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Consultant Ninja: Signs of Crunch Time: Management Consulting Blog

Consultant Ninja

Management Consultant | Excel Jockey | Slide Monkey | Corporate Insurgent | One-Eyed Man in the Valley of the Blind Mckinsey | Bain | BCG | Booz | Oliver Wyman. Signs of Crunch Time. priorities: work, call wife, sleep, eat, in decreasing order] Project Manager irritability rising. I wonder if it has a governer?"]

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How to Eliminate the Whirlwind & Increase Productivity

Rick Conlow

Many managers harp on the all-too-disorderly whirlwind way of doing business these days. Today, even when we leave the office, we are always accessible, we are in constant contact with others and typically, we are expected to be “on” all the time. And what does all of this have to do with managing others?

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Consulting as a Contractor: The Rise of Self-Employment

Tom Spencer

Business organisations and management consultants have long had a contractual rather than an employer/employee relationship. I recently worked on a consulting project where the title of one of the managers was “regular contractor”. Contractors need to be highly disciplined, organised, and have excellent time management skills.

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Before Day 1: Taking Advantage of the In-Between

Tom Spencer

With your new-found free time upon securing a job, consider learning a new skill or two. Pursue a minor in entrepreneurship or management, complete a certificate in sustainability, or take a physical education class. Maybe there is a club you wanted to join but never found the time. Become a barista or bartender.

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An Experiment in India Shows How Much Companies Have to Gain by Investing in Their Employees

Harvard Business

But our research suggests that a better way to manage low-wage workers in developing economies is to invest in them, which is good for both worker welfare and the company’s bottom line. PACE teaches communication, time management, decision making, problem solving, and financial literacy through weekly group sessions in the workplace.

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Don’t Call It the “End of the Siesta”: What Spain’s New Work Hours Really Mean

Harvard Business

The Spanish government is looking for new ways to encourage business leaders to change managerial attitudes to support better work-life balance. This line of thinking represents a significant shift, from viewing work-life issues as private concerns to recognizing that managers play a critical role. The boss’s influence.

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Make Sure Your Employees Have Enough Interesting Work to Do

Harvard Business

Is it a problem of time management? And there was a lot of improvement possible in terms of managing the workload across and between the offices. Its focus is rather on large corporate and government work. But, and this is the tricky bit for senior managers, there’s no turning back.