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Managers: What’s Your Plan B?

Lead Change Blog

Several famous people built fortunes here, including Meyer Guggenheim (think: museums and Guggenheim Pavilion at New York’s Mount Sinai Medical Center) and David May (May Company department stores). The city’s name may not ring any bells if you live outside Colorado. But in 1880, Leadville ranked as Colorado’s second largest city.

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What One Company Learned from Forcing Employees to Use Their Vacation Time

Harvard Business Review

Mathias Meyer, the CEO of German tech company Travis CI, wrote a blog post about his company abandoning its unlimited vacation policy: “When people are uncertain about how many days it’s okay to take off, you’ll see curious things happen. Yes, that’s right — an entirely new approach to managing vacation.