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How to work hard and smart in business management

Strategy Driven

The last two years have significantly changed many perceptions and attitudes around presenteeism and productivity with the pandemic. Being able to manage your time effectively will give you more time to relax outside of your working hours and will help to eliminate stress. It’s a complete culture change. Outsource your resources.

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Fight the Nine Symptoms of Corporate Decline

Harvard Business Review

People become self-absorbed and lose sight of the wider context — customers, constituencies, markets, or the world. You might not see absenteeism, but there is "presenteeism," which means the body is there but the mind is absent. Stress common purpose. Silos harden. Focus turns inward. Rifts widen and inequities grow.

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Where are you on the management scale of newbie to expert hacker?

Ask Atma

And the Fundaments of managing by objectives : Cascading of organizational goals and objectives, (For example, a top level goal of increasing sales by 20% over a defined period may require a bottom level goal of increasing marketing effectiveness or marketing coverage in order to reach the sales set.). the number of jobs increases.