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It’s Not “Time Management.” It’s Lean.

Markovitz Consulting

In the space of two weeks, the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal both ran articles on the productivity benefits of reduced work hours. But the reduction in office hours can be the stimulus for creative thinking about how to increase productivity and efficiency.

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7 Time Management Tips for Busy Professionals

Tom Spencer

You have just sat down for the evening in your study at home to write an important article. The article is not due tomorrow, and discussion with your friend is always lively and entertaining. Time is a resource that is easy to undervalue and difficult to manage. Come for dinner!” Set ambitious goals.

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Managing Meetings: How to Drive Productivity and Success

Tom Spencer

Whether you are in consulting, strategy, operations, or product management, the ability to manage meetings effectively is a crucial skill that can significantly impact the success of your endeavors. Keeping participant numbers limited to those who are essential to the discussion is crucial for efficiency.

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Transitioning to Consulting: The Changing Value of Your Time

Tom Spencer

This article outlines the differences in time commitments for graduate students versus full-time consultants. This will help you practice being a consultant and improve your time management skills before graduation. Time Commitments in Graduate School. You did not read enough articles?

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Time Management and Planning: 10 Motivations | Women In.

Women in Consulting

Our sole focus and expertise is partnering with non profits to provide fundraising technology, CRM charity management, and marketing services these organizations need to make a difference in their local communities and across the world. Find insightful articles for fundraising, donor management, nonprofit accounting and much more.

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How to Win with Automation (Hint: It’s Not Chasing Efficiency)

Harvard Business

At the same time, managers need to continue to motivate employees who fear their jobs being replaced by robots. This creates a dilemma for leaders. Clearly, any enterprise that doesn’t embrace automation won’t be able to survive any better than a farmer with a horse-drawn plow.

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Why Minimize Management Decision Time

Johanna Rothman

I told the story of Cliff, a manager who wanted to understand why the projects were so late. I gave several talks about that article. One eagle-eyed fellow asked me this question, “How long was the time from T0 to T1?” ” I said, “Managers might spend as little as a quarter and as much as a year or two.