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5 Productivity Products and Services to Boost Company Morale

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Go green and get a little oxygen boost In a 2014 study from the Journal of Experimental Psychology that examined “lean offices,” meaning they were pretty boring and bare, researchers noted a 15% increase in productivity when they added some leafy greens.

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‘Power Doesn’t Come from a Title’

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Bill McDermott’s early business lessons McDermott has lived the American Dream, which is perhaps why his 2014 memoir, Winners Dream , is such an engaging read. For example, SAP has an annual holiday party at its North America headquarters, and everyone in the company attends in formal attire.

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Leading with Kindness: 14 Most Charitable Celebrities

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Every single employee, whether you’re an intern, part-time, holiday help or C-level, should have the same level of love and respect and care,” Scott told SUCCESS in 2016. The only thing that I think I did right is that I always try to work harder than anyone else,” a self-deprecating Jimmy Kimmel told SUCCESS in 2014.

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Too Busy To Think: 6 Ways To Create More Space

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In 2014, a Harvard research team, led by Giada Di Stefano tackled this question. Family Holidays. As a principle, I book my holidays before I book my work. Yet like the tennis player who practices again and again without reflecting, is this really the best way to work? Does practice really make perfect?

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Too Busy To Think: 6 Ways To Create More Space

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In 2014, a Harvard research team, led by Giada Di Stefano tackled this question. Family Holidays. As a principle, I book my holidays before I book my work. Yet like the tennis player who practices again and again without reflecting, is this really the best way to work? Does practice really make perfect?

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Too Busy To Think: 6 Ways To Create More Space

Productivityist

In 2014, a Harvard research team, led by Giada Di Stefano tackled this question. Family Holidays. As a principle, I book my holidays before I book my work. Yet like the tennis player who practices again and again without reflecting, is this really the best way to work? Does practice really make perfect?

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Would You Risk Your Life to Save a Stranger?

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The 22-year-old engineering student, who describes himself as “quiet and private,” was working as a building monitor at Seattle Pacific University on June 5, 2014, when a gunman began firing at random. This article was published in December 2014 and has been updated. No one knew Jon Meis would be a hero that day, not even Jon Meis.

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