Tom Spencer

JULY 21, 2023

AI-powered tools offer individuals a range of ways to boost their individual productivity including assistance with task prioritization, time management, professional development, and a range of other activities. They can also assist in automatically generating citations, formatting bibliographies, and managing references.

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Harvard Business

APRIL 6, 2023

Advice from a time-management coach on navigating four key phases of the process.

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Harvard Business

AUGUST 29, 2016

When you’re managing managers, your responsibilities are two-fold: you need to make sure they’re producing good work (as with any employee) and that they’re effectively supporting their teams. Here’s how you can fill in the gap and help your direct reports be great managers. What the Experts Say.

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CaseInterview.com

OCTOBER 30, 2019

Email: I am an MBA student at a leading Indian B-school and successfully secured offers following my AT Kearney interview and BCG interview for their [ City in India ] office last week. I had three interview rounds each at both A.T. Thanks a lot once again for all the help. This is a big problem.

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Harvard Business

OCTOBER 1, 2018

Many managers want to be more inclusive. For the most part, managers are not given the right tools to overcome the challenges posed by implicit biases. But this demands a lot of cognitive energy, so over time, managers go back to their old habits. PATRIK STOLLARZ/Getty Images. But they don’t know how to get there.

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Tom Spencer

DECEMBER 12, 2020

Time management. During the MBA program, besides attending classes and completing assignments, students also get involved in clubs, competitions, alumni meetings and informational interviews, all while applying for internships and jobs. During these times your best friend will become Google Calendar.

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CaseInterview.com

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

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Efficiency 71

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Harvard Business

JUNE 2, 2016

When you’re hiring a new manager, the stakes are high. You need someone who can effectively lead people, manage a budget, liaise with upper management — and, usually, do it all from day one. Would you hire or promote a star player into a management role if they’ve never managed anyone?

Management 28

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LSA Global

MARCH 10, 2020

While this sounds like a no-brainer, you would be surprised how often companies train interviewers months before they need to interview a new candidate, or train presenters months before they need to give an important presentation.This is a mistake; most skills will be lost if employees cannot apply them immediately.

Development 41

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Tom Spencer

JUNE 13, 2021

Based on several interviews with consultants, here is the picture painted for me on what to expect for consulting in South Africa. The consulting industry is surviving during these uncertain times. Consultants should expect their time management skills to be tested and sharpened. BCG, McKinsey, Bain, A.T.

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QEmploy

JULY 16, 2019

Preparing for interviews. Preparing for interviews. For instance, you have consulting within Business Strategy, Marketing, IT, Management and so on. If you’re able to prove your worth and manage your projects, you could be facing more responsibilities or even managing roles in your next project. Project Management.

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Consulting Case Interview Interviews Survey 64

Tom Spencer

AUGUST 18, 2018

It’s great CV and interview fodder. For most students, this will probably be the main reason why they join a student consultancy – it looks great on the CV and gives you something to talk about in interviews. From this, you can identify any potential problems and use the experience to find a way to manage or solve these problems.

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Asamby Consulting

JANUARY 27, 2022

While soft skills are more of the personality and characteristics of a person in which refers to interpersonal skills, communication skills, listening skills, and time management, etc. If the person cannot manage their time or work within a team, they may not be successful in the workplace.

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Harvard Business

OCTOBER 27, 2016

Is it a problem of time management? I also interviewed the partners and a cross section of employees to better understand the anchors on raising Aristide’s productivity. And there was a lot of improvement possible in terms of managing the workload across and between the offices. What could be the cause?

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Harvard Business

JULY 29, 2016

The first step in the process is to solicit feedback from all the people in your organization who interviewed the candidate, according to Claman. Begin by saying something like, “We are seriously considering Mary to be a project manager here. Here are some tips to make the most of reference checks. Seek input. ” she says.

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Harvard Business

AUGUST 4, 2016

Along with job applications, resumes, and interviews, a reference check is one of the most common parts of the hiring process. Too often, managers are left relying on a change in tone – or even a pause — during a phone check, which hardly seems like the best way to gather information about a potential employee.

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Confessions of a Consultant

MAY 6, 2018

But just as the newspapers have draft eulogies for high-profile figures – he wanted to be prepared when the time came. Co-ordinating his thoughts in advance – wasn’t just an exercise in time management. Listening to eulogies can feel like you are participating in a very large group interview.

