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4 Lessons Learned Outside the Classroom during an MBA

Tom Spencer

In order to give you a thorough and objective description, I surveyed several of my class peers and combined their opinions and experiences in order to share with you four key lessons learned outside the classroom during an MBA. Time management. During these times your best friend will become Google Calendar.

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Leading with Less: Navigating Staffing Shortages and High Turnover in the Modern Workplace

Peter Stark

Over the last few years, the staffing questions on our Employee Opinion Surveys have been sitting in the lowest-rated questions for a lot of our clients. One contributing factor is the hot employee market causing people to change jobs at record highs. If you get the most important items done each day, it will minimize the fires.

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Due Diligence by Management Consulting Firms

Tom Spencer

During one of my internships I worked on a due diligence project, which involved conducting market research to help a PE firm decide whether to acquire a major stake in a joint venture owned by one of the largest telecom companies in Asia. This allows them to value the target company and determine a bid price. Image: Pexels.

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Mastering the Art of Leading Remote Work Teams

Rick Conlow

However, Amazon’s Mechanical Turk survey found that the average remote worker spent nine hours a week doing other tasks during work schedules besides working. Here are nine roadblocks that make it difficult for remote work to work for employees and managers. Time Mismanagement: Remote work requires effective time management skills.

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Retaining your Followers as a Leader

Peter Stark

Given the challenges of hiring talented employees in today’s highly competitive labor market, keeping your “followers” becomes essential to your success. Many managers truly believe that people stay with a company, or leave, based on their salary. If you’re not sure, conduct a survey. This is not the case. Don’t assume you know.

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Innovation Tips For Successful Entrepreneurs

Tom Spencer

It also touches on other areas like management, strategy, sales, and marketing. Testing the idea by building a functioning prototype , conducting a survey, or seeking customer feedback can help you to develop a new process or product that is truly beneficial and likely to succeed. Innovation transcends product development.

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Why Reducing Stress Stabilises Your Profits

Tom Spencer

While in the UK, the Labour Force Survey found that 11.7 As an owner’s ability to perform suffers due to stress, the management of the business can deteriorate. His aim is to help small businesses professionalise by filling in the missing gaps that are holding them back, whether marketing or administration, sales or bookkeeping.