • The Hybrid Workplace
    This 3 min. read saves you up to 17 hours
    For your knowledge advantage, we put together the most actionable insights from 13 getAbstract summaries (3 books with a total of 808 pages, 9 articles and one video) on this topic. If you did this work yourself, you would be busy for at least 967 minutes (about 17 hours). Learn more.
    The Hybrid Workplace

    After the pandemic, there won't just be the office and the home office – but everything in between. Here are five points to consider.

  • Why Big Plans Fail
    This 6 min. read saves you up to 41 hours
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    Why Big Plans Fail

    And how you can do better than Kodak, Kohl and Communism.

  • #gettogether: How to Manage Virtual Teams
    This minute read saves you up to 7 hours
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    #gettogether: How to Manage Virtual Teams

    Engineering Lead at Apple and former VP of Product Engineering at Slack, Michael Lopp, offers the tools and wisdom that leaders can cultivate in order to lead in a virtual space.

  • #gettogether: How to Manage Your Time
    This 2 min. read saves you up to 6 hours
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    #gettogether: How to Manage Your Time

    Jeff Haden asked successful musicians, race car drivers, corporate leaders and athletes how they define tasks, sustain their motivation, and watch their small wins accumulate. Here are his insights.

  • Become a Chef
    "Monsieur Botcuse, can you hold my beer, s'il vous plaît?!"
    Become a Chef

    If your menu tastes like screws, it must have been the robo-cook.

  • Learning at Work Week Impact Awards
    Learning at Work Week Impact Awards

    For this year’s Learning at Work Week, getAbstract honors the efforts of two companies to implement a highly efficient learning culture. Here are the winners.

  • How to Climb the Career Ladder Faster
    This 6 min. read saves you up to 122 hours
    For your knowledge advantage, we put together the most actionable insights from 27 getAbstract summaries (23 books with a total of 6092 pages, 2 articles and 2 videos) on this topic. If you did this work yourself, you would be busy for at least 7305 minutes (about 122 hours). Learn more.
    How to Climb the Career Ladder Faster

    Without being a ****.

  • #gettogether: How to Manage Negativity
    This minute read saves you up to 6 hours
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    #gettogether: How to Manage Negativity

    TUE, FEB 9: Best-Selling Author, Executive Coach and Keynote Speaker, Michael Lee Stallard Launches Us into Our Second Season of Understanding People as We Dive Right into the Tough Stuff

  • Breaking Out of the Cinderella Tale
    This 5 min. read saves you up to 5 hours
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    Breaking Out of the Cinderella Tale

    A Victorian lesson on how to take control of your own narrative.