What if three days a week is the new full-time, and five days were always arbitrary? Fractional executives are quietly proving a taboo hypothesis: Effective leadership doesn't happen on a factory ...

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I have been guilty of it. It’s near the end of a session, and I secretly hope someone doesn’t ask one more question because I am tired and ready to move on. The problem is, when we send the message ...