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Why the Most Productive People Don’t Always Make the Best Managers

Harvard Business

Supporting others’ development. All leaders, whether they are supervisors or managers, need to be concerned about developing others. While individual contributors can focus on their own development, great managers take pride in helping others learn. This is a requirement for effective managers.

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The Lie That Perfectionists Tell Themselves

Harvard Business

For example, one of the most common ones is the belief that increasing productivity, or getting the most out of your time, will decrease the quality of your work, or your ability to do tasks perfectly. In fact, spending more time at work and on specific tasks can actually hurt our performance, reducing the quality of our work.

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5 Ways to Focus Your Energy During a Work Crunch

Harvard Business

By not being present to the here and now, we drain our energy by ruminating on the situation. “The most successful executives have developed an ability to be in a state of high limbic system arousal and still remain calm,” Rock says. “Partly, this is their ability to label emotion states.” Srini Pillay.

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