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How to Manage Managers

Harvard Business

In some ways, managing managers is similar to managing anyone else — you need to align their goals with yours, provide feedback, and help them advance their careers, says Sydney Finkelstein, professor at Dartmouth’s Tuck School of Business and author of Superbosses: How Exceptional Leaders Manage the Flow of Talent.

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Research: Millennials Think About Work Too Much

Harvard Business

What we found is that Millennials are obsessed with their jobs, socialize with friends less often than many older folks assume, and don’t seem to set much store in developing a spiritual life. ” Across all ages, the most common topics were related to “spending quality time with family and friends.”

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Productivity Tips for People Who Hate Productivity Tips

Harvard Business

Your Team’s Time Management Problem Might Be a Focus Problem. If I have time, I’ll develop it into a more extensive outline (more progress). Let’s say I need to schedule interviews with employees at a client firm. You and Your Team Series. Staying Focused. Your Brain Can Only Take So Much Focus.

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Why You Need an Untouchable Day Every Week

Harvard Business

When I worked as Director of Leadership Development at Walmart, my days were full of meetings. I now have research calls and phone interviews; lunches with literary agents and web developers; conference calls about book titles and publishing schedules; and radio interviews and media prep calls. Everybody’s were!

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Productivity Tips for People Who Hate Productivity Tips

Harvard Business

Your Team’s Time Management Problem Might Be a Focus Problem. If I have time, I’ll develop it into a more extensive outline (more progress). Let’s say I need to schedule interviews with employees at a client firm. You and Your Team Series. Staying Focused. Your Brain Can Only Take So Much Focus.

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Hold Onto The Bright Bits… the art of Eulogy Writing

Confessions of a Consultant

But just as the newspapers have draft eulogies for high-profile figures – he wanted to be prepared when the time came. Co-ordinating his thoughts in advance – wasn’t just an exercise in time management. Listening to eulogies can feel like you are participating in a very large group interview.