A clear vision has always been a cornerstone on which people build businesses. You need to be able to communicate an understandable, unambiguous concept of what you want. Otherwise, trust and effective strategy are pipedreams. But especially over the past year, we’ve all been tossed into a pit of uncertainty that makes it hard to know what direction to go in. To lead fearlessly and overcome doubt, it’s more important now than ever that your vision be not just clear, but deeply personal and empathetic, too. Why it matters so much that you make your vision personal Let’s not beat…

Careful what you say or type at work — because it could backfire. As word and grammar experts, we asked dozens of managers what bothered them the most when they talk to employees and read emails or DMs from them. The most common complaint? All the "junk" words and phrases! Too many of us fill our conversations with useless, clunky and pretentious words and phrases, especially ones that have duplicate meanings. In some cases, they aren't technically incorrect, but it's always best — and safer — to err on the side of caution and stick with the standard rules of…

Spelling seems like such a minor thing. And don't we all have the spell-check feature in our computers? But it's actually one of the most problematic issues we deal with in the business world. Bad spelling can put a dent in your professional reputation. According to one survey, 43% of hiring managers automatically chuck a candidate's resume if it has spelling errors. Another showed that 79% of recruiters and human resource managers said spelling and grammatical mistakes were the biggest "deal breakers" in job hunting. Here are some of the most commonly misspelled words in American English, along their common…

People who are better at making up 'bulls**t' explanations for things tend to have a higher cognitive ability than their peers, a study has concluded. Experts from Ryerson University in Toronto, , conducted tests to explore the link between people's willingness and skill at lying and their cognitive abilities. Fortunately, even though smarter people are better at making up nonsense, the team found that they were less likely to do so than their less-intelligent counterparts. The researchers also found that people who are more willing to are also more susceptible themselves to believing profound-sounding twaddle. Similar results — that —…