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The management behaviors that actually improve loyalty and productivity -- including the ones that cost nothing and the costly mistakes most first-time managers make without realizing it.
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The MSNBC host on the editorial mission she built her weekend program around -- and what she was actually trying to accomplish beyond the metrics her network used to measure success.
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The digital media executive on the mistake of letting technology strategy distract from editorial fundamentals -- and why the hard work of journalism has not actually changed.
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The founder on the gap in the market she identified, the community she built around it, and the business model that turned a niche product into a sustainable digital media company.
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The entertainment reporter on the preparation, rejection, and grinding repetition that the camera never shows -- and what she would tell her younger self about what the job actually requires.
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The documentary journalist on the lessons she took from working within Oprah's orbit -- and what her sister's imprisonment in North Korea taught her about the limits of her craft.
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The signals that career coaches and media veterans say are worth paying attention to -- and the difference between normal job frustration and a genuine sign it is time to move on.
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The journalist and editor on the editorial and structural decisions behind a digital newsroom being built without the inherited assumptions of traditional media organizations.
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A veteran digital writer shares the mistakes she made when the web was still figuring itself out -- and the lessons about audience, speed, and accuracy that have stayed relevant ever since.
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The Emmy-winning television producer on the standards she set for herself early in her career -- and the mentor who taught her that good enough is never actually good enough.
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