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  Work smarter, not harder. It’s a concept that’s often used, seldom realized. Why? “Working smarter” almost always requires more resources. And who has more money, time and effort? Probably not you, considering corporate training budgets dropped almost 20% in the past year, according to research from ThinkImpact . The same goes for the U.S. military, where recruitment is down and training concerns are up . Yet, officers and soldiers almost always find ways to get more done with less using the “Force Multiplier” notion. Sounds like a strategic military maneuver, but it’s not. It’s a concept any company and its leader can use to get more done. A Force Multiplier is about doing something to improve the effectiveness of an existing resource. That could be as simple as new recipes in the mess hall to improve morale or as complex as finding new uses for old weapons. By comparison, in a business, it could be adding a new line of tea to the coffee supply to boost morale or as complex as r...