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Harvard Business
JANUARY 7, 2025
Confronting direct reports about performance issues can feel overwhelming, especially for first-time managers, who may worry that sharing critical feedback could damage their relationship with the employee. Many new managers also fail to properly prepare before their performance discussions.
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Harvard Business
JUNE 14, 2024
Learning how to delegate well is a skill every first-time manager needs to learn from the very start. Many people are promoted into management for doing their previous job well. To do that, you first have to change your mindset from “doing” to “managing,” even though it might feel uncomfortable.
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Harvard Business
FEBRUARY 5, 2025
Five common mistakes to avoid.
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Harvard Business
JUNE 21, 2023
Three women who’ve recently moved into management speak candidly about learning how to lead.
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Harvard Business
MAY 20, 2022
Seven practical steps for managers.
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Harvard Business
JUNE 23, 2021
Focus on the root causes of why you’re so busy — not trying to schedule your way out of it.
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Harvard Business
JUNE 8, 2021
Lessons from a management and leadership professor on true effectiveness and productivity.
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Rick Conlow
AUGUST 13, 2022
Why twelve-time management quotes? Consider, if we share fifty it would be pointless because there would be too many to take the time to review. The number twelve represents time and space. Consequently, read these quotes and note the time management technique each represents. Alan Lakein.
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Markovitz Consulting
NOVEMBER 19, 2019
Indeed, a recent survey by the Society of Human Resource Management indicates that fifteen percent of companies offer a 32-hour workweek. And New Zealand-based Perpetual Guardian believes in the four-day week so strongly that the founder created a non-profit to promote it.
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Harvard Business
MARCH 19, 2025
Learn how to address self-doubt while stepping into authority.
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Harvard Business
OCTOBER 17, 2022
Three women describe the lessons they’ve learned and the realities they weren’t prepared for.
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Harvard Business
JANUARY 29, 2020
Your productivity hinges on these three skills.
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Harvard Business
OCTOBER 23, 2023
We are all project managers to some extent. From film directors and restaurant owners to lawyers and accountants, many professions involve managing projects. For everyone, not just project managers, mastering timeboxing can be a gateway to bridging the gap between intention and execution.
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Harvard Business
JUNE 20, 2023
When you’re working toward a promotion to a management position, proving that you’re ready is just one part of the process. To be a strong manager, you need to be a problem-solver at the highest level. It’s essential to uncover what you don’t know yet.
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Harvard Business
OCTOBER 16, 2023
One of the biggest mistakes in project management is that simply telling someone to do something is enough for it to get done. In most cases, especially with longer and more complex projects, assigning work isn’t enough, explaining work isn’t enough, and even planning out work isn’t enough.
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Harvard Business
OCTOBER 31, 2024
This article includes a curated list of HBR articles and podcast episodes to help you manage yourself, your team, and your organization when you’re consumed with what’s happening outside of work.
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LSA Global
MAY 22, 2025
How to Lead Your First Team: A Top 10 Guide for New Managers We know from people manager assessment center data that new leaders struggle with the question of how to lead your first team. Do your new managers know how to delegate intentionally, and trust that empowering their team is the best way to deliver team-based results?
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Markovitz Consulting
MARCH 31, 2021
I’m teaching (via Zoom) a time/workflow management class at the Stanford Continuing Studies Program on Apr 17-18. Imagine finishing the day with your desk clean and your mind clear. Imagine being able to drive your strategic priorities rather than always putting out fires.
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Consulting Success
AUGUST 12, 2022
CRM” stands for customer relationship management, a type of software that helps you manage relationships with your current and prospective clients. Without a CRM, you’ll have a tough time managing the relationships that you build. Your CRM will help you easily manage key. What are the best CRMs for consultants?
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Harvard Business
OCTOBER 8, 2024
Three strategies to prevent mental exhaustion from derailing your day.
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Clarity Consultants
APRIL 18, 2025
Communicating, managing conflict, and adapting under pressure isn’t optional; it’s essential. As companies shift toward cross-functional teams and hybrid work models, communicating effectively, managing conflict, and adapting under pressure matter as much, if not more, than technical know-how.
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Harvard Business
JANUARY 2, 2025
This can have professional and team ramifications, which both managers and parents can remedy in different ways. These strategies work, but they can come at a cost: some parents do not feel they have many close friends at work, do not feel a sense of belonging, and are out of the loop on workplace gossip.
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Tom Spencer
MAY 16, 2025
Unlike the structured environment of academia, the corporate world requires you to take initiative in a context where there may be no right answers, manage your time effectively, and deliver consistent results. Good time management will help you meet deadlines and reduce stress.
