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Managing Meetings: How to Drive Productivity and Success

Tom Spencer

Meetings can either be a powerful catalyst for collaboration and decision-making or a drain on time and productivity. Whether you are in consulting, strategy, operations, or product management, the ability to manage meetings effectively is a crucial skill that can significantly impact the success of your endeavors.

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

Asamby Consulting

Why do I need operations help? All this comes down to one thing: More work in managing the company. 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. You can unsubscribe at any time. You run a successful business.

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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 the earlier arrivals were a bit bemused by their colleagues, who apparently operated in a different time zone. Assume nothing but good intentions.

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Consulting in South Africa – what to expect

Tom Spencer

Consultants in the rainbow nation have continued to operate efficiently and effectively during the Covid pandemic. They are temporary responses to the pandemic, rather than trends that will become part of normal operations after the COVID pandemic comes to an end. Lack of physical engagement with clients has added challenges.

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Mastering the Art of Leading Remote Work Teams

Rick Conlow

Bottom-line, companies with people-first culture led by Servant Leadership principles outperform their competitors. Time Mismanagement: Remote work requires effective time management skills. However, employees may struggle to prioritize tasks and allocate their time efficiently. Included training in team meetings.

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Crafting an Effective Sales Strategy: A Blueprint for Success

LSA Global

Before hiring more sales reps, pushing specific sales activities, or investing in sales enablement technology, smart sales leaders invest the time and resources to deeply understand the market in which they operate in. Only invest time and resources with clients that appreciate and need what you have to offer.

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Common New Manager Challenges to Prepare For

LSA Global

Can your managers co-create a compelling future vision and plan with their teams? Creating the Right Performance Environment High performing people managers create connections. High performing managers operate as an effective individual producer and people leader simultaneously.