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Mastering Time: Three Strategies for Increasing Productivity

Tom Spencer

Whether you’re a busy professional, a student, or an entrepreneur, time management is a crucial skill for anyone looking to increase their productivity. Effective time management involves an ongoing and regular process of organising your schedule so that time is allocated to all of the important aspects of your life.

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Track Your Time for 30 Days. What You Learn Might Surprise You.

Harvard Business

It’s hard to know if we’re really making efficient use of our time. But are we spending our time on the right things? Inspired by a colleague, the time management expert Laura Vanderkam , I decided to spend the month of February tracking exactly how I spent my time, down to half-hour increments.

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Do You Know How Each Person on Your Team Likes to Work?

Harvard Business

When she was promoted to manager of a new team, she immediately dug into the new product she was assigned, as well as her team members’ work. Sveta had a keen attention to detail and placed a high value on being efficient. Therefore, she didn’t waste much time or words when talking with her team.

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Help Your Team Achieve Work-Life Balance — Even When You Can’t

Harvard Business

It wasn’t until I moved to Paris in 1997 to become Finance Manager for Disney Consumer Products Europe, Middle East, and Africa that I experienced someone setting a non-negotiable boundary for herself. But so did my peers, whether or not they had children, partners, or aging parents. It was just the industry and firm norm.