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

Management Craft

And, the quality of supervision went up simultaneously with the launch of the interview process - presumably because of the added attention on supervisory skills. Note: You may have heard of the term, "The Hawthorne Effect." Can we improve leadership, management, and supervision by talking about it more?

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When Clinicians Know They’re Being Watched, Patients Fare Better

Harvard Business Review

The “Hawthorne effect,” as it is now known, has been well-documented in social science : individuals, typically research subjects, actively change their behavior when they know they are being observed and monitored. Creating more quiet work spaces that facilitate focus on clinical tasks may also be effective.