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A New Study Shows Good Friends Make You Healthier (and Live Longer): How Loneliness Impacts Physical and Mental Health 16.10.2026 5:54

In today's Inc. Productivity Tip, Jeff Haden writes about a major new study that suggests feeling lonely or socially isolated can cut years of healthy life, especially in terms of mental health. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Build Trust With AI by Giving People More Time to Be Human 15.10.2026 6:39

As Inc. contributor Heather Wilde Renze writes, AI can handle the busywork. Humans can handle the human stuff. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

AI Shopping Is Here. Are Your Products Ready? 14.10.2026 7:13

The storefront is moving into the AI conversation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

New Research Reveals What Separates Workplaces People Love From Those They Leave 12.10.2026 5:34

Here’s why 61 percent of employees have considered quitting, according to research. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Science Says Happier People Prioritize 3 Key Aspects of Life. So Should You 09.10.2026 5:45

Why pick one when you can choose–and benefit–from all three? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Nestlé CEO Philipp Navratil Says Employees Who Get Promoted Share 3 Traits. None Requires a Degree 08.10.2026 4:57

The head of the $259 billion company says his test for who earns a promotion has little to do with credentials. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A 2000s era TV show Its Enduring Appeal Can Show How Brands Can Became More Valuable With Age 07.10.2026 6:08

More than two decades after its debut, Gilmore Girls demonstrates how a distinctive brand, loyal audience and smart distribution can create enduring value. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

GM Is Building Its Own Talent Pipeline. More Businesses Should Pay Attention 06.10.2026 5:52

Stop hunting for talent. Start building it. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Best Leaders Notice What People Don’t Say. Here Are 5 Ways to Get Better at It 05.10.2026 6:39

Listening to the words isn’t enough. A skill called attunement can help leaders pick up the subtle signals that reveal what’s really happening with their people. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Mets Spent $352 Million on Talent and Still Missed the Playoffs. Here’s the Leadership Lesson 02.10.2026 7:46

As Andrea Olson, the CEO of Pramatik writes, you can buy talent, you can’t buy teamwork. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Want to Be More Persuasive, Starting Today? Research Says Stop Making Statements and Start Asking Questions 01.10.2026 6:11

Why? Because we all prefer–and are more likely–to persuade ourselves. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Hidden Leadership Cost of Letting AI Do Too Much Thinking 30.09.2026 4:24

AI was meant to save time. So why are we drowning in workslop? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Arthur Smith Built ‘Hell’s Kitchen’ and ‘American Ninja Warrior’ Into Lasting Franchises. He Credits 6 Core Principles 29.09.2026 7:11

Inc. contributor Marc Berman, the founder and Editor in Chief of Programming Insider talks about Arthur Smith and his 25 years as the head of his own production company that's made over 200 television shows by sticking to what made it successful. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

4 Rare Leadership Habits That Make People Want to Follow You 28.09.2026 6:35

Inc. Contributor Marcel Schwantes says the best leaders don’t rely on authority to get people to follow. Their everyday actions earn trust, respect, and commitment. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

‘Friends’ Wasn’t Just a Hit Sitcom. Its 6 Stars Built a Powerful Business Alliance Entrepreneurs Can Learn From 25.09.2026 6:15

The decision by six young actors to stick together became a lesson in collective leverage. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Steve Jobs Had One Leadership Blind Spot. His Longtime Advisor Says This Is What Leaders Get Wrong. 24.09.2026 6:44

What Kamini Ramani thinks the former Apple CEO got wrong, and what she learned from him. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Sydney Sweeney’s Ad Controversy Just Showed Founders the Real Cost of Renting Fame 23.09.2026 5:31

Big names bring big attention. They can bring baggage, too. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A Massive New Study Links Working From Home to Isolation and Mental Health Problems; plus, Emotionally Intelligent People Use 3 Short Questions to Strengthen Their Relationships 22.09.2026 10:14

A recent analysis of five nationally representative surveys covering 588,322 U.S. workers from 2011 through 2024, excluding the peak-pandemic years of 2020 and 2021. Also, to start listening, you have to stop arguing, first. These three short questions will help you reign in your feelings—and turn emotional into emotionally intelligent. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/ad...

Gartner Says Companies May Rehire 30 Percent of Workers Replaced by AI. Here’s the Leadership Lesson 21.09.2026 5:06

Companies racing to replace people with AI may eventually discover they moved too fast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In 1970, the Carpenters Turned a Bank Commercial Into a Hit Song. It’s a Lesson for Every Leader 18.09.2026 5:49

Most people have no idea how “We’ve Only Just Begun” began. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Want to Turn Failure Into Progress and Even Happiness? Science Says Just Tell Yourself the Right Story 17.09.2026 6:57

The way you frame a failure can make you feel better in the present and more likely to be successful (and happy) in the future. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Are HR Platforms Becoming Extinct? AI Agents Are Changing the Game 16.09.2026 5:30

The next HR platform might be built, not bought. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Experience Doesn’t Automatically Create Confidence. New Research Finds How to Bridge the Gap 15.09.2026 6:34

Leadership confidence doesn’t come from positive thinking. New research suggests it emerges when leaders learn to make meaning of their own experience. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

3 Uncommon Traits of Strong Leaders People Never Forget 14.09.2026 4:01

What seems soft on the surface can become a serious advantage for leaders who want stronger teams. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Angela Duckworth Built Her Career on Grit. Her New Book Says It’s Not Always Enough; plus, How Playing High School Sports Secretly Predicts Career Success in Women 11.09.2026 8:56

-The folks of Masters of Scale write that you can have all the grit in the world and still be grinding in a room where it doesn’t compound. -And a new e.l.f. Beauty and Parity study of 9,000+ women shows how youth sports build high-earning, leadership-minded careers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices