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Crisis Leadership = Salesmanship

CaseInterview.com

In a crisis, leadership and salesmanship (or saleswomanship) are the exact same thing. What are the attributes of strong leadership in a crisis? When does crisis leadership fail? Let’s say the leader is highly confident but doesn’t seem to grasp the problem at all; that’s going to be a leadership failure. Think about it.

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Managing Meetings: How to Drive Productivity and Success

Tom Spencer

Keeping participant numbers limited to those who are essential to the discussion is crucial for efficiency. For longer meetings, consider incorporating breaks to maintain focus and energy levels. Time management not only reflects positively on your leadership but also contributes to a more disciplined and productive work environment.

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Key Technology Trends in the Construction Industry in 2024

Epicflow

While the complexity of construction projects is increasing, digitalization provides construction companies with a number of benefits: high efficiency of processes, precise project planning and visualization, real-time cooperation, new market opportunities, reduced risks, more effective decision-making, optimized construction costs, etc. [5;

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Great Companies Obsess Over Productivity, Not Efficiency

Harvard Business

Business leaders often think of “efficiency” and “productivity” as synonyms, two sides of the same coin. When it comes to strategy, however, efficiency and productivity are very different. Efficiency is about doing the same with less. The benefits from improving efficiency appear to have petered out.

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Workflow Breakdowns in Larger Firms: Why They Happen, What to Do About Them

Emerson Consulting Group

Efficiency in business comes down to reaching goals with the highest degree of quality and speed possible. When workflow breaks down and this efficiency fails, it’s worth questioning why it happened and how to prevent it in the future. If the hands and feet, eyes and ears don’t coordinate, the body can’t move efficiently.

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Strategies for Managing your time and boundaries

Brimstone Consulting

“Manage your energy, balancing periods of high output with rest, relaxation, and recuperation.” It’s also important to coach your team about time and calendar management, because if you’re the only one focusing on it, you’re not moving the needle on efficiency. And when you waste it, you don’t get it back.”.

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Bureaucracy Can Drain Your Company’s Energy. Agile Can Restore It.

Harvard Business

The German sociologist Max Weber famously praised bureaucracy’s rationality and efficiencies. I know it is critical for the leadership to embrace agile, but the sad reality is that I’m not sure our leadership team will start before it’s too late. It’s killing the whole business. What can I do?”

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