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How to Help Your Team Manage Grunt Work

Harvard Business

Here are a few techniques I suggest to help them shrink the amount of time they spend on grunt work, while still getting it done: Impose constraints: If an employee is filling her days with low-level tasks that could be completed in much less time, impose a time constraint. Morning email needs to be answered by 10am.

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3 Ways to Control Your Phone Addiction on Vacation

Harvard Business

The Data-Driven Case for Vacation. How to Negotiate for Vacation Time. Maybe you don’t need — or don’t want — your device taken from you, but a similar result might be achieved if you find a designated space, like a hotel safe, to store it. You and Your Team Series. Shawn Achor and Michelle Gielan.

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