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What to Do When You’re Covering for Colleagues — and Can’t Keep Up

Harvard Business

As a time management coach, I believe the best option is the final one — finding an in-between solution where you keep up on the essentials but avoid putting the full weight of multiple jobs on your shoulders. Do you work crazy hours trying to do everything for everyone? Or is there an answer in between? Kolb and Sharon M.

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CC’ing the Boss on Email Makes Employees Feel Less Trusted

Harvard Business

He found that increased transparency led workers to conceal information, even when that information was beneficial, such as process improvements they’d discovered. We also found that clueless, well-meaning people, like Ali, might be in the minority. What are the implications of these findings for organizations and supervisors?

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