Harvard Business

MAY 17, 2016

There it is in your inbox: a meeting invite to a meeting you really don’t want to attend. Or it’s for a time that’s already booked, and now you’re left to decide whom to turn down. Whatever the reason, sometimes you need to decline a meeting invite. How Top Salespeople Land Hard-to-Get Meetings.

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LSA Global

JULY 19, 2021

It is estimated that decision making can take up to 70% of a manager’s time. Managers need to gain better decision making capabilities. Understandably, many managers would like to offload some decisions but, unless they do it right, results and relationships may suffer. How to Empower Employees to Make Better Decisions?

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Johanna Rothman

AUGUST 14, 2019

Too often, managers think “agile” is for others, specifically teams of people. Teams need to figure out how to manage their WIP, collaborate with the customer, and deliver something small every day. If the managers don't change their behaviors, a team cannot sustain any agile approach. What we can discuss.

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Harvard Business

SEPTEMBER 20, 2018

How to Lose Your Best Employees. To Retain New Hires, Make Sure You Meet with Them in Their First Week. Why Great Employees Leave “Great Cultures” Melissa Daimler. Time management is a skill that many need help to learn, and as a manager, you may need to be the teacher. You and Your Team Series.

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Harvard Business

AUGUST 29, 2016

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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Harvard Business

APRIL 6, 2017

Executives need to own up to their role in creating the workplace stress that leads to burnout—heavy workloads, job insecurity, and frustrating work routines that include too many meetings and far too little time for creative work. Many corporate cultures require collaboration far beyond what is needed to get the job done.

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Harvard Business

AUGUST 4, 2017

In one study, researchers found that employees fear that their manager will think less of them for taking vacation. To change this worrisome trajectory, you need to get creative about how to get your team members to take vacation. Use a few minutes in a team meeting to share some of the research on the benefits of vacation.

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Asamby Consulting

MARCH 24, 2022

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. One could be responsible for documenting your processes, while the other is responsible for running great meetings. How are work results being approved? Ready, set, go!

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Harvard Business

JUNE 2, 2016

Would you hire or promote a star player into a management role if they’ve never managed anyone? To gain some perspective on how to handle this kind of challenge, I reached out to some management experts for their point of view on the skills and personalities to look for. Is It Time to Quit Your Job?

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Harvard Business

SEPTEMBER 22, 2016

Right now I’m halfway through The Swerve: How the World Became Modern , by Stephen Greenblatt. Its story of a bibliomaniac who unearths an ancient poem, cracking opening the cultural door to the Renaissance, has inspired me with a creative way to write about a risk capital project that’s due later this week.

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LSA Global

JANUARY 12, 2018

How To Be a Good New Manager. Being a good new manager does not depend upon magic. While it is true that the knowledge, skills and abilities to manage others is not intuitive, those leadership attributes can be learned. Targeted to the critical few management scenarios and skills that matter most. When It’s Time.

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LSA Global

SEPTEMBER 14, 2018

Too many new managers have not been taught how to effectively lead people. Research on New Manager Effectiveness. With more than half of first-time managers reporting that they received no training when promoted, it is not surprising that up to 50% of new managers are deemed ineffective by their bosses.

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LSA Global

AUGUST 16, 2018

It will likely become quickly clear that most of those who suffer from burnout do not know how to manage their time well, struggle to effectively prioritize projects and have difficulty saying no. Only then can they begin to prioritize their activities to maximize their productivity.

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The Management Centre

APRIL 1, 2020

In turn, by adopting a culture of coaching, you are then free to step back and focus on more strategic activities. The GROW framework can be used in conversations, meetings and everyday leadership – it’s not necessarily something you need to set aside a specific time or location for. It can be used in a wide range of situations.

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Tom Spencer

MARCH 10, 2018

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. Describe the actions YOU took and explain why you took those actions.

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The Management Centre

APRIL 1, 2020

In turn, by adopting a culture of coaching, you are then free to step back and focus on more strategic activities. The GROW framework can be used in conversations, meetings and everyday leadership – it’s not necessarily something you need to set aside a specific time or location for. It can be used in a wide range of situations.

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Harvard Business

MAY 30, 2017

When we travel to a country that has a different culture than ours, many of us spend time learning ways to communicate and connect with the people there. Similarly, when you first become a manager, it’s helpful to spend time up front connecting and creating a common language with your team. Marion Barraud for HBR.

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Rick Conlow

OCTOBER 19, 2023

10 Companies that Exemplify the Value of a Great Coach A handful of companies do an outstanding job of creating a positive culture through coaching. Here are ten notable examples: Google: Google is renowned for its robust coaching culture. These meetings involve 20-60 minutes. You take notes and track your discussions over time.

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Harvard Business

NOVEMBER 19, 2018

For the first time in my young career, I was going to lots of meetings, and my job had become as much about convincing, cajoling, and coordinating as it was about designing. My manager told me about a team that was working on the Google Help Forum. We were product managers, designers, and leaders. Expectations.

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Harvard Business

AUGUST 8, 2018

Working parents sometimes struggle with the feeling that they are either letting down their family or not meeting their career goals. The other, Joseph, saw how Brittney’s skill in doing this not only made Brittney happier but also changed our whole company culture to be more supportive of working parents.

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Harvard Business

OCTOBER 26, 2016

It’s a common complaint among top executives: “I’m spending all my time managing trivial and tactical problems, and I don’t have time to get to the big-picture stuff.” Nearly all leaders (96%) claimed they lacked time for strategic thinking, again, because they were too busy putting out fires.

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Johanna Rothman

SEPTEMBER 24, 2020

Benefits of Management Teams. Management teams help the organization in many ways: Management teams reduce overall decision time. Individual managers reduce their cycle time. Managers can remove organizational impediments that cross teams. Your management teams don’t need to be formal.

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Johanna Rothman

APRIL 14, 2021

The organization wonders why no one can “meet” a deadline. The organization lives with many delays when the managers choose a shared services model. That's because the managers think resource efficiency works. They don't realize how much more effective flow efficiency is.). In any culture or lifecycle.

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Harvard Business

MAY 5, 2017

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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Harvard Business

JUNE 18, 2018

. “The amount of time management teams are spending reacting to dramatic changes in the world is unprecedented. “We talk purpose at the highest level strategy meetings. It affects hiring practices, suppliers you work with, how you reward product development, and of course, marketing.”

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