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How To Grow & Sell Your Consulting Business Using Systems (Without Working 24/7) with Shannon Susko: Podcast #231

Consulting Success

Balancing strategy, execution, cash, cultural, cohesive, human, and leadership is very important. Shannon Susko‘s book, Metronomics, explains what systems your company needs to grow. Learn how to unite these systems into one regimen that works for you and your team.

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5 Tactics to Combat a Culture of False Urgency at Work

Harvard Business

But they also foster a reactive culture. If everything is urgent, there’s little opportunity for creative and deep work, which tends to flourish only when there’s time and space. The headwinds of false urgency can be intense.

Culture 101
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Managing Meetings: How to Drive Productivity and Success

Tom Spencer

This not only ensures accountability but also contributes to a culture of responsibility and ownership within the team. Starting and ending on time is a mark of professionalism and demonstrates an appreciation for the value of everyone’s time. Establish deadlines and expectations for completion.

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Meeting Overload Is a Fixable Problem

Harvard Business

To fix a broken meeting culture, start by canceling everything for 48 hours.

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An Underused Way to Make Culture Change Stick

LSA Global

Culture’s Role in Business Success We know from our organizational alignment research that workplace culture – how work gets done – accounts for 40% of the difference between high and low performing companies. But how to you make culture change stick because, simply put, culture matters.

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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. Cultural awareness.

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Your Team’s Time Management Problem Might Be a Focus Problem

Harvard Business

“My team has a time management problem,” leaders often tell me. “Time management” becomes a catchall solution to this problem, and they want to hire me to offer tips and techniques on things like prioritizing and using their calendars better.