Tom Spencer

MARCH 31, 2023

Whether you’re a busy professional, a student, or an entrepreneur, time management is a crucial skill for anyone looking to increase their productivity. For example, if you are a management consultant, you would obviously allocate time for project work, meetings, and professional development.

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Tom Spencer

AUGUST 5, 2022

Product managers have a dynamic role within companies, sitting at the intersection between business leaders, customers, engineers, and designers. They help to organize the development process so that products meet customer needs and business goals. What is a Product? Managing the Product Lifecycle.

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Harmonious Workplaces

DECEMBER 27, 2023

Without a recruitment firm’s assistance, a company’s internal staff must handle these tasks, which can detract from their core responsibilities and reduce overall productivity. Compliance and Legal Challenges: Recruitment firms are typically well-versed in employment laws and regulations. With more than 33 yrs.

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Harvard Business

JANUARY 29, 2024

Do you find meetings with your team disintegrate into dysfunction and chaos, resulting in ineffective decision-making, inadequate solutions, and team members — including yourself — with deflated morale? Team” is a misnomer for these bodies; “group” is more accurate. To turn your group into a team, you need curiosity.

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Harvard Business

APRIL 4, 2024

In this article, the author explains how to spot the classic signs of undiscussables — meetings marked by quick consensus, a lack of productive debate, or uneven participation — and offers strategies on how to uncover those unexpressed thoughts and feelings to help your team work more productively.

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Tom Spencer

MAY 17, 2020

This is a new experience for many of us, and poses new challenges and distractions that can make it difficult to stay focused and productive. I’ve been getting asked a lot lately about productivity, and so I thought I should dedicate an article to it. The earlier you wake up, the more productive you will be.

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The Fearless Marketer

JANUARY 13, 2020

The purpose of B2B marketing is to get meetings with prospective clients. Let’s say you’re a manager who’s looking for somebody to help their team work more productively and creatively. Well, the business manager, asks others in their company, “Hey, do you know somebody good who does productivity and creativity consulting for teams?”.

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Harvard Business

DECEMBER 15, 2023

This article highlights a simple negotiation strategy that leaders can start using today to make their next tricky meeting most productive. Research has shown that leaders who demonstrate strong negotiation and conflict resolution skills have a significant positive impact on their organizations.

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Harvard Business

JANUARY 4, 2024

In this article, the author introduces his “What, So What, Now What” framework. The structure is comprised of three simple questions: 1) What: Describe and define the facts, situation, product, position, etc. 3) Now What: Outline the call-to-action or next steps such as taking questions or setting up a next meeting.

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The Fearless Marketer

JANUARY 20, 2020

I’ve been writing a lot about the importance of setting up meetings with prospective clients and those who can lead you to prospective clients. How to Get 100 Meetings. More Meetings = More Clients. But what do you actually say in such a meeting that will move things forward and lead to more valuable connections?

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Harvard Business

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

Technological advances and increasingly sophisticated ways of gathering and analyzing data are changing both the kinds of products and services companies can offer and are increasing competitive pressures. To meet the moment, this article argues that organizations may need to change the way they operate to innovate.

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Successful Independent Consulting

APRIL 15, 2020

I provide the Zoom meeting link, but we each bring our own drink. Share useful information For prospects I don’t know as well, I’ve been sharing helpful articles about how to lead teams remotely or how to lead in a crisis. Have a virtual cocktail or cup of tea Face-to-face conversations are the best way to strengthen relationships.

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Harvard Business

JUNE 22, 2018

There are many problems with the way most meetings are run. In an effort to not make anyone feel left out, they unknowingly decrease the quality of the meeting. When well-intended managers are too inclusive with their meeting invites: There is not enough time for everyone to participate in the conversation. vgajic/Getty Images.

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Tom Spencer

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

Most entrepreneurs and product managers (PMs) know that they need to find out what people want. In this article, we will look at how to conduct what is called ‘ customer development ’ – the process through which a business comes to understand the needs, pain points, and behavior of potential customers through direct conversation and feedback.

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LSA Global

JANUARY 20, 2023

A Sales Meeting with an Executive is Always High Stakes Solution sellers who get a sales meeting with a target company’s executive consistently close more complex deals than those who sell at lower levels. But the expectations and needs of C-suite buyers are higher and different from other stakeholders.

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Emerson Consulting Group

MARCH 23, 2016

Publishing business articles is a potentially rewarding business development technique. If it is naïve then to assume that lots and lots of readers of your published articles will quickly and directly become new clients, one might therefore question whether writing and publishing articles offers you any business benefit at all.

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Emerson Consulting Group

APRIL 4, 2019

In a world filled with tweets, ever-breaking news, a thousand TV channels and podcasts galore, is there any point to toiling away at an article, then seeking a journal or magazine willing to publish it? Publishing articles can promote your business. Publishing articles offer higher levels of credibility.

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Kai Davis

JANUARY 21, 2021

What’s your most productive time of the day? The older I get (and the more that I internalize that heroically YOLO’ing myself through an all-nighter to ship a project does not work) , the more my interest in productivity + neurobiology grows. How can we figure out the times of day when we’re the most productive? No meetings.

