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BRIDGING RESEARCH AND PRACTICE ON PERSONAL PRODUCTIVITY | By Jill Duffy

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How We Feel About Work Can Change Even When the Work Doesn’t

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How we feel about work—how productive we believe we are, whether we think we’re contributing positively to society, our morale at work—is heavily influenced by dozens of factors that are outside our control.… Read More How We Feel About Work Can Change Even When the Work Doesn’t

June 16, 2025 Jill E DuffyLeave a comment

Use Your One-on-Ones to Move Up

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The one-on-one meeting is one of the greatest assets that employees have, and very often they don’t know it. This type of meeting hasn’t always been as widely used as it is now, and if you don’t have regular one-on-ones, you should absolutely ask for them. A one-on-one is a recurring meeting, usually weekly, between… Read More Use Your One-on-Ones to Move Up

March 27, 2025March 28, 2025 Jill E DuffyLeave a comment

The Power of Positive Feedback

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Regularly hearing that you’re doing a good job helps you to see why your work matters.… Read More The Power of Positive Feedback

February 27, 2025 Jill E DuffyLeave a comment

‘Return-to-Office’ Pushes Out Top Talent

Companies with a return-to-office mandate are seeing brain drain. When employees are told they can no longer work remotely or on a hybrid schedule, many leave for better jobs—and the ones leaving tend to be highly skilled and senior in their role.… Read More ‘Return-to-Office’ Pushes Out Top Talent

January 2, 2025 Jill E DuffyLeave a comment

Hey Over-Achievers! Precrastination Could Be Your Biggest Obstacle

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The opposite of procrastination (putting off something you need to do for as long as possible) is precrastination: doing tasks as soon as possible, even when it’s not the right time to do them.… Read More Hey Over-Achievers! Precrastination Could Be Your Biggest Obstacle

December 19, 2024 Jill E DuffyLeave a comment

Good Leaders Strategize, Rather Than Plan

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A strategy requires a theory—you need to believe, without knowing for sure, that if you follow the strategy, you will get an outcome that you want… Read More Good Leaders Strategize, Rather Than Plan

December 5, 2024 Jill E DuffyLeave a comment

Is ‘Employee Engagement’ a Joke?

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The language focuses on the employee’s feelings and attitude rather than the quality of the leadership, which is usually the root cause of people feeling disengaged.… Read More Is ‘Employee Engagement’ a Joke?

November 21, 2024 Jill E DuffyLeave a comment

Remote Work Tradeoff: Higher Productivity or More Mentorship?

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Remote work isn’t perfect, but whether it’s worthwhile depends on what you value.… Read More Remote Work Tradeoff: Higher Productivity or More Mentorship?

November 7, 2024November 8, 2024 Jill E DuffyLeave a comment

If Companies Were Data-Driven, We’d Have a 4-Day Workweek

So why don’t we? Because “data-driven” decisions are still biased. … Evidence in support of a four-day workweek is overwhelming.… Read More If Companies Were Data-Driven, We’d Have a 4-Day Workweek

October 24, 2024November 8, 2024 Jill E DuffyLeave a comment

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