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Soundtrack to Success: The Role of Music in Enhancing Workplace Productivity

HR Digest

The Weeknd’s “Blinding Lights” (released in 2019) and Natasha Bedingfield’s 2004 single “Unwritten” topped the list, accumulating a staggering 4 billion plays on the platform. Happy and cheerful tunes have been found to boost performance, focus, and even encourage more cooperative behavior among employees.

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When He Retires and She Still Works, What Happens?

Harvard Business Review

At age 48, in 2004, I decided to leave my great job as a mutual fund manager to co-found an asset management firm. They acknowledged that non-work experiences with their spouses were important and necessary diversions, good for their marriages, and often intellectually broadening. This subject has been on my mind for years.

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How to Revive a Tired Network

Harvard Business Review

It’s the channel through which you sell your initiatives to the people you depend on for cooperation and support. Your network’s strategic advantage and, therefore, the extent to which it helps you step up to leadership, depends on three qualities: Breadth: Strong relationships with a diverse range of contacts.

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