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5 Ways to Counteract Your Smartphone Addiction

Harvard Business

In France, companies with more than 50 employees are now required to do something similar; the country’s “ right to disconnect” law , passed in January 2017, mandates that they set aside hours when employees don’t have to be available via email. Why New Personal Productivity Efforts Don’t Stick.

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6 Ways to Counteract Your Smartphone Addiction

Harvard Business

In France, companies with more than 50 employees are now required to do something similar; the country’s “ right to disconnect” law , passed in January 2017, mandates that they set aside hours when employees don’t have to be available via email. Why New Personal Productivity Efforts Don’t Stick.

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When Companies Want to Innovate, But Investors Won’t Let Them

Harvard Business

As of Aug 7 2018, Tesla’s market capitalization (USD 64.75B) exceeded that of BMW (USD 64.36B), despite BMW’s comparable production levels and deliveries of electric cars and significantly higher profits (net income of 10.3B for BMW versus -2.7B for Tesla as of June 30, 2018).

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Why Consulting: The 2019 Ultimate Guide

QEmploy

Sending invoices and getting paid on time. Product Strategy and Launch. The survey was made in January 2019 and is carried out each year at the same time. Project Management. Program Management Office (PMO). Product Development and Launch. How big will the market for product “X” be?

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Help Your Team Achieve Work-Life Balance — Even When You Can’t

Harvard Business

It wasn’t until I moved to Paris in 1997 to become Finance Manager for Disney Consumer Products Europe, Middle East, and Africa that I experienced someone setting a non-negotiable boundary for herself. A 2017 survey by Kronos and Future Workplace , reveals that the restructuring of work has resulted in significant burnout.

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Why You Need an Untouchable Day Every Week

Harvard Business

I realized that what I needed was a practical way to get more work done without taking more time. Because in my first year as a full-time author, I actually started feeling my productivity slipping — even though I had quit my full-time job. On these days, I’m 10 times more productive.

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Navigating Political Talk at Work

Harvard Business

But in the aftermath of a heated presidential campaign, we were curious about whether political talk was adding an extra layer, threatening job performance, productivity, and employee well-being. Younger workers in particular reported lower levels of productivity and higher levels of stress. Work relationships suffered as well.

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