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At only 22, fresh out of undergrad, Stewart Van Cleve started a project that would change the trajectory of his life. He began collecting stories—stories of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer people of his home state of Minnesota. Those stories snowballed into something more. Today, at 29, Van Cleve has built a career around
Some research suggests that men and women, when negotiating their own salary or job offer, take different approaches. But should your negotiation strategy change depending on the gender of the person you’re negotiating with? Not exactly. Experts say that if you focus on gender, you may feed into cultural stereotypes that will backfire during the negotiation—and destroy your chances
You likely know who your work best friend (or even your work spouse) is. But, on the flip side, do you know who sees you as competition? Probably not, scientists think. Looking at the responses of hundreds of workers and students, researchers at Washington University in St. Louis learned that we don’t really know at
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