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Fight the Fatigue That’s Killing Your Team’s Productivity
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Fight the Fatigue That’s Killing Your Team’s Productivity

Small periods of recovery time will improve performance.



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Managers who are focusing on motivation to boost workers’ performance might be missing the real culprit behind reduced engagement, creativity and innovation: fatigue. In succinct fashion, leadership coach Wanda T. Wallace delves into the causes and costs of workplace fatigue, and offers recommendations to help managers recover their team’s energy and drive.

Take-Aways

  • Fatigue is damaging employees’ capabilities.
  • This fatigue results from accumulated, unrelieved stress.
  • Managers can allay workers’ fatigue by modifying processes, priorities and their own behaviors.

About the Author

Wanda T. Wallace, managing partner of Leadership Forum, coaches, facilitates and speaks on improving leadership through better conversations. Wallace hosts the weekly radio show and podcast Out of the Comfort Zone and is the author of You Can’t Know It All: Leading in the Age of Deep Expertise.