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Optimism Bias: What It Means for You and Your Business The idea behind the optimism bias is that people estimate their odds of a positive outcome as higher than average but their odds of a negative outcome as lower than average. This can be dangerous when forecasting the outcomes of risky projects. Learn to temper your optimism to avoid miscalculations. |
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Three Things to Consider When Planning a Meeting Meetings can be either a welcomed lifeline for those working on a project or a pitfall of desolation for project productivity. Consider these three things to ensure your meetings will contribute to your company's project success. |
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How Office Space Affects Team Member Collaboration Steve Berczuk discusses how the physical structure of an organization can contribute to the way team members interact with each other. Physical office space plays an important organizational role, with much being written about the merits of open-space versus closed-space offices. |
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Reduce Your Work in Progress to Make Your Whole Team More Productive When you are a manager, you have to limit your own work in progress. If you don’t, you can’t pay attention to the most important work you have to do, which can affect your whole team. Read on for some tips about how best to manage work in progress, how transparency helps, and achieving efficiency. |
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The Importance of Mobile in the Job Market Mobile phones have evolved from being the result of great business to becoming the starting point for joining a great business. According to reports, more than half of job seekers are using mobile devices in their job searches. Read more to discover how mobile can enhance the recruiting process. |
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How Good Team Members Deal with Delivering Bad News No one likes to deliver bad news. But sometimes you have no choice. Sometimes you have to give your customers, managers, or employees information that will displease them or make them angry. How can you best deliver the bad news? Naomi Karten offers some important tips for anyone to consider. |
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Multitasking—We're Not Actually Good at It People believe they’re good at multitasking. But research suggests that multitasking is a myth; though we may wish to believe otherwise, we’re not very good at doing many things at one time. What we experience is the illusion of competence. Why is this practice still so common in the workplace? |
