Kai Davis

DECEMBER 8, 2022

The best new book I read this year was Four Thousand Weeks by Oliver Burkeman: [link]. After I finished reading it (in March of 2022), I sent a text to a friend saying something like this: Four Thousand Weeks will probably be the best new book I read this year—six out of five stars. I wish everyone would read this book.

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Johanna Rothman

AUGUST 4, 2020

I always estimate how long my books take. I'm still experimenting with my book writing to make it faster.). Let me show the impact management decision delays had on one team: The managers started their portfolio decision meeting. They adjourned the meeting to get forecasts from the teams. I'm always off.

Management 101

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Harvard Business

FEBRUARY 28, 2017

Having a meeting-free day. Establishing one day with no meetings is a technique that I used throughout 2016 to complete a book proposal and write the manuscript for my third book. It’s also a strategy I use with my time management coaching clients. How Top Salespeople Land Hard-to-Get Meetings.

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Rick Conlow

JUNE 19, 2023

Time Mismanagement: Remote work requires effective time management skills. However, employees may struggle to prioritize tasks and allocate their time efficiently. Employees who take advantage of the situation may neglect or avoid participating in virtual meetings, discussions, or projects.

Leadership 101

Leadership Training Training Productivity 101

Harvard Business

MAY 17, 2016

There it is in your inbox: a meeting invite to a meeting you really don’t want to attend. Or it’s for a time that’s already booked, and now you’re left to decide whom to turn down. Whatever the reason, sometimes you need to decline a meeting invite. You and Your Team Series. Stu Heinecke.

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Harvard Business

SEPTEMBER 19, 2016

Successful professionals get them all the time: plaintive emails from long-ago colleagues, or college friends — or even those friends’ adult children — seeking “an hour of your time” or a chance to “pick your brain” or an offer to “buy you a cup of coffee.”

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Harvard Business

APRIL 11, 2018

It’s hard to know if we’re really making efficient use of our time. But are we spending our time on the right things? I was feeling overwhelmed after spending the fall launching a new book and was finally turning to the litany of tasks I’d neglected in its wake.

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