Unfortunately, every company comes with lackluster employees, so author Karen Burns has 5 tips for dealing with the incompetence around you at work. Some things you can do include keeping records of communications, avoiding the urge to complain, politely making your issues known, trying to help and utilizing any of the co-worker's possible strengths.

With an increase of single mothers in the workforce, managers and employers can use these 4 workplace changes to ease new mothers back into work, writes Ashley Stahl. An encouraging community, space for pumping, updated maternity leave policy and a reintegration period would give new mothers the support they need to get their careers back on track, she advises.

Open-plan offices have raised privacy and noise concerns among workers, and some companies have responded by creating more private spaces such as huddle or focus areas, phone booths and lactation pods, where people can get a reprieve or work quietly. Many employers have created wellness rooms for all employees, allowing for a variety of activities, including taking a nap.

One way to keep office meetings productive and give everyone opportunities to contribute is by assigning roles, according to David Komlos and David Benjamin. By designating members, critics or observers, everyone is free to speak without judgment as their respective role to make the most of the meeting.

As Mathilde Collin's stress grew from her constant connection to work, her co-founder was diagnosed with cancer, and Collin hit a wall that forced a new relationship with technology. The software CEO says she boosted her mental health and productivity by keeping her phone free of work-related apps, leaving her laptop behind for vacations, and working from home with only a notebook and pen one afternoon a week.

It may seem counterintuitive to take a break when there's work to do, but doing so can benefit employees, writes UPS Store executive Michelle Van Slyke. Going for a walk or chatting with a colleague can lead to new ideas, Slyke writes.

The SS Cotopaxi, a coal ship that disappeared in 1925 en route from Charleston, S.C., to Havana, lies off the coast of St. Augustine, Fla., and is not a victim of the Bermuda Triangle as commonly stated. A documentary of the discovery recently aired on the Science Channel.