Yesterday, we reported on the The Bachelor’s Degrees With The Highest Salary Potential, but many careers today require a master’s degree, particularly for those who wish to advance or earn more money.

Photo Courtesy of Shutterstock Welcome to The Salary Chronicles, where we’re bringing transparency to negotiation and salaries, one story at a time. We ask women to share their experiences negotiating their salary and what their advice is for others doing the same. We share these stories anonymously so they feel comfortable speaking as openly and as freely as possible.

Shutterstock I’ve written recently about insights, secrets and success factors for public speakers. Attending a conference a couple of weeks ago, I was more struck by the common mistakes that speaker after speaker was making and so I thought it was time to write about what to avoid. Here are five mistakes I’m seeing a good deal at conference venues everywhere – and how to fix them. 1. Dress your brand, not your tribe.

“How do I become The Boss?” In a recent LinkedIn study of more than 459,000 professionals, economists tried to pin down that elusive insight. The truth is that getting that C-suite spot is a tough climb, and not everyone is going to make it. The study revealed that the probability of a professional becoming an executive is just 14%. But in a surprising finding, it appears that changing job functions within an industry significantly increases the likelihood of moving up the ladder.

While robots and computers will probably never completely replace doctors and nurses, machine learning/deep learning and AI are transforming the healthcare industry, improving outcomes, and changing the way doctors think about providing care. Machine learning is improving diagnostics, predicting outcomes, and just beginning to scratch the surface of personalized care. Imagine walking in to see your doctor with an ache or pain.

As college students head–or return–to campuses around the country, many will be faced with the dilemma of choosing a major. Which fields of study guarantee students healthy starting salaries that will continue to grow? As part of their 2016 – 2017 College Salary Report, Payscale asked survey respondents whose culminating degree is a bachelor’s, who graduated from schools in the U.S.

Shutterstock It is not unusual for an organization to worry about finding the right new CEO. However, our concern goes far beyond the CEO replacement. We see a serious problem in the making. We are about to experience a dearth of effective senior leaders. Why? Several forces have combined, as if it were a perfect storm, to generate this critical situation. 1. The financial downturn slowed retirements. Senior executives stayed on and created congestion at the top.

SAN FRANCISCO, CA – FEBRUARY 18: Yahoo! President and CEO Marissa Mayer delivers a keynote during the Yahoo Mobile Developers Conference on February 18, 2016 at The Masonic in San Francisco, California. (Photo by Stephen Lam/Getty Images) Yahoo has admitted to a hack in 2014 that left data of 500 million users exposed. The company also blamed an unnamed nation state for the hack.

Larry Ellison, the 72-year-old executive chairman and CTO of Oracle, was omnipresent at Oracle OpenWorld this week, delivering two compelling keynote addresses and answering customers’ questions at the event’s Leaders Circle forum. As always, Ellison didn’t mince words in laying out his technology worldview, calling out rival Amazon.com, hammering on the rising importance of information security, and sharing business lessons learned from a life of sailing.

Shutterstock I used to get dragged into team-building activities and I never felt comfortable. I was always watching the clock and eyeing the exit.  I like to chill with people but I never got into team-building exercises. Years later, I know why.