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Want Both Efficiency and Effectiveness? Lower WIP and Right-Size Work

Johanna Rothman

Several of my trusted advisor clients have asked this question, “Why do I need to choose between effectiveness and efficiency? Then move to efficiency, by asking the managers and the teams to lower their WIP and right-size their work. That's neither effective nor efficient. Not efficient. That's not efficient. (Or

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How to Add Holidays to your Outlook Calendar

Office Skills

Setting the stage for managing an efficient Outlook Calendar for your boss or executive starts with adding all known, non negotiable events, […] The post How to Add Holidays to your Outlook Calendar appeared first on Office Skills Training. Why add Public Holidays to your Outlook Calendar?

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What Does Your Culture Value: People “Efficiency” or Work Throughput?

Johanna Rothman

Resource Efficiency. ” I asked, “How many projects are they working on?” ” “Each resource has at least two projects so they stay productive and efficient.” ” These managers have created a resource efficiency culture, not a flow efficiency culture, as in the image above. .”

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How to Use Flow Metrics to See if Your Economies of Scale Offer Value, Part 3

Johanna Rothman

Flow Efficiency In How Centralization Decisions Create Friction, Increase Cycle Time, and Cost Money, Part 1, I discussed how removing support staff for departments and managers created longer cycle times. Now, it's time for Economies of Scale and how that ties into resource efficiency thinking.

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How to Overcome the Pain Points of Your CRM

When used effectively, a CRM can be the lifeblood of your sales team – keeping everyone organized, efficient, and at peak productivity. The promise of a CRM ( customer relationship management ) led organizations to believe each could digitally transform its businesses through tracking touchpoints throughout the buyer’s journey. The result?

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How a Pen and a Sheet of Paper Make You an Efficient Consultant

Tom Spencer

When one thinks of management consultants, one inevitably thinks of highly efficient workers. This is because an efficient way of working is essential as a management consultant. So, the crucial question is, how do you become an efficient worker to withstand the time pressure in a management consultancy? Simple as that.

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What’s Wrong With Detailed Gantt Charts and How to Make Fewer Details Work for You

Johanna Rothman

That's why I wrote Project Lifecycles: How to Reduce Risks, Release Successful Products, and Increase Agility. ) See this series about how to see dependencies with value stream maps in various kinds of teams, starting with A Common Tool Trap: the Tool Will Help Your Delivery and Planning Problems. Yes, even with padding.

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The Ultimate Guide to Executive Recruiting

That is why building a strong framework for executive hiring that maximizes efficiencies while minimizing cost and time to hire is important. How to Source Talent. In this eBook, learn: The Discovery Processes. Ways to Reach Best-fit Candidates. Get ready to hire executives by downloading today!

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Best Practices for Accelerating the Sales Process

Read on to learn how to adopt specific workflows and approaches that append your existing processes to deliver value to your prospects and internal counterparts. Efficient outreach strategy. This eBook takes a look at three headache-free strategies you can employ today to accelerate selling the right way. Solution-centric mentality.

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How to Overcome the Pain Points of Your CRM

CRM software is a powerful tool when used correctly, yet another obstacle to a sales team’s efficiency when it’s not.

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The Law Firm Billing Handbook: A Comprehensive Guide to Automated Billing

In this guide to legal billing, we uncover what it takes to create an efficient billing process that optimizes your time while improving the accuracy of your billing. Learn how to customize and choose the right automated billing software for your firm.