Johanna Rothman

APRIL 14, 2021

Their developers work on a product for months and years at a time. ” Shared service-thinking denies the reality of effective product development: A cross-functional team learns together as they develop the product. The organization lives with many delays when the managers choose a shared services model.

Agile 119

Agile Efficiency Productivity Development 119

Harvard Business

APRIL 20, 2017

To make matters worse, my findings indicated that when the supervisor was copied in often, employees felt less trusted, and this feeling automatically led them to infer that the organizational culture must be low in trust overall, fostering a culture of fear and low psychological safety.

Study 134

Study Culture Software Survey 134

Johanna Rothman

SEPTEMBER 24, 2020

We hear about agile teams, in the form of product or feature teams. 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? Benefits of Management Teams.

Management 87

Management Agile Productivity Culture 87

Harvard Business

NOVEMBER 19, 2018

In 2008, I was designing advertising products at Google. For the first time in my young career, I was going to lots of meetings, and my job had become as much about convincing, cajoling, and coordinating as it was about designing. My manager told me about a team that was working on the Google Help Forum. Environment.

Examples 130

Examples Productivity Meeting Guidelines 130

Harvard Business

JUNE 28, 2023

While productivity is important, the balance between task completion and taking the time to connect with your team is essential in avoiding burnout and making work more enjoyable. A consequence of our often never-ending to-do lists at work is the loss of camaraderie among coworkers.

Energy 182

Energy How To Study Meeting 182

Harvard Business

JUNE 5, 2018

Employees reorder their working hours to create an unconventional schedule that optimizes productivity and performance. Younger workers in particular struggled with this, with 39% of Millennials reporting that the structure of their workday makes it challenging for them to make time for exercise and healthy living. Productivity.

Travel 130

Travel Report Survey Productivity 130

Rick Conlow

JUNE 19, 2023

The number of companies adopting and managers leading remote work teams has increased significantly. Now however, controversy about the productivity challenges of leading remote work teams confront organizational assumptions about its effectiveness. Owl Labs date says they are 47% more productive. hours a week.

Leadership 101

Leadership Training Training Productivity 101

Harvard Business

MAY 5, 2017

More and more people are working remotely, and many say it improves their productivity and satisfaction — while also saving them time and money. ” But, in fact, research suggests the opposite: Working from home increases productivity, efficiency, and engagement. “It proves that you can manage it.”

How To 144

How To Case Study Case Studies Productivity 144

Harvard Business

MAY 30, 2017

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.

Exercises 134

Exercises Report Meeting Management 134

Tom Spencer

DECEMBER 12, 2020

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. Cultural awareness. That is the biggest gift the MBA program gives you – getting used to being uncomfortable.

Meeting 88

Meeting Culture Travel Time Management 88

Ben de Haldevang

FEBRUARY 14, 2017

The Guardian recently published a long but interesting piece on the history of time management (from Taylor forward). For me, the bit that’s really interesting and that feeds well into the current discourse is the differentiation between productivity and creativity. You’ll find the link here.

Productivity 45

Productivity Engineering Research Education 45

Tom Spencer

FEBRUARY 10, 2018

For example, when a business introduces a new product to the marketplace, they may be venturing into uncharted territory that may result in a hit or a flop. Innovation transcends product development. It also touches on other areas like management, strategy, sales, and marketing. Manage the Risk. Use the Tools.

Tools 96

Tools Productivity Sales Development 96

Johanna Rothman

AUGUST 4, 2020

I still see so many teams spend weeks at a time estimating projects they won't start for years. Or, that someone is supposed to estimate ROI when no one has done any small experiments to see if anyone would buy/use this product/feature. The managers lose their context to make a decision quickly. The managers don't work together.

Management 101

Management Agile Meeting ROI 101

Rick Conlow

MARCH 29, 2021

They give you clues to what’s going on in organizations, and the potential impact of The Greatest Leadership Principle of All-Time. A time management study by Theodore Barry and Associates showed that 40-50% of employee time is unproductive! Instead they create a complacent, critical or combative work culture.

Leadership 102

Leadership eBook ROI Study 102

Johanna Rothman

AUGUST 14, 2019

In Part 1 , I wrote about how “Agile” is not a silver bullet and is not right for every team and every product. This post is about how management fits into agile approaches. Too often, managers think “agile” is for others, specifically teams of people. That's a cultural change to self-managing teams.

Agile 69

Agile Management Efficiency Culture 69

Harvard Business

MAY 17, 2016

Based on our current year priorities, I’m not sure we’re ready for a productive conversation yet. From the meeting invite, it doesn’t look like Production is involved. I would like to wait until someone from Production is willing to join. I would like to wait until someone from Production is willing to join.

Meeting 130

Meeting Productivity Efficiency Culture 130

Harvard Business

JULY 26, 2018

Any platform still needs to achieve a product-market fit to succeed in the long run. What works well in one country may fare badly in another, especially when the product being sold is a physical rather than a digital one. We respect the hyper-local culture in places we operate,” Tan said.

Recruiting 126

Recruiting Recruitment Transportation Advertising 126

Harvard Business

OCTOBER 18, 2018

Social media can connect us to new ideas, help us share our work, and allow previously unheard voices to influence culture. Yet it can also be a highly addictive time-sink if we’re not careful about our goals , purpose , and usage. Time-based internet blockers helped me increase my productivity.

Media 132

Media Energy Tools Research 132

Harvard Business

AUGUST 21, 2017

It wasn’t until I moved to Paris in 1997 to become Finance Manager for Disney Consumer Products Europe, Middle East, and Africa that I experienced someone setting a non-negotiable boundary for herself. But so did my peers, whether or not they had children, partners, or aging parents. It was just the industry and firm norm.

