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Case Study: Are Our Customer Liaisons Helping or Hurting?

Harvard Business

Editor's Note This fictionalized case study will appear in a forthcoming issue of Harvard Business Review, along with commentary from experts and readers. It took several meetings to convince them that he didn’t know what he was talking about.” We had enough trouble getting the doctors to show up the first time.

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Before Day 1: Taking Advantage of the In-Between

Tom Spencer

Rather, if you find that you have some additional time before starting your first job post-graduation or even in-between your first and second jobs, these suggestions might provide some ideas on how to best utilize it. This could be a good time to learn a new language, so you can use it on a future work trip.

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How to Manage Managers

Harvard Business

When you’re managing managers, your responsibilities are two-fold: you need to make sure they’re producing good work (as with any employee) and that they’re effectively supporting their teams. You might know how to do the former, but how do you do the latter? And how do you serve as a good role model?

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How to Get an Employee to Work Faster

Harvard Business

Your employee might be struggling with a new task, or be so much of a perfectionist that she’s devoting too much time to certain projects. She might be slow because she’s waiting on late work from other team members, or she may not even realize that she’s not meeting expectations.

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The Six-Minute Hypothesis Rule

CaseInterview.com

Do let me know in case you happen to come to India any time, and I would be really pleased to meet you. If you meet a client for the very first time and immediately tell them your hypothesis as to what is wrong with their company before you ever ask them any questions, they tend to look at you with suspicion and distrust.

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How to Convince Your Boss to Let You Work from Home

Harvard Business

Back-to-back meetings, a constant stream of conference calls, and obligatory break room chitchat make it next to impossible to complete important tasks. Working remotely, on the other hand, “gives you the time and space to concentrate without distractions,” Bloom says. “Face time in the office is important.”

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