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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Tom Spencer

FEBRUARY 10, 2018

For example, when a business introduces a new product to the marketplace, they may be venturing into uncharted territory that may result in a hit or a flop. Innovation transcends product development. It also touches on other areas like management, strategy, sales, and marketing. Manage the Risk. Areas for Innovation.

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Brimstone Consulting

JANUARY 14, 2022

Members of the leadership team expressed the same, but were also concerned about declining productivity and engagement. In the absence of guidelines, the organization had evolved into an always-on culture with communication taking place 24/7 – and across multiple platforms. The following is what was developed. Communication Guidelines.

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Harvard Business

APRIL 6, 2017

The true cost to business can be far greater, thanks to low productivity across organizations, high turnover, and the loss of the most capable talent. In our book Time, Talent and Energy , we note that when employees aren’t as productive as they could be, it’s usually the organization, not its employees, that is to blame.

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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. How are work results being approved? The goal of the onboarding process is creating absolute clarity about what to expect and how to collaborate. Ready, set, go!

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Harvard Business

AUGUST 23, 2017

How to Negotiate for Vacation Time. Travel Association’s Project: Time Off, last year 54% of Americans left unused vacation time on the table, amounting to 662 million days that could have been used to make them less stressed — and more productive. You and Your Team Series. Ed O’Brien.

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Harvard Business

AUGUST 4, 2017

Not only does taking vacation contribute to enhanced productivity but it also immunizes our teams against the toxic negative attitudes that can be contagious in the workplace. In one study, researchers found that employees fear that their manager will think less of them for taking vacation. How to Negotiate for Vacation Time.

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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

AUGUST 16, 2018

Employees need to find out where, in fact, they are spending their time. Only then can they begin to prioritize their activities to maximize their productivity. They need to learn how to focus their attention on what is most critical to their job performance so they can gain a sense of control over their workflow. The Benefit.

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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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Rick Conlow

OCTOBER 19, 2023

International Coach Federation (ICF) Research: The ICF conducts extensive research on coaching, and their studies have found that 70% of individuals who received coaching reported improved work performance, communication skills, and productivity. Personnel Management: A study compared training alone to coaching and training.

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Harvard Business

NOVEMBER 19, 2018

In 2008, I was designing advertising products at Google. 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. Environment.

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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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Johanna Rothman

APRIL 14, 2021

Their developers work on a product for months and years at a time. ” Shared service-thinking denies the reality of effective product development: A cross-functional team learns together as they develop the product. The organization lives with many delays when the managers choose a shared services model.

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Harvard Business

MAY 17, 2016

How Top Salespeople Land Hard-to-Get Meetings. 5 Ways Meetings Get Off Track, and How to Prevent Each One. Based on our current year priorities, I’m not sure we’re ready for a productive conversation yet. From the meeting invite, it doesn’t look like Production is involved. You and Your Team Series.

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Johanna Rothman

SEPTEMBER 24, 2020

We hear about agile teams, in the form of product or feature teams. However, too many managers still work independently. That’s a problem when the teams have organizational problems a single manager can’t solve. Instead of managers working alone, what if we had teams of managers? Benefits of Management Teams.

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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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Harvard Business

MAY 5, 2017

More and more people are working remotely, and many say it improves their productivity and satisfaction — while also saving them time and money. If you’re commuting to an office every day but would like to work elsewhere on a weekly basis, how can you convince your boss to let you do so? Stephen Smith for HBR.

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Harvard Business

NOVEMBER 7, 2017

For many people, getting pulled across several different projects is stressful and less productive than theory would suggest. Switching attention between tasks takes time and saps your focus and energy. Your Team’s Time Management Problem Might Be a Focus Problem. You and Your Team Series. Staying Focused.

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Harvard Business

JUNE 18, 2018

We found widespread agreement that having great products and services and being a “good corporate citizen” are table stakes in a world of empowered citizens and consumers. One of the key findings of our conversations was how purpose created advantage internally by aligning and energizing the organization.

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