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Are You Taking Care of Busyness and Working Overtime?

The Practical Leader

It’s often seen as a sign of commitment. A similar study by The Economist Intelligence Unit of 343 business found “the firms that ‘slowed down to speed up’ improved their top and bottom lines, averaging 40% higher sales and 52% higher operating profits over a three-year period.”

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Intelligent Redesign of Health Care

Harvard Business Review

Kaplan and Michael E. The results are often surprising; for example in the pilot project described in Kaplan’s and Porter’s 2011 HBR article , one finding was that most providers’ existing cost systems underestimate the cost of new patient evaluation services by 15% to 20%. Health Operations'

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How to Help Someone Discover Work That Excites Them

Harvard Business Review

” This passion gap is important because “passionate workers are committed to continually achieving higher levels of performance.” However, these executives are often operating in a silent state of continual overwhelm, and the predictable consequence is disengagement.”

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Don't Wait for Change

Harvard Business Review

But the experience seems to have made him even more committed. Whatever the issue, make a commitment to do something about it in the next week. Of course, this one event didn't change the wholesale distribution industry, and it cost Dirk a fair amount of time and money. Join forces with other colleagues.