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Women Book Business Travel Earlier, Saving Companies Millions

Harvard Business

The demand for business travel is gender-independent, but men and women demonstrate different travel habits that impact the bottom line. We know from previous research that women react more strongly to unforeseen events and are more stressed than men when traveling for work. But what about when planning travel?

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96% of U.S. Professionals Say They Need Flexibility, but Only 47% Have It

Harvard Business

We predicted that a flexibility gap would exist, and our results validated that hypothesis: 96% of employees said they need flexibility, yet only 47% reported having access to the types of flexibility they need — a gap of 54%. TravelLite: minimal travel. Employees work on a part-time schedule. PartTime: reduced workload.

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Future-proofing your job against the robots

Comatch

And the best part: This is true for soft skills such as communication, resilience, or time management – just like training to be a data analyst or mastering a foreign language. In fact, 61% of employees report an improved capacity to innovate when their leaders are empathetic, versus only 13% among those with non-empathetic leaders.

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Do You Know How Each Person on Your Team Likes to Work?

Harvard Business

When we travel to a country that has a different culture than ours, many of us spend time learning ways to communicate and connect with the people there. Similarly, when you first become a manager, it’s helpful to spend time up front connecting and creating a common language with your team. Marion Barraud for HBR.

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The Six-Minute Hypothesis Rule

CaseInterview.com

Do let me know in case you happen to come to India any time, and I would be really pleased to meet you. I have added your contact info to my travel file for India - thanks for the invitation. Just keep that in mind from a time-management standpoint. My Reply: Congratulations on your offers at ATK and BCG.

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

Harvard Business

For example, Uber and Grab link riders and drivers, Airbnb links hosts and travelers, and Amazon links shoppers and sellers. Spurred on by the internet revolution in the early 2000s, the company added verticals such as real estate, the bridal industry, travel, beauty salons, and restaurants. This seems to be a strange situation.

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How to Focus on What’s Important, Not Just What’s Urgent

Harvard Business

Spend Less Time on Unimportant Tasks. Unimportant tasks have a nasty tendency of taking up more time than they should. For example, you might sit down to proofread an employee’s report — but before you know it, you’ve spent an hour rewriting the whole thing. Then I take a quick glance at the report each week.

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