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In the early days of the pandemic, Bryan Cowan chose to be lazy. He’s the CEO of Acuity Surgical, a medical device company based in Irving, Texas, and the elective spine surgeries his company supports were being canceled. He was worried, he says, but figuring out what to do was easy.
“We knew that allowing our employees to worry through this pandemic would be counterproductive, devastating to our great culture--and be a lot more work for us,” Cowan says. So he made a “lazy” decision: There would be no layoffs, furloughs, or pay cuts at the company.
“Our only expectation in return was for employees to stop stressing about their job security and instead focus on making us stronger as a company and team,” he says. That move has already paid off: The company landed on the 2021 Inc. 5000 list and is launching eight new products this year. Read our story to learn more offbeat and counterintuitive ways to boost productivity and make strategic decisions, according to this year’s Inc. 5000 CEOs. |
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