MEETINGS: NO. 1 TIME WASTER The office meeting is the No. 1 time-wasting annoyance of all workplace traditions, according to a survey by www.salary.com. WSJ‘s Sue Shellenbarger talks to Kelsey Hubbard on Lunch Break about why the purpose of the office meeting is misunderstood, and some...

HIRE FOR PERSONALITY Your CV and skills base are not the complete winning combination to landing your next job. Robert Chavez, President and CEO of Hermès US, says that when it comes to hiring, you can pretty much teach people about anything but you can’t teach them how to have a sense...

JOB LISTINGS: BEWARE PHANTOM POSTS Sometimes when you see  job listings, they  are actually phantom posts for positions that are already filled. Why do companies post open jobs after a hire has been identified or skip posting altogether? Leslie Kwoh reports on WSJ‘s the News Hub with...

LESSONS IN LEADERSHIP Angela Ahrendts,  CEO of Burberry PLC, tells WSJ.com how she encourages her staff to come up with new ideas using teamwork as a way to drive innovation. THE PULSE is produced by LdC Media for TCN The Communications Network: www.newmediatcn.com For free daily...

DREAM JOBS: CLARISSA WARD Forbes’ Meghan Casserly interviews Clarissa Ward, Foreign Correpsondent, CBS News, about her career path. THE PULSE is produced by LdC Media for TCN The Communications Network: www.newmediatcn.com For free daily updates on what you need and want to know, click...

LEADING WITH IMPACT Moira Forbes, publisher of ForbesWoman, talks to successful women about about the attitudes and priorities of risk and leadership. THE PULSE is produced by LdC Media for TCN The Communications Network: www.newmediatcn.com For free daily updates on what you need and want to...

SECRETS OF SUCCESS ForbesWoman asks what are the secrets of success of power women, including: Christine Lagarde, Managing Director, IMF; Ann Curry, NBC News; Jill Abramson, Executive Editor, The New York Times; Arianna Huffington, President & EIC, Huffington Post Media Group; Jane...

ON THE JOB: WHO HIRES? In the recruiting hiring process, the final decision is not necessarily made by a human. Traditional human thought and interaction is increasingly being replaced by an algorithm, and the factors that these computers consider are very different than what applicants...

ON THE JOB: DRESSING FOR BUSINESS Fashion designer Norma Kamali gives her tips and advice for women dressing in the workplace. Watch the video, courtesy of Business Insider.com The Pulse is produced by LdC Media for  TCN The Communications Network: www.ldcmediacreative.com For free...

HOW TO BE INNOVATIVE Companies in the US used the term innovation 33,000 times in annual and quarterly reports in the past year. Synergy, optimisation, entrepreneurship, start-up culture - amongst these business buzz words innovation is the latest, but just because you say it does that...

ON THE JOB: THE NO A-HOLE RULE The worldwide economic slump has made the workplace a bigger battlefield  than ever before. Adding to the fear of employment uncertainty, bullying is rife. Stanford professor Robert Sutton, author of the bestseller The No Asshole Rule (available on...

WOMEN IN THE WORLD Tina Brown, Editor-in-Chief for Newsweek and The Daily Beast, talks about the recent Women in the World summit and its importance for women’s advancement and global cultural and foreign affairs. Video courtesy of Bloomberg Television THE PULSE is produced by LdC...