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Ep059 Nathalie Pincham

Girard Training Solutions

Today, on Management Development Unlocked, Eric interviews success coach Nathalie Pincham. What energy leadership is and why Nathalie believes it can increase your personal and leadership potential. Why good time management plays a vital role in preventing burnout.

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Before Day 1: Taking Advantage of the In-Between

Tom Spencer

You successfully interviewed for a position at your dream consulting firm, and you have received and accepted an offer. Maybe you interviewed in the fall but defend your thesis in the spring. Maybe you do not want to learn something new, but this is also a good time to try a new activity. You did it! Try a New Activity.

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Consulting in South Africa – what to expect

Tom Spencer

Based on several interviews with consultants, here is the picture painted for me on what to expect for consulting in South Africa. The consulting industry is surviving during these uncertain times. Consultants should expect their time management skills to be tested and sharpened. BCG, McKinsey, Bain, A.T.

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Student consulting – it does more than deliver

Tom Spencer

According to Smith, the lack of experience, expertise, speed, and legitimacy of students in contrast to professional consultants means that both clients and students get little out of it and waste valuable time and energy that could be better spent elsewhere. It’s great CV and interview fodder.

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4 Strategies for Overcoming Distraction

Harvard Business

After reading hundreds of studies, interviewing dozens of experts, and running the gambit of self-experiments (including attending meditation retreats and slogging through a monthlong period of self-induced boredom), I learned that countless strategies can help us mitigate distraction. So how can you gain back control?

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3 Ways to Make Time for the Little Tasks You Never Make Time For

Harvard Business

After one extended trip abroad during which he avoided email, he wrote that he had missed a large number of critical messages, including a fulfillment center crisis that caused him to lose more than 20% of monthly orders for his business, media interview opportunities that had expired, and more than a dozen partnership offers.

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Two Powerful Ways Managers Can Curb Implicit Biases

Harvard Business

For the most part, managers are not given the right tools to overcome the challenges posed by implicit biases. But this demands a lot of cognitive energy, so over time, managers go back to their old habits. While interviewing a candidate, we might ask her where she went to school or to share her experiences.