Managers typically assign workers their tasks, but in some organizations, employees themselves are allowed to select what they will do during a given time period. Here is a look at the advantages and disadvantages of each approach and ways to make self-selection more effective.

Finding your life's purpose starts with determining your passions and talents and how you can create a paying career out of them. Lead Above Noise founder Rachel Cooke explores this framework through the Japanese concept of "Ikigai."

Too many people are stressed out by bad work situations, and one possible reason is they conflate their job with their purpose, writes Larry Cornett. He defines "calling" versus "passion," sketches out personal vision and mission statements and urges people to explore their purpose in life as a path to better work, living and health.

Young employees' intentions to change jobs frequently and work for up to a dozen employers during their careers pose training and succession planning challenges for HR, says Jacqueline Welch, chief HR officer at The New York Times. "People need to talk about the implications of this profound shift in how people see their careers," Welch says.

HR should make stay interviews a permanent part of business and talent strategy, not simply a technique to use during labor shortages, says Kate Grimaldi, senior director of enterprise talent strategy at Paylocity. "One of my favorite questions is, 'Do you feel like if you left tomorrow, there'd be a hole in the company?'" Grimaldi says.

Over 30 women talked about their experiences working for the National Football League and a culture that hasn't improved since Commissioner Roger Goodell's 2014 pledge to recruit more females and take a stand against sexual assault and domestic violence. The women share stories of inappropriate and ineffective training sessions on domestic violence, being excluded from decision-making, being managed out for speaking up and passed over for promotions due to motherhood.

The rise of cryptocurrency as a hobby actually has many 20- and 30-somethings making crypto, financial decentralization and sports betting core tenets of their life. Millennials have long bemoaned their financial future, but the gamification of crypto appears to have put many in that generation in a position of strength as they build enough wealth to retire.

Reporters at the Beijing Winter Olympics who can't return to their hotels are able to recharge in specially designed "sleep rest cabins" at the event's athletic facilities. The pods contain comfortable beds, offer a "zero-gravity mode" to help ease stress and can be opened with a QR code.