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The 8 Digital Productivity Tools Everyone Should Adopt

Harvard Business

For most people, the goal is to adopt the smallest number of tools necessary to work efficiently. That’s why my friends and colleagues often ask me which technologies I regard as must-haves: the tools and tactics that will make a big impact on their productivity without spending a lot of time or money getting up and running.

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Strategies for Managing your time and boundaries

Brimstone Consulting

At the same time, with nowhere to go and much to adjust to, many people have canceled not just their travel reservations, but their time off as well. The complexities and systemic disruption of the COVID-19 pandemic have made managing time and boundaries more challenging than ever.

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How to Win with Automation (Hint: It’s Not Chasing Efficiency)

Harvard Business

At the same time, managers need to continue to motivate employees who fear their jobs being replaced by robots. In much the same way, nobody calls a travel agency to book a simple flight anymore. This creates a dilemma for leaders. In this new era of automation, leaders will need to identify new sources of value creation.

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Scheduling Meetings Effectively When You’re Self-Employed

Harvard Business

It’s important for all professionals to use their time efficiently. Without corporate mandates such as weekly team meetings or biweekly project check-ins, entrepreneurs have the ability to wipe out bureaucratic red tape and reach new heights of productivity.

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

Harvard Business

When we travel to a country that has a different culture than ours, many of us spend time learning ways to communicate and connect with the people there. Similarly, when you first become a manager, it’s helpful to spend time up front connecting and creating a common language with your team. Marion Barraud for HBR.

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How to Reduce Primary Care Doctors’ Workloads While Improving Care

Harvard Business

While some aspects of care clearly require doctor and patient to be in the same place at the same time, many demonstrably don’t. Much of the current thinking about new service-delivery models is based on the notion that cost and efficiency of care delivery can be enhanced by directing more patients to primary care. A Way Forward.

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