Shutterstock It is easy to tell the difference between a strong manager and a weak one. Strong managers know who they are. They are not defined by their job title. They have convictions and they will happily share them. Weak managers don’t know who they are behind their business card. Their title gives them the only power they have in their life. They are full of fear. They are afraid of making a bigger boss angry.

shutterstock It is a constant learning experience to set boundaries as you advance in your career and your life. As an eager business newbie you may be willing to do all kinds of things for free that people generally get paid for, from writing your ex-roommate’s resume to creating a website for a startup company your buddy started.

Shutterstock Dear Liz, I hope you can help me make a career decision. I accepted a new position two and a half years ago and I’m not happy. My job has taught me all it can and there is no career advancement in  my organization, so my current job is probably the highest I will go here. My boss is okay. She’s smart, but she is tuned out. I get tiny pieces of information from her. I’m not important enough in her world for her to keep me well-informed.

shutterstock If you feel stuck in the “middle lane” of middle management, struggling to merge into the fast lane of executive leadership, it’s time for a tune-up. You might be the hardest-working member of your team, supervising dozens of employees who sacrifice their weekends whenever you ask them to, but that doesn’t make you a leader. Add these five elements to your professional life, and watch your success accelerate: 1. Increase your visibility.

Shutterstock Toxic people defy logic. Some are blissfully unaware of the negative impact that they have on those around them, and others seem to derive satisfaction from creating chaos and pushing other people’s buttons. As important as it is to learn how to deal with different kinds of people, truly toxic people will never be worth your time and energy—and they take a lot of each. Toxic people create unnecessary complexity, strife, and, worst of all, stress.

IBM and Siemens have formed an alliance designed to help hospitals better manage populations of patients in what is becoming a competitive multi-billion-dollar play for the healthcare industry. In signing a five-year global alliance with Siemens Healthineers, IBM Watson Health said it wants to improve health outcomes for medical provider clients as the U.S. healthcare system moves away from fee-for-service medicine to value-based care.

With the proliferation of technologies that make tech an almost mandatory part of a modern worker’s resume, and the loss of a generation of engineers to retirement, those two subjects are more important than ever for this new wave of workers still in school. And which schools are best to tutor them in those avenues? Well, answers to that question come from Times Higher Education – or THE – a London magazine that tracks the higher education market.

I feel like I’m in the middle of the ocean. Like I could swim in any direction but I can’t see land on any side so I don’t know which way to go. This is how Ian explained his twenties to psychologist Meg Jay, author of The Defining Decade. Convinced by parents and society that our options are unlimited, millennials flounder with prospective regrets.

Pexels.com Since President Barrack Obama took over the White House in 2008, healthcare has been a big topic of conversation in this country. Much of this conversation has focused on businesses and their obligations to employees. And while businesses have been mandated to adhere to certain rules and regulations, many are prioritizing employee health of their own volition.

It seems as though you can’t turn on the television or pick up a magazine without coming across a politician or pundit extolling the virtues of small business and the role it plays in the U.S. economy. In fact, Forbes is currently on the lookout for some of these amazing “small giants.”  It’s easy to see why small business is such a popular topic of conversation. As of today there are about 30 million small businesses in the U.S.