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Leena Yousefi proves pay transparency and the 4-day workweek work

          

Leena Yousefi’s innovative approach to pay and workplace management has sparked unprecedented interest from our readers this year. We spoke to her about how her approach is working, and she tells listeners about the difference between transparency and uniformity, why the four-day work week is not for lazy lawyers and how her firm has tripled in size and doubled its revenues. 

See here for a full transcript of the interview

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