Tom Spencer

MARCH 31, 2023

Whether you’re a busy professional, a student, or an entrepreneur, time management is a crucial skill for anyone looking to increase their productivity. Effective time management involves an ongoing and regular process of organising your schedule so that time is allocated to all of the important aspects of your life.

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Harvard Business

JUNE 20, 2016

For most people, the goal is to adopt the smallest number of tools necessary to work efficiently. That’s why my friends and colleagues often ask me which technologies I regard as must-haves: the tools and tactics that will make a big impact on their productivity without spending a lot of time or money getting up and running.

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Women in Consulting

JULY 19, 2012

Online Fundraising | Donor Management | Internet Solutions | Event Fundraising | Credit Card Processing. © Nonprofit Management. Nonprofit Fundraising Events : Friends Asking Friends helps you empower your supporters, reach more people, and execute your fundraising events efficiently ? © 2012 Blackbaud, Inc.

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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.

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Tom Spencer

JANUARY 4, 2025

Consumers are no longer swayed by just a great product, but seek more than that, craving authenticity and a genuine connection to the brand. She shares her personal struggles, such as with anxiety, time management, and being the youngest person in the room. Dhruv and Aimee both founded B2C startups.

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Effective Managers

JUNE 24, 2024

AI’s ability to analyze vast amounts of data, automate complex processes, and provide insights has revolutionized how businesses approach efficiency and innovation. AI in Streamlining Operations AI technology has made significant strides in optimizing operational efficiency.

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Tom Spencer

NOVEMBER 16, 2019

By maintaining a positive and productive attitude, you can make the most of the time you have been given. There is no way to save up your time in order to spend it later. Time is a resource that is easy to undervalue and difficult to manage. Each day you are required to spend the full 24 hours.

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Harvard Business

AUGUST 1, 2016

But once I had, I realized how much the software and gadgets helped me to kick my productivity into high gear. But the truth is, it wasn’t the tools alone, it was also the workflow management process —or methodology—I applied to the tools. In all cases, learning to use the tool is a by-product.

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Tom Spencer

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

Their guidance helped me approach questions more effectively and efficiently, demystifying challenging topics and providing clarity on the test format. Increase confidence and reduce testing anxiety All of these benefits helped me build confidence and reduce anxiety over time.

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Epicflow

JANUARY 21, 2022

global chip shortage), and the need for reducing production costs add to the above-mentioned difficulties. . In addition, to stay competitive on the market, business owners will struggle to deliver their products faster and produce more (e.g. The need to shorten the time for product development. Dealing with uncertainty.

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Harvard Business

MARCH 30, 2017

At the same time, managers need to continue to motivate employees who fear their jobs being replaced by robots. This creates a dilemma for leaders. Clearly, any enterprise that doesn’t embrace automation won’t be able to survive any better than a farmer with a horse-drawn plow.

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Harvard Business

APRIL 11, 2018

It’s hard to know if we’re really making efficient use of our time. But are we spending our time on the right things? Inspired by a colleague, the time management expert Laura Vanderkam , I decided to spend the month of February tracking exactly how I spent my time, down to half-hour increments.

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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.”

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Harvard Business

MAY 30, 2017

When she was promoted to manager of a new team, she immediately dug into the new product she was assigned, as well as her team members’ work. Sveta had a keen attention to detail and placed a high value on being efficient. Therefore, she didn’t waste much time or words when talking with her team.

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Harvard Business

MARCH 8, 2017

It’s important for all professionals to use their time efficiently. Without corporate mandates such as weekly team meetings or biweekly project check-ins, entrepreneurs have the ability to wipe out bureaucratic red tape and reach new heights of productivity.

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Harvard Business

FEBRUARY 14, 2017

No matter how productive we become, we’re never going to permanently rid ourselves of low-value work. By following these strategies, we can at least handle it more efficiently and leave more white space in our days for the projects that are truly meaningful.

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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.

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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.

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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. Flow Efficiency Changes the Culture.

