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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. One manager sent emails at all hours of the day and expected people to respond. This process demoralized the team and drove productivity down.

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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. Consultants should expect their time management skills to be tested and sharpened. There is also a growing demand for implementation in the country.

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The Training Phase in Management Consulting

Tom Spencer

The first step starts with training, the learning of technical skills, soft skills, and time management skills. A consulting project will be unfamiliar to fresh recruits, and so successful performance will require preparation, guidance, and feedback. Receiving an offer from a top consulting firm is an exciting experience.

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Automotive Industry 2022: Overcoming Project Challenges

Epicflow

Its current development is primarily driven by 4 major trends: connectivity, autonomous vehicles, shared mobility, and electrification. As the automotive industry continues its development affected by recent unprecedented disruption, the number of projects its companies take on this year will be increasing.

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Hiring an NSF Research Project Manager to Start Immediately

NeoAcademic

Major Responsibilities Research Team Coordination (35%) Maintain meeting minutes while attending project and laboratory meetings Assign and follow up upon assigned tasks with team members within online project management software (e.g., Google Docs and sheets) Maintain integrity of confidential data (e.g.,

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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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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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