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Mastering the Art of Leading Remote Work Teams

Rick Conlow

Time Mismanagement: Remote work requires effective time management skills. However, employees may struggle to prioritize tasks and allocate their time efficiently. Additionally, remote work creates opportunities for accessing a global talent pool, potentially reducing recruitment and relocation costs.

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Is a COO-as-a-service solution right for me?

Asamby Consulting

Additionally, improving your processes and building out your business systems becomes more important and more time-consuming at the same time. At the same time, as the CEO, you probably don’t want to spend all your time managing that day-to-day and building your backend systems.

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Consulting in South Africa – what to expect

Tom Spencer

Since consulting firms still utilize an “up or out” policy, this creates space for new recruits even during a period of economic downturn. Consultants should expect their time management skills to be tested and sharpened. However, SMEs appear to be a gap in the market. South Africa had more than 2 million SMEs in 2016.

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For Some Platforms, Network Effects Are No Match for Local Know-How

Harvard Business

Uber’s setback in the international market, however, wasn’t its first. To venture capitalists and the financial market, no business model is more attractive than a platform. Any platform still needs to achieve a product-market fit to succeed in the long run. This is a subtle but important distinction.

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Automotive Industry 2022: Overcoming Project Challenges

Epicflow

In addition, to stay competitive on the market, business owners will struggle to deliver their products faster and produce more (e.g. Besides, as automotive companies develop, grow and take on more and more projects, they need more people to work on them, but hiring new employees may take a long time and lead to significant increase of costs.

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Where I Think “Agile” is Headed, Part 2: Where Does Management Fit?

Johanna Rothman

What might happen to the various cycle times? Managers make decisions faster. Everyone's cycle time decreases. For example, it's fine to ask, “Is there another way to find the information you need in less time? ” Or, “Is there something smaller we could offer the market?

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We Need a Better Way to Visualize People’s Skills

Harvard Business

We might see skills such as strong writing and editing, public speaking, planning and organizing, time management, technology skills, problem-solving, critical thinking, reasoning, negotiating, and decision-making, adaptability, professionalism and customer focus.

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