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How to Help Your Team Manage Grunt Work

Harvard Business

I love the story told about Sam Pitroda, then the head of C-DOT, India’s telecommunications enterprise. C-DOT had two floors of a five-star hotel as their workspace. If some of your work is too time-consuming, try to innovate a more efficient process that hasn’t yet occurred to your boss or coworkers.

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Top 10 Consulting Firms In New York

Management Consulted

In the New York office, the industries McKinsey caters to are financial services, health care services, advanced electronics, aerospace and defense, and TMT (technology, media and telecommunications). Fun fact: the project’s installation of energy-efficient lighting was one of New York City’s largest lighting retrofits ever.

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Top 10 Consulting Firms in Washington, DC

Management Consulted

The space makes use of a set-up known as “hoteling,” in which staffers aren’t assigned a designated work space. The hoteling system in the building is also a great help for new mothers in the firm as they can schedule a room for privacy when pumping or even breastfeeding. Cool, or not? In one way, you’re permanently homeless.