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Tom Spencer

MARCH 15, 2024

In this article, we will delve into five attributes that are required to become an outstanding software designer. It is about creating not just a product, but an experience that resonates with and delights users at every interaction. Prototyping Iteratively Prototyping is a linchpin in the software design process.

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Markovitz Consulting

NOVEMBER 19, 2019

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. Not to be outdone, NPR reported that Microsoft Japan moved to a four-day workweek this summer while increasing productivity by 40%. There’s certainly some truth to that argument.

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Harvard Business

JULY 25, 2018

Productive: “Achieving or producing a significant amount of result.” ” As a time management coach, I’m keenly aware that you could answer the question “Am I productive enough?” I’m also familiar with the fact that individuals fall on a productivity spectrum.

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Tom Spencer

APRIL 8, 2022

Regardless of what company or industry you work in, you will most likely have one-on-one meetings with your manager. Because of the importance of one-on-one meetings with your manager, it is helpful to be intentional about planning these meetings. This article will help you get the most out meetings with your manager!

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Tom Spencer

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

In the previous article , I introduced the concepts of boss and lead management, and it seems clear-cut that the latter is superior and preferable. In this article, I explore why managers might struggle to implement lead management and fall back into the bad habits of boss management. Why did you submit the task late?”,

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Tom Spencer

JUNE 9, 2023

In this article, we will explore the transformative power of AI in business and five key areas where it is being successfully implemented. These systems can suggest relevant products that customers are likely to enjoy. For example, Amazon might collect and analyze customer data such as product purchases and demographic information.

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Harvard Business

DECEMBER 11, 2017

Intrigued by the possibility of a way out of the burnout cycle, a coworker (Colin) and I started meeting every other week to discuss productivity. We had little to show for six months of meeting. To give more rigor to our meetings, we decided to define a metric for our productivity: average weekly hours worked.

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Harvard Business

AUGUST 28, 2018

As a coach and mentor focusing on productivity, I’ve heard this complaint hundreds of times, from managers and officials across the world. Productivity has many aspects. A majority of U.S. employees complain that they feel overwhelmed, according to surveys. Both will go a long way toward helping you achieve your goals.

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Emerson Consulting Group

NOVEMBER 29, 2013

Many people are under the assumption that, in order to write an article for publication, you need to be a professional writer. That said, why aren’t more business professionals seeking the benefits of publishing articles and actually doing it? Contrary to popular belief, the road to regularly publishing articles is uncomplicated.

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Harvard Business

FEBRUARY 16, 2018

Meetings are notoriously one of organizational life’s most insufferable realities. In a meticulous inventory, we calculated the hours spent in meetings by directors and above across the enterprise (a population of about 500). They collectively spent more than 57,000 hours per year in recurring meetings.

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Johanna Rothman

OCTOBER 10, 2023

When I saw the McKinsey report on “developer productivity,” I shuddered. Second, there's no way to measure such a thing as developer productivity, despite what McKinsey says. Then I read Lorin Hochstein's brilliant assessment in On productivity metrics and management consultants. Articles on other people's sites.

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BCG

SEPTEMBER 6, 2016

Article Tuesday, September 06, 2016. See The Digital Revolution Is Disrupting the TV Industry , BCG Focus, March 2016; “The Future of Television: Where the US Industry Is Headed,” BCG article, June 2016; and “How Telcos Can Become Video’s Next Big Star,” BCG article, June 2016.) Now, it’s TV’s turn.

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Harvard Business

JULY 13, 2022

Here’s how to address the problem in a productive way.

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Markovitz Consulting

MARCH 3, 2020

Back in November, I mentioned that the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal both ran articles on the productivity benefits of reduced work hours. Not to be outdone, NPR reported that Microsoft Japan moved to a four-day workweek this summer while increasing productivity by 40%.

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Harvard Business

APRIL 5, 2017

There’s a lot of advice out there about how to make meetings more efficient and productive. And while it’s true that leading focused, deliberate conversations is critical to organizational performance, meetings aren’t just about delivering results. What is a quality experience in a meeting?

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The Fearless Marketer

DECEMBER 22, 2019

“I have devised a game called “Fifty 20-Minute Meetings.” Your goal is to meet with 50 people over the next few months for 20-minute meetings. The purpose of these meetings is to exchange ideas, insights, resources and connections. The meetings are only 20-minutes long as to make it easy to fit them into your schedules.

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Tom Spencer

FEBRUARY 19, 2022

emails, reading articles, researching information) and acts as a reminder of what I did during the day when I do an end of day review. Attending meetings. Attending meetings. The other most common activity is attending meetings, which generally fall into a few categories: planning, updates, discussion, or making decisions.

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Successful Independent Consulting

DECEMBER 30, 2017

As we close out the year, I’m reprising one of my most commented on LinkedIn articles. Places all work products and recommendations in the context of the client’s environment. A skilled facilitator — Easily manages groups with disparate views and backgrounds and achieves stated meeting/project goals. Here’s to a prosperous 2018!

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Tom Spencer

APRIL 22, 2022

But you should be excited about the opportunity to gain new knowledge, acquire great skills, and meet incredible people. The following article will help to maximize your internship before the program starts. Searching Google for relevant business articles about your business and industry. Before the Internship.

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