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A Commercial Pilot’s 2-Year Plan to Break into Consulting

Management Consulted

I was using that time to transition into a project management role in media. I got a part-time job in a retail store, and in my downtime I just started a learning a lot of the tools necessary in order to be a producer/project manager in media. It’s unfortunate, but my flight training isn’t reflected in my GPA. Yeah, sure.

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Your Strategy Has to Be Flexible — But So Does Your Execution

Harvard Business

Metric obsession. Drucker’s exhortation, “What gets measured gets managed” is often invoked when approaching execution. It is also be a mistake to restrict ourselves to managing what we can easily measure. In the sense that results count, and their quantification is desirable, it seems irrefutable.

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What Inclusive Urban Development Can Look Like

Harvard Business

Located on the east side of the NoMa train tracks, Union Market began as a working food production and distribution center in the 1930s. Exploring opportunities to integrate workforce training can help close this gap. We believe it offers lessons for other cities, based in research and born out in practice. The Union Market challenge.

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4 Organizational Mistakes That Plague Modern Knowledge Workers

Harvard Business

And yet in my work with clients, I often discover old ideas about time management that don’t take this new reality into account. Frosted film or patterned glass walls instead of clear glass. Success metrics must be clear and agreed upon in advance, and managers may need training on effective leadership of remote workers.

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How Rudeness Stops People from Working Together

Harvard Business

Twenty-four medical teams from four neonatal intensive care units in Israel were invited to a training workshop designed to improve quality of care. Half the teams received messages from a neutral expert who spoke about the importance of training and practice using simulations but did not comment on their work quality. Kevin Kniffin.