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Student consulting – it does more than deliver

Tom Spencer

Even if you later decide against a career in consulting, the experience will still provide you with transferable skills that are attractive to any employer, so it is a good experience to have in the bank. Aside from improving yourself for others, the experience can also help you develop as a person.

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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. The value of bank branches, for example, is no longer to manually process deposits, but to solve more complex customer problems like providing mortgages. This creates a dilemma for leaders.

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Two Powerful Ways Managers Can Curb Implicit Biases

Harvard Business

For the most part, managers are not given the right tools to overcome the challenges posed by implicit biases. But this demands a lot of cognitive energy, so over time, managers go back to their old habits. The workshops companies invest in typically teach them to constantly check their thoughts for bias.

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For Some Platforms, Network Effects Are No Match for Local Know-How

Harvard Business

During this time, management noticed that proprietors who placed ads with Recruit often represented small businesses. Spurred on by the internet revolution in the early 2000s, the company added verticals such as real estate, the bridal industry, travel, beauty salons, and restaurants.

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How Your Phone Can Help You Set Better Habits

Harvard Business

You probably know your phone, computer, watch, and other gadgets can set reminders for a specific day and time. For a great many habits, that’s the right kind of cue: When I got tired of getting reminder calls from my bank, I asked Siri to “remind me to pay the mortgage at 7 PM on the 15th of each month.”

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How to Work Remotely Without Losing Motivation

Harvard Business

Sometimes it’s been across oceans and time zones (we are a military family), and sometimes it’s been across town (the office was short on space; I was a slave to my children’s schedules; the whole operation was virtual).

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How Senior Executives Find Time to Be Creative

Harvard Business

” For example, if you’re a bank branch trying to increase customer loyalty, look at a company in a completely different industry, like Starbucks, and ask how it keeps customers coming back. Usually it would not only be super fun, but it would also open up new avenues of thought that could then be applied to the original brief.”