Bloomberg Markets host Betty Liu writes that the most common traits among successful people that she interviews include persistence and the ability to handle fear. Successful people are also good listeners and they can identify their primary motivators.

Your communication skills, posture and energy could be making it easier to be interrupted at work, writes Jared Lindzon. People feel compelled to jump in when they see someone using hesitant language or not displaying a passion for the subject.

Walmart will begin rolling out Facebook's Workplace tool to its workforce after testing it at its corporate office. The tool helps employees communicate and share content.

Companies often encourage employees to offer innovative ideas, but many struggle with change and even fire employees for being too creative, writes Bill Jerome of The Disposable Visionary. Jerome details how to tell whether a company stifles ingenuity and how to create a culture that nurtures innovation.

Working Mother has compiled a list of the best companies for working moms based on factors such as paid time off and leave policies, flexibility and company culture. The includes companies such as Accenture, Unilever and Deloitte.

Time management efforts often fail because it's hard to anticipate future events and it's easy to overestimate your ability to take on work, writes Parth Misra. When you feel yourself falling behind, the proper reaction is to become more methodical, not more hasty, he writes.

A Maine woman recently contained a forest fire using a frying pan, according to forest rangers. Nancy Weeks used the pan to carry water from a pond to a campsite while she waited for crews to arrive.

SmartBrief held its first Women in Leadership Forum last week at its Washington, D.C., headquarters. Read more at SmartBrief's Leadership blog about what speakers Teresa Meares, Kathy Korman Frey and Dana Theus shared with attendees about communication, "guerilla mentoring" and workplace confidence.