In a recent EY survey of more than 1,000 employees, the results showed a serious disconnect between employees in the trenches and top-level executives. Here are some ways to get past that and have your ideas heard. (CNBC)

If you have the perfect job in your sights, and you know you're qualified, there are ways you can be persistent to ensure you will definitely get noticed by the hiring manager - without getting on their nerves. (CNN Money)

On Wednesday, oil prices increased to their highest level since 2014 as unrest in the Middle East sent the markets into a frenzy. The price of oil futures rose more than 2% In midday trading, topping $67 a barrel for the first time since December 2014. (CNN)

Once upon a time an MBA was considered a must-have to bolster your career and gain entry into management. But with the changing business school landscape and the escalating costs, you need to seriously weigh the pros and cons of going back to earn an MBA. Here are five tips to help. (Forbes)

Bad communication skills could have a significant impact on your career - particularly your ability to lead. Three things you can fix immediately that can have a positive impact on how credible and confident you appear. (Fast Company)

If you’re among the business school candidates concerned about a gap in your resume, don’t try to hide it. The first thing to know is that staying mum isn’t a strategy, and hoping your admissions reviewer isn’t going to notice won’t do anything to win their favor (it’s the opposite, really). That’s because admissions committee members are experts at both assessing the whole picture about a candidate while at the same time, scrutinizing the details of an application. (Poets & Quants)

Non-bias work environment can improve productivity, nurture collaborative culture and promote equality in society. Diversity and inclusion should be qualities that business leaders develop in nurturing their organizations. (The New Paper)

The Stuart School of Business at the Illinois Institute of Technology, using BoardEX data from the Center for Corporate Performance, sampled more than 1,200 CEOs and found that CEOs with strong connections to people of different demographic backgrounds created a higher value for their firms. (Harvard Business Review)

Brexit Secretary David Davis will reassure the European Union that the U.K. won’t try to undercut the bloc by tearing up regulations after the split, making the case for mutual trust between regulators on each side. (Bloomberg)

Sweden is winning the race towards becoming the world's first completely cashless society, but there are growing concerns it's causing problems for the elderly and other vulnerable groups. (BBC)

Established in the spring of 1968, the African-American Student Union (AASU), a student club at Harvard Business School (HBS), is marking its 50th anniversary. As part of a year-long celebration, with the help of Senior Lecturer Tony Mayo and his colleagues in the Leadership Initiative, the School’s Baker Library Special Collections has mounted an extensive exhibit in the Library’s north foyer documenting the founding and growth of AASU over two decades, from the troubled times of the late 1960s--in the midst of the civil rights movement, protests against the Vietnam War, urban unrest, and the assassinations of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and Senator Robert F. Kennedy--until 1990. (Harvard Business School)

Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg has spent hours being grilled by members of the U.S. Senate this week in the midst of the scandal involving inappropriately gathered data by Cambridge Analytica, but it so far hasn't had a negative affect on his wealth. Facebook stock surged this week, which added approximately $2.8 billion to his earnings, now at $66 billion. (Forbes)

At the MERIT Higher Education Summit in Lisbon last month, change was in the air. As executives and business school representatives mingled over Pastéis de Nata and espresso pods aplenty, the conversation was geared towards one thing: lifelong learning and the future of work. (Business Because)

Northwestern Mutual recent conducted a survey in an effort to better understand how confident women are financially, how they define that confidence and what factors are involved. The survey revealed that many women of color have business ownership as a top priority and goal. (Rolling Out)

Some financial analysts believe investors should take advantage of Facebook's crisis because based on surveys it doesn't appear that a large number of the two billions users plan on leaving the social media platform, despite its recent troubles. (Forbes)

Financial procrastination affects millions of Americans, and often leads to missed opportunities including poor retirement planning and failure to save enough for emergencies. (USA TODAY)

JP Morgan Chase believes that tremendous corporate profits will be better than Wall Street anticipates, a situation that will help steady recent market volatility and boost share prices. (CNBC)

According to documents from a meeting last month, the Federal Reserve plans to increase interest rates to reach its inflation target very soon based on a stronger economy and growing consumer confidence. (CNN Money)

In most states, public pension funds don't have enough money to pay for benefits they've promised to government workers. The problem is getting worse. Overall, the shortfall across states grew by $295 billion between 2015 and 2016, according to a new report from The Pew Charitable Trusts. (CNNMoney)