Johnny C. Taylor Jr. tackles your human resources questions as part of a series for USA TODAY. Taylor is president and CEO of the Society for Human Resource Management, the world's largest HR ...

In today's competitive and fast-paced professional world, it's common to become deeply attached to our work performance, expectations and results. While striving for success is a natural inclination, ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Sho Dewan is a career expert who covers work, top jobs, and business. For many professionals, the lines between self-worth and ...

Medically reviewed by Jane Kim, MD Key Takeaways Untreated OSA can impair focus, memory, and reaction time, making work tasks ...

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There’s probably never been a time when employees (or managers) enjoyed mandatory performance reviews at work. Performance cycles come under criticism for being time-consuming (if you’re a manager), ...

Our personality impacts our lives in many ways. How agreeable we are influences our relationship satisfaction; how extraverted we are relates to our career success; and how open-minded we are defines ...

Researchers combined multiple meta-analyses of the five big personality traits and examined their effect on job performance. Researchers examined the effect of personality traits — conscientiousness, ...

A Performance Improvement Plan (PIP) is a tool designed to give an employee with performance deficiencies the opportunity to succeed. It may be used to address issues with meeting specific job goals ...

Since 85% of success in work depends precisely on the employee’s soft skills, determining the critical personality factors for a specific position worries both employers and job candidates seeking ...