Boston Consulting Group 134

Boston Consulting Group Study Conference Survey 134

Rick Conlow

OCTOBER 19, 2023

International Coach Federation (ICF) Research: The ICF conducts extensive research on coaching, and their studies have found that 70% of individuals who received coaching reported improved work performance, communication skills, and productivity. Personnel Management: A study compared training alone to coaching and training.

Training 86

Training Training Leadership Development 86

Brimstone Consulting

JANUARY 14, 2022

Members of the leadership team expressed the same, but were also concerned about declining productivity and engagement. In the absence of guidelines, the organization had evolved into an always-on culture with communication taking place 24/7 – and across multiple platforms. The following is what was developed. Communication Guidelines.

Guidelines 84

Guidelines Tools Meeting Leadership 84

Harvard Business

MAY 1, 2017

Our approach is rooted in extreme programming and agile processes , and the foundation of our work environment is a pair programming culture. I’m not quite as motivated (in terms of my fitness) or organized (in terms of my time management). I wake up at 8 AM, barely enough time to shower and catch the subway.

Company 134

Company Development Meeting Agile 134

Harvard Business

MAY 10, 2016

And yet in my work with clients, I often discover old ideas about time management that don’t take this new reality into account. Is it common at your company for email to be used for urgent and time-sensitive communications? Does he have a dedicated workspace that’s conducive to productivity ?

Energy 70

Energy Real Estate Policies Meeting 70

Harvard Business

NOVEMBER 7, 2017

For many people, getting pulled across several different projects is stressful and less productive than theory would suggest. Switching attention between tasks takes time and saps your focus and energy. Your Team’s Time Management Problem Might Be a Focus Problem. You and Your Team Series. Staying Focused.

How To 71

How To Energy Research Development 71

LSA Global

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

Done right, management training is a critical component of leadership development because it equips managers with the skills and insights necessary to lead, manage, and coach their teams to higher performance. So, when is the best time for management training? So, when is the best time for management training?

Training 69

Training Training Management Emotional Intelligence 69

LSA Global

JUNE 20, 2024

The Top Excuses That Make It Hard to Create Space for Professional Growth We know form our organizational culture assessment data that professional growth and development can often take a back seat to daily pressures. Employees tell us that making the time for professional growth and development is hard when there are: “I Don’t Have the Time.”

How To 68

How To Development Talent Meeting 68

Brimstone Consulting

JANUARY 14, 2022

Members of the leadership team expressed the same, but were also concerned about declining productivity and engagement. In the absence of guidelines, the organization had evolved into an always-on culture with communication taking place 24/7 – and across multiple platforms. The following is what was developed. Communication Guidelines.

Guidelines 52

Guidelines Tools Meeting Leadership 52

Harvard Business

DECEMBER 14, 2016

Employees who already have larger networks than their manager may simply see little value in the relationship and feel unnecessarily constrained by the hierarchy. We can quantify actual time managers spent in one-on-one meetings with direct reports based on calendared meeting invitations. One-on-ones remain vital.

Management 70

Management Metrics Data Meeting 70

Harvard Business

AUGUST 23, 2017

Travel Association’s Project: Time Off, last year 54% of Americans left unused vacation time on the table, amounting to 662 million days that could have been used to make them less stressed — and more productive. And yet researchers have found that people who take time off are more likely to get a raise or promotion.

How To 71

How To Tools Study Journal 71

LSA Global

JULY 19, 2021

Who Should Decide Do your managers feel overwhelmed by all the decisions they must make day-by-day? It is estimated that decision making can take up to 70% of a manager’s time. Managers need to gain better decision making capabilities. The Right Culture Not just any decision making culture will do.

Culture 36

Culture Training Training Management 36

Harvard Business

AUGUST 4, 2017

Not only does taking vacation contribute to enhanced productivity but it also immunizes our teams against the toxic negative attitudes that can be contagious in the workplace. In one study, researchers found that employees fear that their manager will think less of them for taking vacation. Photo by Vicko Mozara.

How To 71

How To ROI Research Meeting 71

Asamby Consulting

MARCH 24, 2022

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.

Operations 52

Operations Recruiting Recruitment System 52

Harvard Business

OCTOBER 26, 2016

It’s a common complaint among top executives: “I’m spending all my time managing trivial and tactical problems, and I don’t have time to get to the big-picture stuff.” Nearly all leaders (96%) claimed they lacked time for strategic thinking, again, because they were too busy putting out fires.

Resources 70

Resources Study Operations Data 70

LSA Global

JANUARY 12, 2018

While it is true that the knowledge, skills and abilities to manage others is not intuitive, those leadership attributes can be learned. The right management training can take an individual contributor who was responsible principally for their own productivity to a leader who knows how to manage the productivity of others.

Management 34

Management Training Training Leadership 34

Harvard Business

SEPTEMBER 22, 2016

Its story of a bibliomaniac who unearths an ancient poem, cracking opening the cultural door to the Renaissance, has inspired me with a creative way to write about a risk capital project that’s due later this week. Right now I’m halfway through The Swerve: How the World Became Modern , by Stephen Greenblatt.

How To 70

How To Exercises Nonprofit Meeting 70

LSA Global

AUGUST 16, 2018

Employees need to find out where, in fact, they are spending their time. Only then can they begin to prioritize their activities to maximize their productivity. The best way to assess the size of the issue is to set up a system of tracking.

Culture 31

Culture Research Efficiency Tools 31

Kai Davis

DECEMBER 8, 2022

Four Thousand Weeks is explicitly not about productivity, getting things done, or tips and tricks to answer more emails. Convenience culture seduces us into imagining that we might find room for everything important by eliminating only life’s tedious tasks. Library availability shows up on the Amazon book product detail pages.

Efficiency 40

Efficiency Resumes Productivity System 40