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The 7 Best CRMs For Consultants (& How To Use Them To Win Clients)

Consulting Success

“CRM” stands for customer relationship management, a type of software that helps you manage relationships with your current and prospective clients. Without a CRM, you’ll have a tough time managing the relationships that you build. Your CRM will help you easily manage key. Consulting is a relationship business.

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Managing Meetings: How to Drive Productivity and Success

Tom Spencer

Starting and ending on time is a mark of professionalism and demonstrates an appreciation for the value of everyone’s time. Time management not only reflects positively on your leadership but also contributes to a more disciplined and productive work environment.

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It’s Not “Time Management.” It’s Lean.

Markovitz Consulting

But the reduction in office hours can be the stimulus for creative thinking about how to increase productivity and efficiency. Cleveland Clinic, as well as the IT department at Nationwide Insurance, use a tiered huddle system to drive problem solving down to the lowest possible level and reduce the need for firefighting.

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Better People Leader Time Management

LSA Global

Does Your Organization Need Better People Leader Time Management? Have you ever gone through the popular new manager training exercise of logging how you actually spend your time day each day as a people leader? This is often the first step in learning how to better manage your time and be a more effective leader.

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Succeeding as a First-Time Manager

Harvard Business

Three women who’ve recently moved into management speak candidly about learning how to lead.

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I'm Teaching an Open-Enrollment Time Management Class on Apr 17-18

Markovitz Consulting

I’m teaching (via Zoom) a time/workflow management class at the Stanford Continuing Studies Program on Apr 17-18. The material is adapted from my Shingo Research Award-winning book, A Factory of One , which shows you how to apply lean production principles to individual knowledge work.

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How to Help an Employee Who Struggles with Time Management

Harvard Business

Seven practical steps for managers.