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Mastering the Art of Leading Remote Work Teams

Rick Conlow

Time Mismanagement: Remote work requires effective time management skills. However, employees may struggle to prioritize tasks and allocate their time efficiently. Management and Oversight Challenges: Managers and employers may find it challenging to effectively foster teamwork.

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Consulting in South Africa – what to expect

Tom Spencer

Since consulting firms still utilize an “up or out” policy, this creates space for new recruits even during a period of economic downturn. Kearney and other firms have operations in the country and a variety of services are offered in strategy, management, digital, HR, financial services, public sector, energy, and healthcare.

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Where I Think “Agile” is Headed, Part 2: Where Does Management Fit?

Johanna Rothman

What might happen to the various cycle times? Managers make decisions faster. Everyone's cycle time decreases. They all say something like this: We need resilience in product development and delivery. If you need resilience in product development, you might need resilience in: How you recruit and hire.

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We Need a Better Way to Visualize People’s Skills

Harvard Business

GitHub is a social networking site for web developers to collaborate on open-source code management. It’s a way for developers to display their revisions of public repositories of code. At the same time, each person would similarly be able to identify his or her own skills gaps that need to be filled.

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Two Powerful Ways Managers Can Curb Implicit Biases

Harvard Business

For the most part, managers are not given the right tools to overcome the challenges posed by implicit biases. But this demands a lot of cognitive energy, so over time, managers go back to their old habits. The workshops companies invest in typically teach them to constantly check their thoughts for bias. Small Wins, Big Payoff.

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How to Convince Your Boss to Let You Work from Home

Harvard Business

So be sure you’re in good standing with your manager before making the request. Here are some strategies to convince your boss to let you work remotely. Demonstrating that you can be productive is “a successful backdoor strategy” to getting your manager to sign off on a permanent arrangement, Dillon says.

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