Harvard Business

SEPTEMBER 7, 2017

One of the very first lectures I give each year to new MBA students is about time management. By the time they arrive in my classroom, they are two days into the fall term, and I can already see that some of them are barely keeping their heads above water. Covey’s time management matrix is a good tool for this.

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Harvard Business

JANUARY 25, 2018

Managers have hard jobs. We’ve previously written about what great managers do differently , but even great managers are not fully aware of how their work habits can impact those they supervise. The transition from individual contributor to manager expands the influence of a person’s work habits.

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Harvard Business

AUGUST 12, 2016

Sloan and the recommendation of countless management professors, “ manage by exception.” After all, hiring others to work under you is costly, and coordinating them takes up your time and theirs. The upshot often is managers doing too much themselves. The upshot often is managers doing too much themselves.

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Harvard Business

AUGUST 21, 2018

Our large-scale empirical study provides strong evidence of the constraining role of investors and financial markets in shaping the innovation choices of firms. Financial markets tend to punish the digital leaders in this group for forays that are necessarily complex strategies whose benefits are realized over longer periods of time.

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Harvard Business

MARCH 8, 2017

It’s important for all professionals to use their time efficiently. That causes its own problems — one study showed the average employee attends a whopping 62 meetings per month — but logistically, it’s not that much of a problem.

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Harvard Business

JUNE 29, 2018

The power of focused attention to craft a strategy or discuss an especially challenging issue with videoconference is much more efficient for everyone involved. 60% of the people in the same study indicated that being able to see others and share documents live made the discussion more open. Engagement and Understanding Improve.

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Conference Meeting Tools Video 34

Harvard Business

JULY 3, 2018

In a series of studies recently published in the Journal of Consumer Research , people typically chose to complete tasks that had very short deadlines attached to them, even in situations in which tasks with less pressing deadlines were just as easy and promised a bigger reward. Anticipate and Manage Feelings of Anxiety.

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Harvard Business

NOVEMBER 13, 2017

There is still a need for accountants and face-to-face meetings, but typically accountants now require such visits for only the more complicated cases that can’t be managed with software or a call. While some aspects of care clearly require doctor and patient to be in the same place at the same time, many demonstrably don’t.

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Harvard Business

MAY 23, 2018

In a famous study by Ronald Burt , people who made efforts to improve their networks were 42%–74% more likely to be promoted than those who didn’t. Like old contacts, it’s a more time-efficient way to connect, since there’s an intermediary you both share. Networks matter for career success.

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Harvard Business

MAY 5, 2017

” But, in fact, research suggests the opposite: Working from home increases productivity, efficiency, and engagement. Not only does working from home eliminate your commute, which for most people is “total wasted time,” but it also “allows you to be more focused and efficient.” Give your boss time.

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Harvard Business

AUGUST 21, 2017

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. These advances will have also significantly increased the workload of more senior managers, keeping them working around the clock.

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