Kerry Hannon

2 weeks ago | yahoo.com | Kerry Hannon

With less than a week to go before a deadline that the Social Security Administration set to end phone support for certain customer service needs, the agency braked and hit reverse. The controversial plan to crack down on customer service for anyone applying for new benefits or checking benefits was set to start April 14, ending phone service support for retirees and survivors applying for benefits or for beneficiaries making direct deposit changes.

2 weeks ago | ca.finance.yahoo.com | Kerry Hannon

Last week’s tariff-induced market selloff ripped through 401(k) accounts, and over the weekend millions of savers and retirees took matters into their own hands. People pulled vast sums of 401(k) money from large US equity funds and target date funds and shifted to more conservative stable value, bond, and money market funds, according to Alight Solutions’ 401(k) Index.

2 weeks ago | ca.finance.yahoo.com | Kerry Hannon

That's a really important point — you need to communicate why you're making changes, your values, and why that change is important for the people, your customers, your partners, or other relationships that you have. Around that time there were so many other artists who were coming up with novel ways to release their music. U2 partnered with Apple; Jay-Z partnered with Samsung; Beyoncé surprise dropped her album, but Taylor decided to have a livestream where she could talk to fans directly.

2 weeks ago | finance.yahoo.com | Kerry Hannon

Kevin Evers, a senior editor at the Harvard Business Review, is well-versed in the winning moves and missteps of business leaders. I asked Evers to share his analysis of what we can all learn from Swift about managing our careers and more. Below are excerpts of our conversation, edited for length and clarity. Kerry Hannon: What are the big lessons startup founders or those of us managing career shifts can learn from how Taylor Swift has managed her career?

2 weeks ago | finance.yahoo.com | Kerry Hannon

Fewer employers plan to sweeten salaries this year, and remote work continues to face headwinds, but there’s one glimmer of light for workers and job seekers: Pay transparency laws are ramping up in more states. A wide-ranging new study from Payscale examining compensation and employment trends across industries suggests lower expectations are in order for workers seeking raises and remote work.