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Does it have to be this way? Can't withstand verifying your smartphone or mobile device? Sure, all of this connectivity retains you in touch with your team and any office - but at what cost? In Sleeping together with your Smartphone, Harvard Business School teacher Leslie Perlow discloses how you can disconnect and become more productive in the process. In fact, she implies that you can devote more time to your individual life and attain more at work. The glad tidings are that this doesn't require a grand organizational makeover or buy-in from the CEO. All it requires is cooperation between you as well as your team - working collectively and making small, doable changes. What started as an experiment with a six-person team with the Boston Consulting Group - one of the world's elite management consulting organizations - triggered a global effort that eventually spanned more than 900 BCG teams in 30 countries across five continents. These teams confronted their nonstop workweeks and evolved just how they worked, becoming more efficient and effective. The result? Employees were more satisfied with their work-life balance and using their work generally. And the organization was better able to recruit and preserve employees. Clients also benefited - often in surprising ways. With this engaging audiobook, Perlow goes inside BCG to witness the issues and benefits of disconnecting. She offers a step-by-step guide to adding change on your team - by creating a collective goal, motivating open dialogue, ensuring control support - and then growing change to the others of your organization. If you and your colleagues are grappling with the "always on" problem, it is time to disconnect - and start listening.
