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Managing Meetings: How to Drive Productivity and Success

Tom Spencer

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. This is especially relevant in product management, where decisions often involve cross-functional collaboration.

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Mastering the Art of Leading Remote Work Teams

Rick Conlow

The number of companies adopting and managers leading remote work teams has increased significantly. In addition, Gallup research shows 82% of managers are failing. Bottom-line, companies with people-first culture led by Servant Leadership principles outperform their competitors. The COVID-19 pandemic initiated this trend.

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Hiring an NSF Research Project Manager to Start Immediately

NeoAcademic

Direct link to the application and formal job ad: [link] As part of a recently-funded US National Science Foundation project in which we will be building an online virtual interviewing platform, my laboratory will be hiring a part-time project manager with work to do for roughly the next two years.

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4 Ways to Manage Deadlines on Cross-Cultural Teams

Harvard Business

Although this may sound like a simple holiday anecdote, when different cultural definitions of “on time” spill over to professional projects, people’s reactions can be less than jovial. But not understanding or effectively managing these different ways of working can lead to frustration, stress, and missed deadlines.

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Why Reducing Stress Stabilises Your Profits

Tom Spencer

Many times it is a good thing as it forces the business owner to adapt and excel so that his business thrives. Excelling, however, is contingent on the business owner knowing how to harness small doses of stress and manage its effects. Document processes and repetitive tasks, whether they are back office or client facing.

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4 Ways to Teach Your Kids About Work (Without Adding More to Your Plate)

Harvard Business

Here are four ways you can spend time with your kids while getting work done and teaching them important lessons along the way. Practice time management together. This often takes concentrated time, away from the demands of back-to-back meetings. How Busy Working Parents Can Make Time for Mindfulness.

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Employee Burnout Is a Problem with the Company, Not the Person

Harvard Business

Employee burnout is a common phenomenon, but it is one that companies tend to treat as a talent management or personal issue rather than a broader organizational challenge. Leaders can help establish new cultural norms around time and make clear that everyone’s time is a precious resource. Weak time-management disciplines.

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