Women in Consulting

JULY 19, 2012

Find insightful articles for fundraising, donor management, nonprofit accounting and much more. Charity CRM System : Constituent relationship management system for nonprofits: Blackbaud offers several nonprofit CRM software solutions for small to large nonprofit organizations.

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Harvard Business

MARCH 11, 2024

In this article, the author outlines eight strategies to try to build more breaks into your day. Many people operate from the belief that there’s too much to do and they can’t afford to pause during their workday. But taking effective breaks is essential to preventing burnout.

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Harvard Business

MARCH 12, 2024

In this article, the author outlines strategies for how to focus your energy so you can have the most significant impact while also considering what makes sense for you in the long run. Working longer hours for a struggling company may make you feel like a hero, but one person’s efforts will not save an at-risk organization.

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Harvard Business

JANUARY 29, 2020

Your productivity hinges on these three skills.

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Harvard Business

OCTOBER 17, 2023

If everything is urgent, there’s little opportunity for creative and deep work, which tends to flourish only when there’s time and space. In this article, the author offers tips that will help you focus on what’s truly urgent in your organization and enable your team to deliver strong results and sustain high performance over time.

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Tom Spencer

APRIL 12, 2024

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. Starting and ending on time is a mark of professionalism and demonstrates an appreciation for the value of everyone’s time.

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Harvard Business

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

In this article, the author offers five strategies to overcome procrastination on ambiguous but essential tasks: 1) Get clear on the vision. It’s human nature to procrastinate — but it can be devastating for your future goals if you continually procrastinate on projects that are important but not urgent. 2) Identify concrete steps.

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Consulting Success

AUGUST 12, 2022

“CRM” stands for customer relationship management, a type of software that helps you manage relationships with your current and prospective clients. Without a CRM, you’ll have a tough time managing the relationships that you build. Your CRM will help you easily manage key. Consulting is a relationship business.

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Harvard Business

FEBRUARY 27, 2017

“My team has a time management problem,” leaders often tell me. “Time management” becomes a catchall solution to this problem, and they want to hire me to offer tips and techniques on things like prioritizing and using their calendars better.

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Harvard Business

OCTOBER 24, 2023

Handling scope creep is one of the most challenging – and important — aspects of a project manager’s role. In this article, the author outlines practical strategies for how to push back on more work in a way that maintains your relationship with the requester, whether that’s the project sponsor, a customer, or another stakeholder.

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Tom Spencer

JULY 15, 2022

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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Tom Spencer

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

Acing the Fit Interview: Strategy and Approach Motivation Questions Effective Storytelling Finessing Negative Stories In the third article of this series, you will learn about personal experience questions that demand a different approach from motivation questions. In the next article, we will dissect these kinds of tricky questions!

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Harvard Business

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

In this article, the author outlines how to intentionally harness your curiosity to maximize your results instead of undermine them: First, identify what’s useful to your work, and hold off on everything else for later. It can help you slow down and reflect, so you can solve business problems, build better relationships, and reduce stress.

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Brimstone Consulting

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

What’s more, we have seen the number of attendees per meetings increase by 12.5%, our time spent in meetings increase by 5%, and fragmented time (blocks of time to work shorter than two hours) increase by 23%. Be intentional with your time. The key here is not falling into the trap of meetings.

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Tom Spencer

JULY 21, 2023

AI-powered tools offer individuals a range of ways to boost their individual productivity including assistance with task prioritization, time management, professional development, and a range of other activities. By using AI-powered time management tools you can reduce the time spent on manually scheduling tasks.

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Harvard Business

AUGUST 29, 2023

Instead, this article offers new tips for how to balance work and meetings and suggests questions you can ask yourself when planning your day. Both strategies can actually diminish your ability to recharge and replenish during the day, which can be a detriment to your work.

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CaseInterview.com

OCTOBER 31, 2018

When you’re an individual contributor, you focus mainly on time management. When I write articles like this one, that typically uses up one MEU per article when I’m writing at a modest pace. Instead, pay attention to, manage, and optimize your life around your mental energy. There are 24 hours in a day.

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Markovitz Consulting

JANUARY 12, 2021

(Note: a modified version of this article first appeared in the Harvard Business Review. You can read that version, with more links to related articles, here.) ———————————————————————————————————————————————————— Leaders in organizations are always seeking to improve employee productivity (including their own).

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Action Plan

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Today’s article is one in a series of many. These articles will be my take on expansive qualities we want to experience and express more in our lives. I will incorporate ideas from the wisest people in history to help me make my case. I hope you enjoy them.

