Author: Björn Jeffery

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The research team studied 32 production lines for five months. On one set of randomly chosen lines, the employees worked out in the open, as they always had. On another set of lines, however, each production line was concealed behind a curtain, out of management’s view. The researchers found that simply hanging that curtain increased production by 10 to 15 percent—major information for a competitive industry that operates on razor-thin margins. Hiding From Managers Can […]

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I’m starting to think that having a great manager means that you almost don’t notice him/her. I wrote a post on being or having an invisible, great, manager. Noticing a great manager — on management — Medium

Noticing a great manager

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A job well done may mean being almost invisible Being a great manager is really hard. More so than I first thought since I think you more often notice the things that aren’t good, than the things that are. Think about a bad manager that you’ve had. That’s easy. Everyone has had one. Now think about a really great manager. Some of you have had them, and congratulations to you! But I suspect many find […]