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Powerful leaders are often mythologized as stubborn and bull-headed, and that ignoring the advice of others is a virtue. But researchers at NYU's Stern School of Business conducted a study on the influence of power in decision-making and they confirmed what many employees already know: people with more power listen les
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The world's greatest job ad probably never existed. Yet the (in)famous job posting, attributed to Ernest Shackleton, includes critical lessons for today.
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Today, technology disguises the fact that your startup is operating out of your house. Eventually to grow, you are going to need a co-working space.
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Push notifications have become a standard part of the everyday workflow. In this article we'll examine how to manage them to increase productivity.
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At I Done This, we're all about learning from every step of the process. Here are some of our favorite tools that remind us of our professional growth.
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Professional athletes have a unique and inspiring perspective on productivity. Here's how some of our favorites stay productive, and how you can too.
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A remote company is as productive as possible because no one has to rely on other people for information. You should be running your company the same way.
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Remote teams have the potential to be even more efficient than co-located ones. Here's how.
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Why Google got over brainteasers in favor boring (but effective) hiring approach.
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Natural environments need to be part of our everyday lives. That includes the workplace.
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Remote company perks are better than ping pong and foosball. A new kind of perk is emerging, and remote companies are leading the way.
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Throughout history, Bill Gates and many of the world’s most successful and influential people have been avid reading enthusiasts.
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The early Airbnb rejection letters can teach us a lot about persevering during rejections. They can also teach a lot about how to craft a rejection.
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Amazon hires good managers that become great. By learning how Amazon identifies the good managers, we can undersand what it takes to find the truly great.
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Social loafing is the phenomenon in which people put out less individual effort on larger teams. Thankfully, sports can teach up how to stop this.
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Transparency at work turns on people's willingness to share with each other — and work narration is one of the best ways to develop this open culture.
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For CEOs and bosses who are rethinking the traditional top-down way of running a company, being a strong leader requires powerlessness.
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A "Friends" episode offers a valuable lesson on common knowledge that can solve team communication problems.
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If the first rule of good management is to be a good coach, why is coaching treated like an extracurricular activity rather than part of the job?
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The aversion to tuning into yourself to use the brain's default mode network has deep, human consequences for how we think, create, learn, and lead.
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Internal motivation is a powerful driver of success and happiness, but your other motivations may put your career in danger.
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Successful entrepreneurs like Zappos's Tony Hsieh say to write down your core values. How do you define your startup culture without resorting to cliché?
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It's counterintuitive, but poor leaders are some of the best sources of leadership lessons. That's where you learn exactly what not to do.
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There’s one internal communication tool, little known outside of tech circles, that’s been the management engine behind many of tech’s biggest successes. Known as Google Snippets (having started as an internal tool at Google), this single tool has grown to become one that many of the best technology companies use to ke
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