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5 Research-Based Strategies for Overcoming Procrastination

Harvard Business

A while back, I took a year to experiment with every piece of personal productivity advice I could find. In becoming hyperaware of how I spent my time, I noticed something: I procrastinated a lot more often than I had originally thought. Your Team’s Time Management Problem Might Be a Focus Problem. Staying Focused.

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Evidence That Minorities Perform Worse Under Biased Managers

Harvard Business

When identical resumes — one with the name Emily and one with the name Lakisha, for example — are sent to job openings, Emily’s resume gets substantially more callbacks. In our study, managers may have been uncomfortable interacting with minority workers, so they simply spent less time managing them.