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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. Indeed, a recent survey by the Society of Human Resource Management indicates that fifteen percent of companies offer a 32-hour workweek.

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Why Leaders Need To Take A Hike

Organizational Talent Consulting

As we began to work together, it became clear they didn't have the time management challenge they initially believed. International Journal of Obesity, 43(2), 374-383. International Journal of Evidence-Based Healthcare, 9(1), 3-24. and burnout among resident physicians-a National Survey. Glasziou, P., & Rae, T.

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Why We Procrastinate When We Have Long Deadlines

Harvard Business

In a recent study published in the Journal of Consumer Research , my colleagues Rajesh Bagchi and Stefan Hock and I demonstrate that longer deadlines can lead workers to think an assignment is harder than it actually is, which causes them to commit more resources to the work. We set two incidental deadlines.

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Do Not Underestimate the Importance of Non-Technical Skills

LSA Global

While hard skills such as data mining rank consistently high, the greatest skill gaps are in the areas of leadership, communication, collaboration and time management.

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Research: When Managers Are Overworked, They Treat Employees Less Fairly

Harvard Business

In a recent paper , published at the Academy of Management Journal, we propose that one explanation is that many managers are, simply put, too busy to be fair. Surveys have found that many employees complain that managers are “too busy” to meet with them, listen to their concerns, or update them about decisions.

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

Harvard Business

For example, in 2015, with the support of the European Union, a number of Spanish regional governments conducted a survey to evaluate the extent to which companies allowed employees to work from home (one of the more common and popular work-life balance perks). Seemed convinced of family-friendly HR practices’ value to employees.

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Evidence That Minorities Perform Worse Under Biased Managers

Harvard Business

Recent research I conducted along with Dylan Glover and William Pariente, forthcoming in the Quarterly Journal of Economics, attempts to address this gap. We find that when managers hold negative beliefs, even unconscious ones, about minority workers, minority employees perform much worse than they do with unbiased bosses.