Meetings Are Stand-Up Jobs

Bureau of Labor Statistics Forecasts Fastest-Growing Jobs

BLS expects total U.S. employment to rise 14.3% over the current decade, resulting in 20.5 million new jobs. Here's a look at projections for the fastest-growing fields.

Do the Job You're Meant to Do

We all have a sweet spot where everything seems to flow: It's the intersection of our strengths, weaknesses, passions, and differences. We should plan our work and our lives so that we operate in that intersection.

JetBlue Chairman Teaches Entrepreneurial Lessons

Joel Peterson, the founder of private-equity firm Peterson Partners and chairman of JetBlue Airways Corp., teaches entrepreneurial management and leadership courses at Stanford Graduate School of Business in Palo Alto, Calif.

Business-Plan Contests Take a Practical Turn

Less planning, more legwork. That's the formula some business schools are using to overhaul the competitions they conduct each year to test their students' mettle as entrepreneurs.

M.B.A. Applications in Europe Slow

The European currency crisis is claiming another victim: the M.B.A student.

To Colleagues: I'm Outta Here

The farewell email: It's a chance for departing employees to have the last word at work. But ultimately, a mass email can create confusion.

• Video: The Art of the Farewell Workplace Email

Why I Switched Jobs

Sometimes it's difficult to take assignments that stretch you, even when it's the right thing to do.

News & Trends in Management

Move over M.B.A.s, engineers are far more prevalent in companies' top ranks, a new study says. Plus, CEOs are making transparency a priority.

'Rank and Yank' Still Liked by Some

Teaching Global Business

Who Has Time to Learn?

Is a Babysitter the Answer?