U.S. working culture has long celebrated “extra” work hours as a badge of honor. Yet for those regularly working 50+ hours per week, productivity decreases rapidly. Overwork also negatively impacts the employee’s life and health and saps your organization’s profitability....
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In 1918, publicity expert and consultant Ivy Lee significantly improved productivity at Bethlehem Steel by meeting with each senior manager for fifteen minutes each and dispensing only one instruction. The story has been told often, but the advice from this “productivity...
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It might be time to work on your organization’s seating chart. New research from Harvard Business School and Cornerstone OnDemand shows that placing the right type of employees near each other “has been shown to generate up to a 15% increase...
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