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Harvard Business

APRIL 6, 2023

Advice from a time-management coach on navigating four key phases of the process.

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Chad Barr

APRIL 25, 2023

Additionally, it can be leveraged for personal growth, enhanced learning, improved time management and overall, the quality of our lives. Pragmatic Business Applications of ChatGPT: Content Creation: Publishing articles, posts on social media posts, various marketing materials and developing courses and events.

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Tom Spencer

JULY 29, 2022

However, just as with meditation, or running a marathon, a fundamental aspect of time management and organisation is about training and perseverance. Train yourself to focus on one task at a time, and when you notice your mind wandering, take a deep breath and return to the task.

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The Management Centre

MAY 31, 2022

And there comes a point when even fitting in the fun stuff can be exhausting, because we’re already worn out from trying to do all the other things, all the time. You’ve probably already encountered at least a few time management tools in your career. Sound familiar? They’re great – they genuinely work.

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Management Consulted

MAY 29, 2016

Boston Consulting Group on Strategy is a compilation of 82 valuable articles called Perspectives, 4 Harvard-reviewed business articles and 8 other articles written by various members of The Boston Consulting group between 1968 to 2005. QUICK OVERVIEW. OVERALL SUMMARY & CONCLUSION.

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Tom Spencer

DECEMBER 16, 2022

Business organisations and management consultants have long had a contractual rather than an employer/employee relationship. In 2017, Warton published an article that highlighted the rise of contractual workers in both the private and public sectors. They also need to manage their own training, resource development, and financing.

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Harvard Business

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

But studies now reveal that doctors spend half of their time managing EHRs and desk work, shortchanging patients and fueling burnout. But the truth is, tech can often make bureaucracy worse. Electronic Health Records (EHRs) were hailed as a cure to the inefficiency of paper-based systems.

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Consulting Success

MARCH 22, 2018

Productivity Boost for Consultants is a post from: Consulting Success.

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Tom Spencer

OCTOBER 29, 2014

Why do so many of us choose to spend our time in this way? It’s possible that the alternative is just too uncomfortable – silence and time to think. Time to read a book that changes our world view. Time to write an article that challenges someone’s thinking.

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Harvard Business

JUNE 20, 2023

In addition to assembling tangible examples that demonstrate your managerial credentials, take an objective assessment of the gaps in your experience, knowledge, and management skills. To determine which skills and knowledge you need to improve or develop to become an effective first-time manager, ask yourself these 10 questions.

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Kai Davis

DECEMBER 5, 2022

All of which are very relevant to the work I do today, the products I create, and the articles and tips I share on my newsletter ( [link] ). Time management secrets of billionaires. Value-added sales messaging. The importance of using market data in your sales messaging. Instituting higher standards and regular training.

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Harvard Business

APRIL 30, 2018

The first type is commonly known as time-management planning, which involves making to-do lists, prioritizing and scheduling tasks, and ultimately managing one’s time. We found that employees’ use of time-management planning had strong positive effects on their daily engagement and daily productivity.

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BCG

MAY 12, 2016

Article Thursday, May 12, 2016. The way that CEOs create, convey, and manage energy throughout the organization can mean the difference between delivering high performance and constantly missing targets. It is less about energetic action and more about authenticity, character, discipline, and communication.

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Tom Spencer

MARCH 10, 2018

This article will give you a helicopter view of the interview process, and then dive into one part of it. I will continue this topic in my next article, which will consider the fine details of all you need to know. So, start by finding a peer who is also on the journey to become a management consultant and practise with him or her.

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Tom Spencer

FEBRUARY 19, 2022

I have also found that this habit of time tracking acts as a tool to help me batch tasks (i.e. 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. Manage your tasks.

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Harvard Business

JULY 25, 2018

” As a time management coach, I’m keenly aware that you could answer the question “Am I productive enough?” Question 3: Am I owning my time management and using productivity resources? Part one is: “Am I owning my time management”? hbrstaff/birdimages/Getty Images.

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Tom Spencer

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

Whatever the case may be, you might find yourself with some time before you begin consulting. This article is not discouraging taking some necessary time off to rest, relax, and recuperate. Maybe you need to finish one job and relocate to a new city first. How best should you use it?

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Harvard Business

OCTOBER 4, 2017

Maybe you’re even reading this article to do so. In becoming hyperaware of how I spent my time, I noticed something: I procrastinated a lot more often than I had originally thought. To answer these questions, I spoke to researchers, and spent time digging through dozens of academic journal articles. Staying Focused.

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