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Maybe you just got promoted, or maybe you’ve been a manager for a while now. Either way, you probably have your own personal approach to leading a team.

With 35% of the US workforce run by freelancers, and 45% of them providing services in the technical space, freelancing is no longer a “hobby” but a respectable career.

According to time management expert Laura Vanderkam, author of 168 Hours: You Have More Time Than You Think, the secret to time management is in time tracking.

There’s a wealth of advice for individuals on how to manage stress. But what’s collectively stressing us out at work in 2021? And what can employers do about it?

Many of the causes of workplace stress are beyond our control, whether it’s pandemic-related pressures or difficult co-workers. But there are still ways that individuals can deal with stress at work.

We’ve all had to deal with challenging people in the workplace. Maybe you’ve had a mean-spirited manager who was over-critical. Maybe you worked with a colleague who slacked on the job, to the detriment of your own productivity. Maybe you’re even working with a difficult person at work right now.

The way you say something is just as important as the words you use, so you need to be extra careful in making sure that confused body language doesn’t muddle your message.

Chances are, this isn’t the first time you’re hearing about the growing need for flexibility in the office. But sometimes it’s hard to know what people mean when they talk about it, if only because workplace flexibility has become something of a buzzword.

As a content writer, screenwriter, and journalist who has written everything from personal finance blog posts to fictional time travel stories to climate change reporting, I am most certainly a generalist.

I was an indecisive twenty-something graduate when I got my first job working at a trendy London startup. During onboarding, I was introduced to yummy office snacks, the biggest coffee machine I had ever seen, and benefits which included a monthly Deliveroo allowance and a subscription to Headspace.

Are you on the fence about the rules involving eating your meals while on a call? Read what managers and entrepreneurs have to say about Zoom etiquette and eating.

Remote work is great, even in more “precedented” times. Digital nomads have been doing it for years, although they might have picked white beaches over their kitchen tables. Now a lot more people have jumped on the bandwagon—or been forced on.