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Leadership & Management

Think working longer results in increased productivity? As it turns out, the opposite is true. While many people believe clocking in extra hours leads to better performance, at a certain point, added hours don't produce any better outcomes.

Franklin D. Roosevelt faced the calamity of the Great Depression when he took office in 1933. Amid unprecedented rates of unemployment, a banking catastrophe and the collective depletion of national confidence, he knew he had to take action.

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Suffice it to say there are many, many individuals well into their 80s who are still productive and doing incredible things.

Three North Carolina health systems — Greenville-based Vidant Health, Winston-Salem-based Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center and Raleigh-based WakeMed Health & Hospitals — have named their shared services company Socius Health Solutions.

Today's rapidly evolving healthcare market is leading numerous local hospitals to consider affiliating with larger medical systems.

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