Clarity Consultants
NOVEMBER 22, 2022
As a result, understanding critical aspects of project management is essential for everyone working in the field. By focusing on the primary components of project management, it’s easier to cover all of the necessary cases. Here’s a look at what L&D professionals need to know about project management. Time Management.
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Harvard Business
OCTOBER 24, 2023
Handling scope creep is one of the most challenging – and important — aspects of a project manager’s role. This often means saying “no” when stakeholders request additional features or changes.
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Harvard Business
AUGUST 2, 2024
As a first-time manager, you might be unsure of how much autonomy to give your team members. The proliferation of remote and hybrid work makes striking a balance between over- and undermanaging even trickier.
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Harvard Business
AUGUST 15, 2023
How the real estate mogul and TV star manages his time in accordance with his values.
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Johanna Rothman
AUGUST 4, 2020
I told the story of Cliff, a manager who wanted to understand why the projects were so late. One eagle-eyed fellow asked me this question, “How long was the time from T0 to T1?” ” I said, “Managers might spend as little as a quarter and as much as a year or two. .”
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Harvard Business
MAY 24, 2017
Today’s executives spend a lot of time managing the balance sheet, despite the fact that it doesn’t represent their company’s scarcest resource. According to Bain’s Macro Trends Group, the global supply of capital stands at nearly 10 times global GDP. How can we manage human capital better?
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Tom Spencer
APRIL 12, 2024
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. This is especially relevant in product management, where decisions often involve cross-functional collaboration.
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Halo Psych
FEBRUARY 10, 2025
8 minute read Your manager is leaving for a new job. You made the decision to go for the manager role. Youre about to go from being a peer with the rest of the team, to being their manager. Ive worked with many first-time managers in exactly this position. You got the job. Congratulations! But what now?
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Harvard Business
SEPTEMBER 26, 2023
But studies now reveal that doctors spend half of their time managing EHRs and desk work, shortchanging patients and fueling burnout. But the truth is, tech can often make bureaucracy worse. Electronic Health Records (EHRs) were hailed as a cure to the inefficiency of paper-based systems.
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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
SEPTEMBER 20, 2018
If someone you manage is complaining to you about the amount of grunt work they have, you need to figure out a way to help them get over their frustration and see that everyone on the team has grunt work they have to do, and also learn to manage their time so that they don’t short-change higher-value activities.
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Effective Managers
JUNE 24, 2024
In supply chain management, AI can predict inventory needs, manage logistics, and optimize routes in real-time. This not only reduces operational costs but also improves delivery times, enhancing customer satisfaction. The post Leveraging AI for Enhanced Business Performance appeared first on Effective Managers.
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Tom Spencer
FEBRUARY 19, 2022
As most of us spend the majority of our time working, it’s important to consider where that time is spent, how to manage your tasks and energy, and how to ultimately find fulfilment. Know where you spend your time. In order to manage your money, you need to know how much is coming in and where it is going.
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Rick Conlow
SEPTEMBER 25, 2022
Managing your time, leads to managing your life. Real time management is self-management. As on manager said, “Everyone gets more than I deserve.” 4 Successful Techniques to Manage Your Time for Results. 4 Successful Techniques to Manage Your Time for Results.
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Harvard Business
JUNE 26, 2023
All too often in the case of layoffs, the people who survive it are expected to pick up the work that their terminated colleagues left behind. Meanwhile, these layoff survivors are often struggling with survivor guilt, anxiety, and low morale. In short, after a layoff, more is being asked of people who have less to give.
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Harvard Business
AUGUST 14, 2018
For one, managers tend to think they’re coaching when they’re actually just telling their employees what to do — and this behavior is often reinforced by their peers. This is hardly an effective way to motivate people and help them grow, and it can result in wasted time, money, and energy. questioning.
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Harvard Business
JUNE 4, 2018
Fair managers can reap big dividends. 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. We also sought to understand what organizations could do to help overworked managers act more fairly.
134 Harvard Business
APRIL 17, 2018
Some of these stars succeed in their new role as manager; many others do not. And when they fail, they tend to leave the organization, costing the company double: Not only has the team lost its new manager, but it’s also lost the best individual contributor. This is a requirement for effective managers.
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Johanna Rothman
SEPTEMBER 24, 2020
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? He said, “As a manager, I'm supposed to be on the hook for what the team does.
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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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Harvard Business
APRIL 30, 2018
The first type is commonly known as time-management planning, which involves making to-do lists, prioritizing and scheduling tasks, and ultimately managing one’s time. We found that employees’ use of time-management planning had strong positive effects on their daily engagement and daily productivity.
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