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Tom Spencer

JULY 15, 2022

This will help you practice being a consultant and improve your time management skills before graduation. Time Commitments in Graduate School. Many things vie for the time and attention of a graduate student. Time Commitments in Consulting. In academia, you exchange your time for research papers and projects.

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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.

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Harvard Business

APRIL 20, 2017

First of all, these findings clearly show that complete transparency in electronic communications is not the “Holy Grail” that every organization has been waiting for to promote efficiency and collaboration.

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Harvard Business

AUGUST 21, 2018

As of Aug 7 2018, Tesla’s market capitalization (USD 64.75B) exceeded that of BMW (USD 64.36B), despite BMW’s comparable production levels and deliveries of electric cars and significantly higher profits (net income of 10.3B for BMW versus -2.7B for Tesla as of June 30, 2018).

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Harvard Business

JUNE 29, 2018

Even if you don’t like seeing yourself on the screen, consider how this powerful tool might increase productivity and effectiveness for your business. The power of focused attention to craft a strategy or discuss an especially challenging issue with videoconference is much more efficient for everyone involved.

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Harvard Business

FEBRUARY 28, 2017

It’s also a strategy I use with my time management coaching clients. For those who have trouble keeping their focus, become bored easily, or are extroverted, a meeting-free day may be a productivity killer. There’s a reason that I’ve coached professors on how to be productive during their sabbaticals.

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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.

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Harvard Business

OCTOBER 18, 2018

Over the last two years, I conducted four different experiments to monitor my own behavior, implementing trackers and blockers in order to better understand how social media usage affected my productivity. Time-based internet blockers helped me increase my productivity. This proved to be a very effective strategy for me.

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Harvard Business

AUGUST 12, 2016

How can a busy professional become more productive when there is only so much time in the day? This frees up your time so that you can spend it where it is really valuable. The point of delegating is to economize with your time. Marion Barraud for HBR. There is nothing new about delegating, of course.

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Harvard Business

SEPTEMBER 7, 2017

One of the very first lectures I give each year to new MBA students is about time management. By the time they arrive in my classroom, they are two days into the fall term, and I can already see that some of them are barely keeping their heads above water. Covey’s time management matrix is a good tool for this.

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LSA Global

MARCH 17, 2025

maximize productivity. This leads to an ineffective emphasis on product features and benefits rather than client value. A great sales rep doesnt just understand their products and services they understand how their solution solves critical and complex customer problems. close more deals.

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Brimstone Consulting

JULY 14, 2020

The complexities and systemic disruption of the COVID-19 pandemic have made managing time and boundaries more challenging than ever. Tim Wentworth, President Cigna Services, cites vigilant time management as one of the keys to his success as the leader of a major organization.

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Harvard Business

SEPTEMBER 19, 2016

When you start to receive dozens of requests per week — almost always for 30-60 minutes of private consultation — you would dramatically handicap your productivity if you tried to do them all. But that quickly grows old. Judging which requests to honor can be difficult, however. Invite them to a group gathering.

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Harvard Business

JUNE 28, 2017

Fung says that the popularity of the methodology has risen as companies have realized that the online environment is well suited to help managers, especially marketers, answer questions like, “What is most likely to make people click? Or buy our product? Or register with our site?”

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Kai Davis

DECEMBER 8, 2022

Four Thousand Weeks is explicitly not about productivity, getting things done, or tips and tricks to answer more emails. Becoming more efficient just makes you more rushed, and trying to clear the decks simply makes them fill up again faster. Library availability shows up on the Amazon book product detail pages.

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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. For the longer term gain, you need to analyze the time tracking data and adjust behaviors to improve efficiency. The Bottom Line.

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Harvard Business

NOVEMBER 13, 2017

While some aspects of care clearly require doctor and patient to be in the same place at the same time, many demonstrably don’t. Much of the current thinking about new service-delivery models is based on the notion that cost and efficiency of care delivery can be enhanced by directing more patients to primary care.

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CaseInterview.com

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

This game evaluates the candidate’s ability to solve problems efficiently and think critically. Time management is certainly a factor. Some candidates finish early, while others don’t complete it in time. The first is a constrained optimization mini-game. The second is a strategy + adapting to new data mini-game.

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