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The Power of Interest and Attention - Your Mega Watt Tool for Success

Management Craft

One salient idea embedded in this statement (and reinforced throughout the book) is that overmanaging employees hinders our ability to accomplish our goals as managers and leaders. It felt like less management to them because the researchers were supportive, interested, pleasant, and open.

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Uber Shows How Not to Apply Behavioral Economics

Harvard Business Review

It’s a well-documented social-science finding called the Hawthorne effect.) Tailored information with targets and feedback was the most cost-effective intervention, improving fueling precision, in-flight efficiency measures, and efficient taxiing practices by 9% to 20%.