Marissa Mayer sent 18 Yahoo employees on a free trip to Hawaii as a reward for finishing a project early

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Mayer sent some employees to Hawaii as a reward.

Yahoo has made some progress since Marissa Mayer joined as CEO in July of 2012.

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According to a new profile by Fast Company's Harry McCracken, Mayer has set a new tone at the company by encouraging team members to get things done quickly and with limited oversight.

In 2013, a group of 18 engineers was tasked with bringing Yahoo's native ad system up to speed. The group, which called itself Moneyball, had only 45 days to complete the project.

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They finished work on the native ad system - now dubbed Yahoo Gemini - in just 43 days.

Mayer then rewarded each of the 18 team members with a free vacation to Hawaii.

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"It was challenging, but it really made a difference that the entire company aligned around making this happen in so many different ways," VP of product Enrique Munoz Torres told Fast Company.

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