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How Vacations Benefit Our Work

by Ryan | June 22, 2010 | 1 Comment

Yesterday was the first official day of summer and, for most of us, that means more vacations!  While at first you may think that more vacation time means more employee time-off and, therefore, less work being done but it can actually be quite the opposite.  Taking time off has been shown to improve productivity at…Continue Reading

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Command and control management stinks

by Ryan | May 28, 2009 | 1 Comment

Just finished reading an old article by Joel Spolsky. While I don’t agree with everything Joel has to say about this or any other topic, he makes some good points. In pointing out the drawbacks of this management style, he highlights two key items: Point #1 First of all, people don’t really like it very…Continue Reading

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