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How Are You Investing (Not “Spending”) Your Time?

Alan Weiss

And let’s assume that 20 hours of that week you’re taking care of your family, shopping, home schooling, keeping in touch with friends and extended family, etc. During that time you could have: • Written two pages of an ebook per day and have half to two-thirds of it done by now. . That leaves 20 hours.

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To Boost Your Business, Track Your Time (Nearly All of It!)

Successful Independent Consulting

Management guru Peter Drucker once said “you can't manage what you can't measure.” By tracking (measuring) how you spend your time, you can increase your effectiveness, your income, and even your quality of life. Are you using your time in ways that provide the most return?

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Consultants and Candidates: No Free Work. Ask for Reasonable Compensation

Johanna Rothman

Are you looking for work, either as a consultant or a candidate? As part of their filtering process, potential clients/hiring managers want to see how you work. But too often, the work they want will take you hours or days. Two big problems: The hiring manager does not receive useful results that can predict your success.

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How to Create a Comfortable and Productive Home Office

Tom Spencer

The environment which is chosen for your day-to-day work should be well thought out and reflect your personal work style. This will help you to maximize your productivity and reduce the risk of becoming overwhelmed and discouraged when trying to get into the swing of WFH. Setup your Tech for Comfort and Productivity.

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Employee Engagement is Unethical

Consulting Matters

Providing safe work conditions, equitable pay and reasonable management should be considered “cover charges” for the privilege of hiring others to work for you. The hidden costs are not to the companies that invest in employee engagement. The hidden costs are not to the companies that invest in employee engagement.

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One Hour per Day

CaseInterview.com

While this particular story is fictitious, it does prompt the following question… Why do otherwise similarly talented people diverge in their career performances over time? I submit that the difference comes down to how we spend one hour per day. Other times it was making an extra phone call to connect with someone.

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Leadership is about People-First NOT Profit

Rick Conlow

Isn’t it time leadership understands this? Aren’t you weary of the steady stream of leadership nonsense you hear from politics, Washington, or the corporate office? If you have had or do have a bad boss, you know what I am talking about. So, am I… aren’t you? for employees.