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4 Lessons Learned Outside the Classroom during an MBA

Tom Spencer

Developing teamwork skills is a major part of the value you will get from an MBA. Time management. In order to take on all of these responsibilities, one has to develop outstanding time management skills. During these times your best friend will become Google Calendar.

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How to Focus on What’s Important, Not Just What’s Urgent

Harvard Business

Your important priorities might relate to: enacting your values (for example, volunteering or spending more time with your children). achieving public recognition (getting invited to sit on industry panels or writing a book). achieving public recognition (getting invited to sit on industry panels or writing a book).

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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. In much the same way, nobody calls a travel agency to book a simple flight anymore. This creates a dilemma for leaders. In this new era of automation, leaders will need to identify new sources of value creation.

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Why You Need an Untouchable Day Every Week

Harvard Business

I travel to them, and then back again, in the middle of my work days. When I worked as Director of Leadership Development at Walmart, my days were full of meetings. Because in my first year as a full-time author, I actually started feeling my productivity slipping — even though I had quit my full-time job.

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