article thumbnail

Project Management: What an L&D Professional Needs to Know

Clarity Consultants

During a typical workday for learning and development (L&D) professionals, handling projects is often part of the equation. As a result, understanding critical aspects of project management is essential for everyone working in the field. Time Management. Managing Stakeholders. Quality Control.

article thumbnail

Crafting an Effective Sales Strategy: A Blueprint for Success

LSA Global

Developing an effective sales strategy requires a deep understanding of market dynamics and the ability to adapt to evolving trends. Define Clear Sales Objectives and Success Metrics An effective sales strategy begins with clearly defined sales objectives that serve as guiding beacons throughout the journey.

Sales 36
Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

Mental Energy Units

CaseInterview.com

When you’re an individual contributor, you focus mainly on time management. As you progress in your professional career (and as your personal life gets more complex, such as raising multiple children or caring for aging parents), it makes sense to optimize your life around a different kind of metric. There are 24 hours in a day.

Energy 80
article thumbnail

A Refresher on A/B Testing

Harvard Business

In this case, let’s say your metric is the number of visitors who click on the button. To run the test, you show two sets of users (assigned at random when they visit the site) the different versions (where the only thing different is the size of the button) and determine which influenced your success metric the most.

Metrics 28
article thumbnail

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.

article thumbnail

Solve Your Project Problems in Less Time

PM Alliance

Your controls process must be working well, and your team needs a unified methodology to ensure everyone knows how to translate the metrics and other data coming in from stakeholders. Develop and implement a solution as soon as you can, and then iterate if necessary to further improve your chances of success.

article thumbnail

What If Companies Managed People as Carefully as They Manage Money?

Harvard Business

Today’s executives spend a lot of time managing the balance sheet, despite the fact that it doesn’t represent their company’s scarcest resource. According to Bain’s Macro Trends Group, the global supply of capital stands at nearly 10 times global GDP. Vincent Tsui for HBR.