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

Asamby Consulting

At the same time, as the CEO, you probably don’t want to spend all your time managing that day-to-day and building your backend systems. Think of the COO or operations manager as the execution engine to your strategic decisions. The beauty is that you can define the role rather freely.

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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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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. Recall what I have mentioned many times, management consulting firms are assessing candidates for their Leadership, Achievement, and Problem Solving skills. 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 to Know If Someone Is Ready to Be a Manager

Harvard Business

For some real-world perspective on becoming a first-time manager, I reached out to my friend Dr. Jim Mitchell, a computer scientist who made the leap into management from an engineering position, eventually retiring as Vice President at Oracle Laboratories. Leaving a Stable Job to Create Your Dream Career.

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How Marketers Can Connect Profit and Purpose

Harvard Business

“The amount of time management teams are spending reacting to dramatic changes in the world is unprecedented. One of the key findings of our conversations was how purpose created advantage internally by aligning and energizing the organization. Antonio Lucio, CMO of HP finds that purpose streamlines decision-making.