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

Markovitz Consulting

In the space of two weeks, the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal both ran articles on the productivity benefits of reduced work hours. Of course, software firm 37 Signals has been operating four-day work weeks over the summer since 2008.

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Managing Career Transitions

Brimstone Consulting

Managing your career is your responsibility. Instead, managing your career is something that needs to be done on an ongoing basis. Those who consistently manage their career are more likely to achieve their professional and career goals than those who don’t. What were you aware of, and how well did you manage the politics?

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Leading by Lending a Hand to Others

Harmonious Workplaces

Strong manager-employee relationships through great leadership leads to positive outcomes After hearing so many people talking about the Apple TV show Ted Lasso and using it in the context of business leadership, I had to see what caused all the buzz. Workers with great managers tend to perform well and experience higher positive affect.

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Buying a Business; Operating a Business; Selling a Business Employees are More Important than Ever

Martinka Consulting

Publications from the Puget Sound Business Journal, to the New York Times, to the Wall Street Journal and everyone in-between regularly have articles on the job market. For business buyers, if employees and the management team weren’t on the top of diligence topics they better be now.

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Transitioning from Management Consulting to Corporate Strategy/M&A – the Interview Process

Tom Spencer

Many management consultants hardly complete two or three years in their jobs before they realize that there’s more to life than consulting. BizOps / Strategy & Operations at tech firms. Helping the organization to identify and manage strategic uncertainty. BizOps / Strategy & Operations at Tech firms. Conclusion.

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Rule of Thumb #2: Use Behavioral Lenses to Innovate and Adapt to Changes

Steve Shu Consulting

employers, advisors, platforms, systems providers, investment managers). There will be some players that will be way more agile than others and able to capitalize on both important behavioral implications and operational tactics. ” The Quarterly Journal of Economics 124, no. In the case of Secure Act 2.0, See Shu et al.

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Holiday Human-Capital Culling Could Cost

Harmonious Workplaces

Historically stable jobs such as those in software development, information management, and mathematics have seen some of the most dramatic drops in the workforce , with reductions in hiring of as much as 50% in some sectors and layoffs reported by watchlists on TechCrunch and other sites. link] Sverke, M., Hellgren, J.,