Tom Spencer

MAY 27, 2017

Many times it is a good thing as it forces the business owner to adapt and excel so that his business thrives. Excelling, however, is contingent on the business owner knowing how to harness small doses of stress and manage its effects. million days were lost in 2015/16 due to stress. Image: Flickr.

Small Business 60

Small Business Survey Management Sales 60

Harvard Business

JULY 26, 2018

Uber’s setback in the international market, however, wasn’t its first. To venture capitalists and the financial market, no business model is more attractive than a platform. Any platform still needs to achieve a product-market fit to succeed in the long run. This is a subtle but important distinction.

Recruiting 37

Recruiting Recruitment Transportation Advertising 37

Harvard Business

JANUARY 19, 2017

Jane is a marketing director at a technology firm, where she manages a small team, works late, and travels once per quarter. As a leadership coach, I work with many female leaders and managers on improving their time management skills and work-life balance. I’ve changed their names and some details.)

Insurance 28

Insurance Insurance Study Travel 28

Harvard Business

MARCH 29, 2018

Once the full experiment was launched in November 2015, 28 stores in the San Francisco Bay Area and Chicago were randomly assigned to control and intervention groups. Managers could also use the app to post additional shifts. Requiring employee schedules to be posted two weeks in advance.

Retail 28

Retail Sales Productivity Research 28

Harvard Business

SEPTEMBER 16, 2016

To this end, we analyzed 29 million business trips booked by Carlson Wagonlit Travel (CWT) between 2011 and 2015. We found that, in 2015, one-fifth of business travelers took bleisure trips, and 7% of all business trips fit the bleisure profile. New York City to Miami is a short haul but the bleisure rate is 14%, double the average.

Travel 28

Travel Survey Analysis Meeting 28

Harvard Business

AUGUST 21, 2017

It wasn’t until I moved to Paris in 1997 to become Finance Manager for Disney Consumer Products Europe, Middle East, and Africa that I experienced someone setting a non-negotiable boundary for herself. These advances will have also significantly increased the workload of more senior managers, keeping them working around the clock.

Boston Consulting Group 44

Boston Consulting Group Study Conference Survey 44