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Managing Meetings: How to Drive Productivity and Success

Tom Spencer

Meetings can either be a powerful catalyst for collaboration and decision-making or a drain on time and productivity. Whether you are in consulting, strategy, operations, or product management, the ability to manage meetings effectively is a crucial skill that can significantly impact the success of your endeavors.

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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. Not to be outdone, NPR reported that Microsoft Japan moved to a four-day workweek this summer while increasing productivity by 40%. There’s certainly some truth to that argument.

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10 Ways that AI is Turbocharging Productivity

Tom Spencer

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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Recharge Your Time Management

The Clever Consultant

I love spending time with my family and getting away from my desk. Yet, I hate the feeling of not being productive. I like to come back from time-off refreshed and recharged, feeling like I’ve got everything underfoot. Notice I didn’t say “productive”. I have a love-hate relationship with holidays. That’s a fact.

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Why Your Productivity Hacks Don’t Hack It

Markovitz Consulting

You can read that version, with more links to related articles, here.) ———————————————————————————————————————————————————— Leaders in organizations are always seeking to improve employee productivity (including their own). All too often, that quest goes no further than time management training provided by the HR department.

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Arrange Your Meeting Schedule to Boost Your Energy

Harvard Business

Most meeting advice focuses on how to make meetings more effective or how to cut down on the number of meetings you have altogether. But what about how to schedule your meetings alongside other work tasks to best manage your productivity?

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7 Time Management Tips for Busy Professionals

Tom Spencer

You instinctively close your laptop, put on your jacket, and head out to meet your friend. Time is a scarce and valuable resource that is easy to take for granted, undervalue, or outright squander. Compared with other resources like land or money, time has three unique features. Come for dinner!” Set ambitious goals.