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We May Not Have a Clear Path, But We Each Have One

Harmonious Workplaces

I did this while attending UChicago and picking up extra cash cleaning industrial carpets, being a production artist for GES Exposition Services during the summer, or working a Blockbuster. I also handled recruitment, payroll, inventory management, and other store operations. They offer an app for Android and iOS.

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How to Keep Your Team Focused and Productive During Uncertain Times

Harvard Business

On a team, these feelings, and the resulting hit to productivity, can be contagious. Some of your team members may be looking around and wondering how their colleagues are keeping it together while they’re losing sleep and unable to be productive. ” Here are practical ways to do that. Encourage self-compassion.

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How a Flex-Time Program at MIT Improved Productivity, Resilience, and Trust

Harvard Business

Our flex-time program also delivers financial gain for us in the form of increased productivity, regardless of the weather. Our team members were able to put in full, productive days from their homes, without the stress of driving in the snow or having to take delayed mass transit options. Shawn Achor and Michelle Gielan.

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Teams Solve Problems Faster When They’re More Cognitively Diverse

Harvard Business

Throughout this period, we have run a strategic execution exercise with executive groups focused on managing new, uncertain, and complex situations. The exercise requires the group to formulate and execute a strategy to achieve a specified outcome, against the clock. There is a familiar saying: “We recruit in our own image.”

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The Myth of a Psychologically Safe Workplace

Organizational Talent Consulting

Challenger safety – This is the last stage when others are able to provide constructive criticism and engage in productive conflict without fear of exclusion or retaliation. Practicing small acts of self-control, like exercise followed by periods of rest, builds self-control capacity. This is the stage where individuals can innovate.

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How U.S. Army Basic Training Turns Diverse Groups into Teams

Harvard Business

We know that diverse teams are more creative and productive than homogenous teams, but how do you get individuals who aren’t alike working together smoothly? As I’ve seen from teaching over 960 recruits as a basic-training company commander in the U.S. Take my recruits, for instance. That reinforces the bond.

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Why You Should Let Employees Personalize Their Job Descriptions

Harvard Business

In most corporate structures, today, recruitment for a position generally means starting with a formal list of tasks — the standardized job description — and hiring someone who can make a convincing case that they would perform each one. Our cars have infinitely adjustable seats and telescopic steering. We ideated constantly.