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Well, Harvard Business School leadership professor Leslie A. Perlow headed a study that reveals that less work can mean better work. What?? Time for some major disillusioning, after the jump...
...Harvard Business Review—members of twelve consulting teams at Boston Consulting Group had to take breaks during every work week. Not surprisingly, it was pretty difficult to force some of these individuals to relax: "we had to practically force some professionals" to get away from work, Perlow tells the Wall Street Journal...
People who want to work more efficiently should actually work less, according to the findings of a study released by the Harvard Business Review. Leslie A. Perlow, a professor of leadership at the Business School and the lead author on the study, worked closely with several offices of the Boston Consulting Group (BCG) over the course of four years. The researchers mandated “predictable time off” for employees to determine whether or not change was possible in the “always-on” culture of the American workplace. Though Perlow said...
...clinical trials can be frustrating even when a new drug works perfectly. Jordan Perlow, an Arizona obstetrician, has been plagued by severe psoriasis for 25 years. Last year he took part in a clinical trial for an experimental drug that completely cleared it up. He was ecstatic. But when the trial came to an end, so did his access to the drug. His psoriasis returned. With any luck, the compound he tested will win approval, but there is no guarantee. Meanwhile, Perlow is seeking relief in another clinical trial. --By David Bjerklie