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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. Keeping participant numbers limited to those who are essential to the discussion is crucial for efficiency.

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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? Start with managing the project portfolio. 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.

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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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How To Recognize Effective Project and Program Management

Johanna Rothman

Several people on social media have denigrated the terms “project manager” and “program manager.” ” These people claim there is no need for either role in an effective team, especially an agile team because the team can manage its own deliverables. Facilitating the team's collaboration.

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The Ultimate Guide to Executive Recruiting

It's no secret that hiring for a senior management position is a tough task for recruiters, and remaining open to changes and seeking better ways to source candidates is critical. That is why building a strong framework for executive hiring that maximizes efficiencies while minimizing cost and time to hire is important.

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

Johanna Rothman

Resource Efficiency. A senior manager said, “We give our resources everything they could need: technology, tools, even some training. ” I asked, “How many projects are they working on?” ” “Each resource has at least two projects so they stay productive and efficient.”

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Is Stress Killing Productivity? Here's How Leaders Improve Efficiency & Wellbeing

Organizational Talent Consulting

Here is how to begin. Why you need a workplace stress reduction strategy Managing long-term stress can lower your risk for conditions like heart disease, obesity, high blood pressure, and depression. The following video explains how to get started practicing gratitude. Management Science. The good news? McCullough, M.

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Best Practices for Accelerating the Sales Process

Think about it: with outbound prospecting, requests from management, scheduled demos, and inbound calls, chaos can quickly work its way into your strategy, deeming a “speed wins” selling mentality downright ineffective. Efficient outreach strategy. The bottom line is that, in B2B sales, speed is useless without control.

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How to Overcome the Pain Points of Your CRM

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. When used effectively, a CRM can be the lifeblood of your sales team – keeping everyone organized, efficient, and at peak productivity.

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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.