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What Great Managers Do Daily

Harvard Business

This is disconcerting because the same research found that about 70% of people in management roles are not well equipped for the job. Most companies understand the importance of having highly effective managers, but few invest heavily in training to help them get there. Managers lead by example when it comes to working hours.

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How to Manage Managers

Harvard Business

In some ways, managing managers is similar to managing anyone else — you need to align their goals with yours, provide feedback, and help them advance their careers, says Sydney Finkelstein, professor at Dartmouth’s Tuck School of Business and author of Superbosses: How Exceptional Leaders Manage the Flow of Talent.

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How Marketers Can Connect Profit and Purpose

Harvard Business

Six years ago, Harvard’s Michael Porter and FSG’s Mark Kramer made the bold statement that shared value — the idea that the purpose of a company is to achieve both shareholder profit and social purpose — would “reinvent capitalism.” It must be woven into a company’s operational fabric.

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4 Organizational Mistakes That Plague Modern Knowledge Workers

Harvard Business

And yet in my work with clients, I often discover old ideas about time management that don’t take this new reality into account. Is it common at your company for email to be used for urgent and time-sensitive communications? Four mistakes in particular come up again and again.

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Help Your Team Achieve Work-Life Balance — Even When You Can’t

Harvard Business

One client in San Francisco who works with a fast-growing tech company shared that she gets up at 4 a.m. I responded that even if it is the norm for this company’s culture — and potentially many others — it is not acceptable universally, nor should it be. “Is this normal?” ” she asked me.