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4 Lessons Learned Outside the Classroom during an MBA

Tom Spencer

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. In order to take on all of these responsibilities, one has to develop outstanding time management skills.

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

Harvard Business

For example, Uber and Grab link riders and drivers, Airbnb links hosts and travelers, and Amazon links shoppers and sellers. When a platform strategy requires mixing the digital and the physical, the area of differentiation lies in service delivery in the physical world. China’s WeChat has most evidently pursued this strategy.

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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). Schedule Important Tasks, and Give Yourself Way More Time Than You’ll Need. So, what can you do?

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What to Do When Personal and Professional Commitments Compete for Your Time

Harvard Business

You’re double booked. As a time management coach, I help working parents navigate these challenges on a daily basis. The first is to define how you want to prioritize your time when professional and personal commitments collide. Certain positions require more travel or more work outside of normal business hours.

Meeting 28
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Are Chore Wars at Home Holding You Back at Work?

Harvard Business

Jane is a marketing director at a technology firm, where she manages a small team, works late, and travels once per quarter. As a leadership coach, I work with many female leaders and managers on improving their time management skills and work-life balance. I’ve changed their names and some details.)