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Improving Wellbeing Without Harming Productivity

The Horizons Tracker

Smarter working A recent study from Bocconi University suggests that the flexibility afforded by smart working not only improves the work-life balance and wellbeing of workers, but does so without reducing their overall productivity. They monitored the productivity, work-life balance, and wellbeing of the two groups over a nine-month period.

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What Causes Productivity Differences Across The UK

The Horizons Tracker

Many argue that this tepid growth is underpinned by the low productivity that sees Britain consistently below France, Germany, and the United States. This decline was especially pronounced after the financial crisis, with productivity growth the second slowest in the G7, after Italy. Area-level productivity. Slow progress.

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Stop Thinking “Productivity” — Start Thinking “Problem Solving”

Lead Change Blog

Whether you’re facing price pressure from domestic competitors, startups, powerful customers, or low-cost overseas providers, you’ve heard the mantra of “productivity” preached again and again. What typically comes to mind when your organization starts talking about increasing productivity? Suggestion boxes. Broad training programs.

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Overloaded at Work: How to Ask For the Support You Need

Let's Grow Leaders

Stuck in a world where productivity meets panic and trying to be a ‘team player’ feels like a conspiracy against your sanity. Constraints are the gateway to creativity. Those phrases don’t empower people or lead to productive solutions. You’re overloaded at work. I have an idea.” Here’s what I need.” The boss says.”

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Photo Inquiry Friday: Can Autonomy Exist Within Organizational Constraints?

Mike Cardus

This tension is between individual needs and organizational needs and how do you balance the two while keeping people engaged , happy and productive. On to the Inquiry: Can autonomy exist within organizational constraints? And if so, how? How much control does the organization (as a whole) have over the way work gets done?

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Executive Hiring For a P.E. Portfolio Company – Tangential Opportunity

N2Growth Blog

It is imperative to probe candidates into the delicate subtleties of your business, for instance, how return on capital is impacted by elements deep down in the production stage. Sales and marketing positions appear to provide broader sector hunting grounds, but reality can be different, and there are still many constraints.

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Unleashing AI’s Potential: The Imperative of Creative Executive Leadership

N2Growth Blog

True creative executives transcend the constraints of traditional business paradigms. AI provides the raw power and speed, and the creative executive molds this into innovative strategies, products, and services. They’re not just about numbers and bottom lines; they are visionaries who dare to rethink, reimagine, and reinvent.