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Is a COO-as-a-service solution right for me?

Asamby Consulting

All this comes down to one thing: More work in managing the company. Additionally, improving your processes and building out your business systems becomes more important and more time-consuming at the same time. You can unsubscribe at any time. Want to hire an operations manager? Check out our privacy policy.

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Productivity and Creativity – awkward bedfellows or birds of a feather?

Ben de Haldevang

The Guardian recently published a long but interesting piece on the history of time management (from Taylor forward). For the longest time, these two ideas have sat on opposite sides of a very deep chasm. He was firmly of the view that things that took longer to make were more valuable than those that took less time.

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How to Know If Someone Is Ready to Be a Manager

Harvard Business

When you’re hiring a new manager, the stakes are high. You need someone who can effectively lead people, manage a budget, liaise with upper management — and, usually, do it all from day one. Would you hire or promote a star player into a management role if they’ve never managed anyone?

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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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Why My Company Serves Free Breakfast to All Employees

Harvard Business

Our approach is rooted in extreme programming and agile processes , and the foundation of our work environment is a pair programming culture. This kind of collaboration means that there’s always two people available to help solve an engineering problem. I wake up at 8 AM, barely enough time to shower and catch the subway.

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How Marketers Can Connect Profit and Purpose

Harvard Business

And in 2011, Nathaniel Foote and Russ Eisenstat proposed a “better way to manage in the 21st century.” From digital platforms to customer experience to crisis management , these priorities have been a bellwether for what would soon dominate boardroom discussions and headline business publications.