We’re usually told that it pays to be nice to others, but, according to a career coach named Rachel, that might not always be the best approach when it comes to business. Rachel posted a video on ...

Social discomfort is so universal that social psychologists like me have made careers out of studying it. We can find it almost anywhere, like in salary negotiations or small talk conversations that ...

If you want to get ahead and gain respect at work, don't make "being nice" your priority, says Stanford University organizational behavior professor Jeffrey Pfeffer. You might think being nice will ...

I used to think being nice at work was a guaranteed win. Say yes often enough, keep the peace, smile through the tension—people will like you, right? But the truth is, there's a cost to that kind of ...

Asking for what you want in the workplace can come across as toxic behavior, but only if you push too hard. “No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted.” So wrote famed fable-writer Aesop ...

Being nice at work is always a safe bet. After all, who doesn't want to be seen as agreeable and easy to work with? Even though it may be well-intentioned, being too nice can be a bad thing. Lisa Wong ...