Harvard Business

FEBRUARY 27, 2017

“My team has a time management problem,” leaders often tell me. “Time management” becomes a catchall solution to this problem, and they want to hire me to offer tips and techniques on things like prioritizing and using their calendars better. They create an environment that undermines focus.

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Ben de Haldevang

FEBRUARY 14, 2017

The Guardian recently published a long but interesting piece on the history of time management (from Taylor forward). For me, the bit that’s really interesting and that feeds well into the current discourse is the differentiation between productivity and creativity. You’ll find the link here.

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Harvard Business

JUNE 12, 2017

companies spend over $70 billion annually on training, and an average of $1,459 per salesperson — almost 20 percent more than they spend on workers in all other functions. Yet, when it comes to equipping sales teams with relevant knowledge and skills, the ROI of sales training is disappointing.

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LSA Global

DECEMBER 4, 2023

We know from our leadership simulation assessment data that resource constraints can be a significant obstacle to unlocking the power of strategic prioritization at work and achieving your strategic objectives. High performing teams review goals and accountabilities , set clear priorities, and feel confident about managing their workload.

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Comatch

MAY 26, 2023

In the expectation that we will soon be competing with machines, it seems worthwhile to train our “soft skill muscles.” – Anna Julius Even though we know the importance of this skillset, many people don’t know how to develop or improve their soft skills. Empathy is currently on the rise as the most important leadership skill.

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LSA Global

NOVEMBER 19, 2022

According to research by Forbes and McKinsey: 58% of new people managers said they did not attend any management training programs prior to taking on the new role. 98% of new people managers feel they would benefit from new manager training. Because we measured over 800 successful (e.g.,

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LSA Global

JULY 19, 2021

Who Should Decide Do your managers feel overwhelmed by all the decisions they must make day-by-day? It is estimated that decision making can take up to 70% of a manager’s time. Managers need to gain better decision making capabilities. You have plenty of company. How to Empower Employees to Make Better Decisions?

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LSA Global

JANUARY 12, 2018

While it is true that the knowledge, skills and abilities to manage others is not intuitive, those leadership attributes can be learned. The right management training can take an individual contributor who was responsible principally for their own productivity to a leader who knows how to manage the productivity of others.

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LSA Global

SEPTEMBER 10, 2018

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. To learn more about building soft skills, download The #1 Reason Soft Skills Training Fails According to Executives. What This Means.

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Johanna Rothman

AUGUST 14, 2019

In Part 1 , I wrote about how “Agile” is not a silver bullet and is not right for every team and every product. This post is about how management fits into agile approaches. Too often, managers think “agile” is for others, specifically teams of people. Managers Create and Refine the Culture.

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Rick Conlow

OCTOBER 19, 2023

13 Reasons Managers Fail at Coaching Check out these thirteen reasons managers may struggle or fail at coaching: Lack of Training and Skill: Corporations promote managers based on their technical expertise or job performance but may not receive proper training in coaching skills.

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Peter Stark

FEBRUARY 20, 2022

Support your people by providing training. When possible, provide comp time after an extensive project. Do all that you can to promote a happy, productive, stress free environment that acknowledges people have a life outside of work. Get to know what work excites your employees. Let go and delegate something meaningful.

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Harvard Business

DECEMBER 14, 2016

Most companies understand the importance of having highly effective managers, but few invest heavily in training to help them get there. One reason is that it’s difficult to measure and quantify what good management actually looks like. Lastly, managers are engaged at work, too. One-on-ones remain vital.

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Harvard Business

OCTOBER 19, 2017

Your Team’s Time Management Problem Might Be a Focus Problem. If we spend our entire workday sitting in meetings and answering emails, it leaves little space in our minds to do the hard thinking that is essential to good decision making and leadership. Analyze where your time is best spent. You and Your Team Series.

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Johanna Rothman

SEPTEMBER 24, 2020

We hear about agile teams, in the form of product or feature teams. However, too many managers still work independently. That’s a problem when the teams have organizational problems a single manager can’t solve. Instead of managers working alone, what if we had teams of managers? We have senior leadership teams.

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Harvard Business

OCTOBER 26, 2016

It’s a common complaint among top executives: “I’m spending all my time managing trivial and tactical problems, and I don’t have time to get to the big-picture stuff.” This suggests that the problem of too little strategic leadership may be as much a function of doing as of thinking.

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Harvard Business

APRIL 28, 2016

The memo needs to go out tomorrow so that should also take high priority, but the decision on the research group is less time-sensitive. He confesses that there were some bumps and expresses interest in some formal training in public speaking, so Julie fires off an email to HR to see if the company can cover a course.

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Harvard Business

MAY 10, 2016

And yet in my work with clients, I often discover old ideas about time management that don’t take this new reality into account. Is it common at your company for email to be used for urgent and time-sensitive communications? Does he have a dedicated workspace that’s conducive to productivity ?

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Peter Stark

JUNE 1, 2017

Support your people by providing training. When possible, provide comp time after an extensive project. Do all that you can to promote a happy, productive, and stress-free environment that acknowledges people have a life outside of work. Spend More Time Leading and Less Time Managing.

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