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Employee is sent on site with a task that should be easy to complete, and it ends up being the easiest overtime ever

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Forbes

7 Ways To Prevent ‘Vampire Tasks’ From Sucking Blood Out Of Employee Productivity

Blah, Blah Blah. Sometimes there's so many unnecessary tasks and meetings, it takes workers away from what's really important and derails their productivity. “Vampire tasks” are those mundane ...
Entrepreneur

How to Get Your Employees to Take Ownership

Foster a group of employees who take initiative instead of just completing tasks. Here’s how to shift from top-down management to a team that’s truly invested in outcomes. When employees take ...
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3 cognitive habits of people who get things done

Marcus leads a team of eight direct reports, and Jennifer is his star employee. While the other seven team members struggle to complete tasks on time or in the way Marcus asks for them, Jennifer seems ...
The Business Journals

Rise of ‘helicopter managers’ fuels task masking by burned-out workers

Mar 25, 2025, 6:42am CDT Updated: Mar 25, 2025, 7:11am CDT Image provided by Getty Images (Portra) The dynamic between managers and employees has new stakes as more workers return to the office.