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A 4-Step Plan to Stop Micromanaging and Preserve Productivity

Managers, listen up: micromanagement kills your team’s efficiency and will slowly drive you insane. I’ve prepared a simple four-step plan to help you stop micromanaging and thereby preserve your employees’ productivity. [Read more...]

Proactive Management Makes Employee Feedback Dead Simple

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Matthew Swyers wrote an excellent piece for Inc. today about why ultimatums don’t work in employer-employee relationships, but all I could think about was how proactive management would eliminate the need for an ultimatum in the first place. [Read more...]

Do You Have a Job, a Career or a Calling? Use Your Work Attitude to Boost Productivity

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Work means different things to everyone, and understanding whether you have a job, a career or a calling represents the first step in assessing your productivity needs. [Read more...]

5 Must-Reads on Motivation

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Good morning! This week’s Monday Must-Reads turn the lens inward. [Read more...]