Construction 40

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Harvard Business

AUGUST 31, 2017

For instance, a team investigating several no-shows would quickly see that many cases do not necessarily involve a patient’s forgetfulness or time management. They would seek out patterns and aim to define the real problem at hand.

Transportation 48

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CaseInterview.com

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

In the case interview process for McKinsey, one of the early evaluations is “Solve,” McKinsey’s digital assessment game (formerly called the McKinsey Problem Solving Game). McKinsey’s digital assessment game Solve is a video game in which candidates problem-solve to manage some form of ecological situation.

McKinsey 52

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Harvard Business

SEPTEMBER 22, 2017

Your Team’s Time Management Problem Might Be a Focus Problem. Let’s say an interview or speech to 100 doctors or real estate experts would require preparation in an area you’ve never fully studied before. You and Your Team Series. Staying Focused. Your Brain Can Only Take So Much Focus. Srini Pillay.

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Harvard Business

FEBRUARY 14, 2017

After one extended trip abroad during which he avoided email, he wrote that he had missed a large number of critical messages, including a fulfillment center crisis that caused him to lose more than 20% of monthly orders for his business, media interview opportunities that had expired, and more than a dozen partnership offers.

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Harvard Business

OCTOBER 23, 2017

Exit interviews were usually handled by junior managers on the HR team, but Amrita felt that given the high rate of attrition among doctors at Krisna over the past year, it was her responsibility as head of HR to talk to Dr. Vishnu Patel, a respected cardiologist who’d just given his notice. Ben Edwards/Getty Images.

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Harvard Business

DECEMBER 5, 2017

I really like how Jason Fried, co-founder and CEO of Basecamp, put it in this Hurry, Slowly podcast interview : “Just because a company pays you doesn’t mean they own you.” Finally, question your assumptions about the way that your work life has to be and what you have to do. Or ask for a deadline extension?

Energy 28

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Harvard Business

SEPTEMBER 19, 2016

Another way to protect your time is to defer the invitations you accept. For instance, I’ve received more than 50 requests for podcast interviews this year, but I’ve spent much of that time focused on writing my next book and launching an online course. Defer your acceptance.

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Harvard Business

AUGUST 26, 2016

Be as complete and transparent as possible when describing the job to a candidate, and encourage interviewers to answer all of the candidate’s questions fully and honestly. Beyond examining and revamping how work is organized, three additional strategies can help: Pay attention to the psychological contract.

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Harvard Business

JULY 15, 2016

For example, we gave the label “applying for a job” to a grouping of words that contained “jobs,” “résumé,” “apply,” “interview,” and “employers.” We extracted 80 different topics.

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Harvard Business

MARCH 22, 2018

The experiences of Hanna and Michael, individuals whom we interviewed separately, outside of this study, align with these results. Linda, a personal injury lawyer whom we also interviewed separately from our study, readily admits to her work addiction but says she simply enjoys her work too much to change.

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Harvard Business

AUGUST 30, 2018

After reading hundreds of studies, interviewing dozens of experts, and running the gambit of self-experiments (including attending meditation retreats and slogging through a monthlong period of self-induced boredom), I learned that countless strategies can help us mitigate distraction. So how can you gain back control?

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Harvard Business

DECEMBER 6, 2017

Your Team’s Time Management Problem Might Be a Focus Problem. Your body can provide you with important cues to optimally manage your focus. While it may not be easy, managing your focus can and should be self-affirming and fulfilling. Let’s say I need to schedule interviews with employees at a client firm.

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Harvard Business

JUNE 18, 2018

And in 2011, Nathaniel Foote and Russ Eisenstat proposed a “better way to manage in the 21st century.” From digital platforms to customer experience to crisis management , these priorities have been a bellwether for what would soon dominate boardroom discussions and headline business publications.

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Harvard Business

DECEMBER 6, 2017

Your Team’s Time Management Problem Might Be a Focus Problem. Your body can provide you with important cues to optimally manage your focus. While it may not be easy, managing your focus can and should be self-affirming and fulfilling. Let’s say I need to schedule interviews with employees at a client firm.

Productivity 28

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Harvard Business

MARCH 16, 2018

I now have research calls and phone interviews; lunches with literary agents and web developers; conference calls about book titles and publishing schedules; and radio interviews and media prep calls. But I was wrong.

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