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Strategies for Managing your time and boundaries

Brimstone Consulting

At the same time, with nowhere to go and much to adjust to, many people have canceled not just their travel reservations, but their time off as well. The complexities and systemic disruption of the COVID-19 pandemic have made managing time and boundaries more challenging than ever.

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4 Lessons Learned Outside the Classroom during an MBA

Tom Spencer

Time management. In order to take on all of these responsibilities, one has to develop outstanding time management skills. During these times your best friend will become Google Calendar. At the same time, by travelling and consulting abroad, you can learn about ways of conducting business in different continents.

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Due Diligence by Management Consulting Firms

Tom Spencer

At the same time, management consultants will generally be brought in to look at the viability of the business, from a strategic and operational perspective. Image: Pexels.

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Consulting in South Africa – what to expect

Tom Spencer

The consulting industry is surviving during these uncertain times. Although consulting jobs have been under threat because of the negatively impacted economy, companies have cut off many expenses (travel, networking events) and firms have adjusted their operations to support a ‘work from home’ model. BCG, McKinsey, Bain, A.T.

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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. When a platform strategy requires mixing the digital and the physical, the area of differentiation lies in service delivery in the physical world. China’s WeChat has most evidently pursued this strategy.

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Scheduling Meetings Effectively When You’re Self-Employed

Harvard Business

Here are four strategies self-employed professionals can use to schedule meetings more effectively. An accurate time estimate can help you understand the full cost to your productivity, so you can properly calibrate your threshold for consenting to a meeting. First, it’s important to understand the full cost of a meeting.

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

Harvard Business

If you’re like most people, these priorities slip to the back of your mind while you work on low-importance, time-specific tasks, such as booking a hotel room for a conference, clearing out your email inbox, or writing a monthly newsletter. Having strategies for making quicker decisions can help too. So, what can you do?

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