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We Don’t Just Need to Connect—We Need to Reconnect

By Adam Grant — 2020

Rekindling dormant ties can bring unexpected benefits to our lives.

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How to Avoid Doing All the Emotional Labor at Work

All those little details, necessary but distinctly un-flashy, are sometimes referred to as “emotional labor.” In the workplace, that labor may include booking a room for a meeting, reserving an event space, or keeping morale going with a Secret Santa exchange.

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Amy Swanson King
2019
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How Emotional Labor May Affect You at Work

It could be dragging down your job performance and psychological health.

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Stacey Colino
2018
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How to Talk to Your Boss About Emotional Labor

Effective strategies for discussing the invisible load you’re shouldering in the workplace.

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Gemma Hartley
2019
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Let Go of Toxic Workplace ‘Emotional Labour’ in 2019

What will you leave behind in 2019? Here’s one suggestion: toxic workplace emotional labour. If you’re an administrator or manager, you may have influence over that not only for you but for employees in your sphere of influence.

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Astrid H. Kendrick
2018
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Emotional Labor Is a Store Clerk Confronting a Maskless Customer

The preeminent sociologist Arlie Russell Hochschild discusses the control over one’s feelings needed to go to work every day during a pandemic.

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Gary Stix
2020
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Managing the Hidden Stress of Emotional Labor

With the possible exception of Sesame Street’s Oscar the Grouch, very few of us have the luxury of being able to be completely and utterly ourselves all the time at work.

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Susan David
2016
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Emotional Labor: What It Is and What It Is Not

Emotional labor is a paid chore, not a household chore.

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Sharmin Tunguz
2020
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It’s Time to Talk about the Cost of Emotional Labor at Work

Much like the struggle to recognize the economic contributions of childcare for stay-at-home parents, there could be a similar gap in the working world. The definition of emotional labor being used here is that of unpaid, invisible work.

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Lindsay Kohler
2021
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Choosing the Right Job for People with Autism or Asperger’s Syndrome

Jobs need to be chosen that make use of the strengths of people with autism or Asperger’s syndrome.

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Temple Grandin
1999
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Why I’m Over Women’s ‘Empowerment’

It can’t be about “empowerment” any longer. To make real progress, it has to be about power—using and growing the power we women already have.

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Sallie Krawcheck
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