Being friends with your employees

Although Slack also runs on Slack, the company had a work-at-office culture. As the company closed its offices in March, the executive made a series of decisions to make its mission clearer: Slack would take care of its people first during this crisis. In turn, those employees would take ...

• Limit the amount of time spent on an individual task to 45 minutes. To create higher quality output, don't allow interruptions.
• Create a 'not-to-do list' to avoid over-scheduling.
• Take five minutes at least five times a day to stop completely. Go for a walk outside.
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• He became more patient over his career: He learned not to rush things that needed more work. He learned how to be more sensitive to the physical limits of people.
• He overprepared for Apple presentations: Steve spent months preparing for his pro...