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4 Ways to Manage Deadlines on Cross-Cultural Teams

Harvard Business

My friend likes to tell the story of what happened when she planned for a cross-cultural group of people to meet up to go to the lake when they were on holiday in Europe. But not understanding or effectively managing these different ways of working can lead to frustration, stress, and missed deadlines.

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How to Help Your Team Manage Grunt Work

Harvard Business

Why Great Employees Leave “Great Cultures” Melissa Daimler. For the purposes of this article, I’m assuming that as a manager, you’ve assigned these tasks fairly , and the employee in question isn’t actually burdened with too many non-promotable tasks.). Dawn Klinghoffer et al.

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All you need to know about the interview (Part 1: Overview and Fit Interview)

Tom Spencer

Fit Interviews are all about showing your compatibility with a firm’s working environment and culture. In short, the Case Interview process in management consulting firms is designed to measure your real capability and potential to be a consultant from day one. OK, next time, let’s crack the secret of the Case interview.

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GROW your approach to coaching

The Management Centre

Taking a coach approach to managing people is more than just spending time talking one-to-one. In turn, by adopting a culture of coaching, you are then free to step back and focus on more strategic activities. Sometimes the process is quite straightforward, other times it can take a little longer. Need more help? ?. =mc

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GROW your approach to coaching

The Management Centre

Taking a coach approach to managing people is more than just spending time talking one-to-one. In turn, by adopting a culture of coaching, you are then free to step back and focus on more strategic activities. Sometimes the process is quite straightforward, other times it can take a little longer. Need more help? ?. =mc

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The Lie That Perfectionists Tell Themselves

Harvard Business

If that weren’t enough, according to research done at top strategy consulting firms , managers struggle to distinguish between those who work 80-hour weeks and those who work 50-60-hour weeks, suggesting that the extra work generally isn’t noticed. In contrast to quality, productivity is, by definition, linked to impact.

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Would Amazon’s 30-Hour-Week Experiment Work in Your Company?

Harvard Business

A friend of mine was having a hard time balancing her career at a large financial firm with her family demands. She worked at one of those all-too-typical workplaces where employees are expected to log 60 hours or so a week — a perfect illustration of what I call a “ culture of overwork.”

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