Harvard Business

JULY 4, 2016

When it comes to designing and leading meetings that produce results , when you meet matters just as much as how you meet. This is particularly true in organizations where employees are both, what Paul Graham calls, “makers” and “managers.” Paul Garbett for HBR. Please do not disturb.”

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Harvard Business

APRIL 6, 2017

Executives need to own up to their role in creating the workplace stress that leads to burnout—heavy workloads, job insecurity, and frustrating work routines that include too many meetings and far too little time for creative work. Projects are time-boxed and focused so that there is more doing and less energy-draining process.

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Seth Godin Blog

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

Apparently, if you spend a lot of time managing your calendar, faking your zoom calls and living in fear, you can get away with it for a while. We can collaborate in real-time on shared documents with people we’d never be able to meet face to face. Perhaps one in a thousand workers pulls this off.

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LSA Global

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Invest the time and energy in your next strategy retreat to identify the top two or three priorities that matter most. Focusing on essential work can lead to higher performance, reduced stress, and improved time management.

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Tom Spencer

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

Without having to spend time and energy prepping for interviews, you will find plenty of time in your schedule and room in your mind to learn something completely new. Maybe you do not want to learn something new, but this is also a good time to try a new activity. Try a New Activity.

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The Management Centre

JULY 31, 2023

For example, if your colleague is late to every meeting, sending them on a time management course might not cut it. They might know when the meeting starts, and how to get there on time, but still decide not to be on time if they are not motivated to be there. What are the other factors at play?

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Makarios Consulting

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

The manager and employee (and possibly other members of the team) are thrust into fire-drill mode because the presentation is the next day and it has to be re-done in a deadline-driven rush. How much time would it have taken to check for understanding in the initial delegation meeting? Save Time by Spending It.

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Makarios Consulting

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

The manager and employee (and possibly other members of the team) are thrust into fire-drill mode because the presentation is the next day and it has to be re-done in a deadline-driven rush. How much time would it have taken to check for understanding in the initial delegation meeting? Ten minutes? Perhaps fifteen?

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Harvard Business

SEPTEMBER 28, 2017

No drive-by meetings. These distractions are easy to ignore in an office, but at home it can be difficult to draw the line between personal and professional time. Before I became a time management coach, my schedule was chaotic. Your Team’s Time Management Problem Might Be a Focus Problem. No commute.

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LSA Global

JUNE 25, 2021

Time Management Achieving more goals is directly related to how you spend your time. What are your time wasters and how can you avoid them? Perhaps you need to limit your time on social media, be more selective in the meetings you attend, or schedule hours when you will allow no interruptions.

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Harvard Business

JUNE 29, 2018

If you knew about a technology that would help you improve organizational alignment, cut meeting times, and increase engagement in discussions, surely you’d use it all the time, right? Meetings Take Half as Long. The Seven Imperatives to Keeping Meetings on Track. Do You Really Need to Hold That Meeting?

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Harvard Business

OCTOBER 19, 2017

But this same force has also led to work environments that inundate people with a relentless stream of emails, meetings, and distractions. Your Team’s Time Management Problem Might Be a Focus Problem. Treat it as you would any meeting or an appointment. Analyze where your time is best spent. Staying Focused.

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Harvard Business

APRIL 14, 2016

.” Rhythm can also help lead you through your time. If this sort of approach sounds appealing to you, here are some ideas based on my own life and work with time management coaching clients that I’ve seen to align your time with your energy, interests, and goals. Monthly Cadence. Weekly Cadence.

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Tom Spencer

AUGUST 18, 2018

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. Clearly there is much more to student consulting than meets the eye.

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Harvard Business

JULY 13, 2016

Through my own experience and in my work coaching clients on time management, I’ve seen that there often is a strong correlation between poor time management, working longer hours, and feeling stressed. My thoughts would return to what needed to be done next, even though I knew it was time to clock out.

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Harvard Business

DECEMBER 30, 2016

I knew this was the right direction because I felt a lasting surge of energy behind the idea. I’ve always been a huge fan of time blocking as a way to reserve time for important items. The physical boundary is a great help to avoid the time getting derailed by drive-by meetings.

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Harvard Business

MAY 1, 2017

It signals that breakfast is over and the office-wide meeting is about to start. After the five-minute standup, the teams have their own standup meetings, and then pairs break off to get rolling at their workstations. Reason #2: Free breakfast syncs the energy levels of our workers. That’s not me.

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Harvard Business

NOVEMBER 3, 2017

In my research and experience as a time management coach, and in my work developing my new book, Divine Time Management , I’ve discovered that people often jump to blaming others in conflict. For us to work together effectively, I need to receive reports on time from you.”

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Harvard Business

MAY 24, 2017

Today’s executives spend a lot of time managing the balance sheet, despite the fact that it doesn’t represent their company’s scarcest resource. According to Bain’s Macro Trends Group, the global supply of capital stands at nearly 10 times global GDP. Energy, too, is difficult to come by.

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Harvard Business

MAY 23, 2017

On Friday, while I was sitting in on a four-hour conference call in a windowless meeting room, I couldn’t pretend that I wasn’t miserable. Label the other three columns with your resources — money, time, and energy. Does she need to be in every meeting? I ended up quitting that day, just 4.25

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Harvard Business

MAY 25, 2018

While it’s true that big trips can be fun and even refreshing, they can also take a lot of time, energy, and money. In my experience as a time management coach and as a business owner, I’ve found that vacations don’t have to be big to be significant to your health and happiness.

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Harvard Business

MAY 10, 2016

And yet in my work with clients, I often discover old ideas about time management that don’t take this new reality into account. Is it common at your company for email to be used for urgent and time-sensitive communications? Encourage “technology-free meetings” whenever possible. The office kitchen.

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Harvard Business

OCTOBER 18, 2018

Before beginning my experiments, I tracked my daily behavior to better understand where my time and energy was going, which gave me insight into what I could change to produce more satisfying deep work. It was easier to replace a bad habit with a better one than to focus all my energy on eliminating the bad habit.

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Harvard Business

JULY 28, 2017

Seek out like-minded people who live nearby and meet up face to face. Progressing at work and maintaining friendships may seem mutually exclusive, given the time and effort that both involve, but they’re not. Prioritize work and friendships.

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