Boost Your Team’s Productivity by Hiring Force Multipliers
Harvard Business
NOVEMBER 7, 2024
Look for the candidates whose skills and energy encourage everyone around them to perform better.
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Arrange Your Meeting Schedule to Boost Your Energy
Harvard Business
AUGUST 29, 2023
But what about how to schedule your meetings alongside other work tasks to best manage your productivity? Both strategies can actually diminish your ability to recharge and replenish during the day, which can be a detriment to your work.
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Maximizing ROI with Custom eLearning: Case Studies and Metrics
Clarity Consultants
MARCH 12, 2025
Rather than viewing eLearning as a sunk cost, many organizations approach it as a strategic advantage that enhances productivity, improves compliance, and fosters employee engagement. It assesses long-term business impact, including productivity gains, cost savings, and performance improvements.
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Sustainable Supply Chains Reduce Environmental Footprint
Tom Spencer
OCTOBER 11, 2024
In an era where environmental consciousness is increasingly becoming a priority, companies worldwide are rethinking their supply chain strategies to minimize their environmental footprint. Sourcing Eco-Friendly Materials One of the primary strategies for creating a sustainable supply chain is sourcing eco-friendly materials.
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Managing Meetings: How to Drive Productivity and Success
Tom Spencer
APRIL 12, 2024
Meetings can either be a powerful catalyst for collaboration and decision-making or a drain on time and productivity. Whether you are in consulting, strategy, operations, or product management, the ability to manage meetings effectively is a crucial skill that can significantly impact the success of your endeavors.
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How to Protect Your Boundaries When Your Company Is Struggling
Harvard Business
MARCH 12, 2024
In this article, the author outlines strategies for how to focus your energy so you can have the most significant impact while also considering what makes sense for you in the long run. Working longer hours for a struggling company may make you feel like a hero, but one person’s efforts will not save an at-risk organization.
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Clean Energy Transition: Business Risks and Opportunities
Tom Spencer
JANUARY 14, 2022
Energy transitions occur from time to time, due to the discovery of new energy sources such as coal or due to policy changes, such as France’s embrace of nuclear energy. Energy transitions have occurred throughout history, from burning wood to coal, then oil and natural gas. Background.
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How Our Company Connected Our Strategy to Sustainability Goals
Harvard Business
OCTOBER 27, 2017
The company I lead, Ingersoll Rand, is a 146-year-old organization that over the past few years integrated sustainability and business strategy to anticipate and address major global trends, most prominently climate change. The Gap Between Strategy and Execution. Insight Center. Sponsored by the Brightline Initiative.
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Bureaucracy Can Drain Your Company’s Energy. Agile Can Restore It.
Harvard Business
MAY 22, 2018
Sponsored by Accenture Strategy. About two-thirds of agile practitioners report higher team morale, increased productivity, greater ability to manage changing priorities, and faster time to market than they were experiencing before. The energy, commitment, and collaboration among team members was a revelation. Insight Center.
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10 Life Productivity Hacks
Tom Spencer
MAY 17, 2020
This is a new experience for many of us, and poses new challenges and distractions that can make it difficult to stay focused and productive. I’ve been getting asked a lot lately about productivity, and so I thought I should dedicate an article to it. The earlier you wake up, the more productive you will be.
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4 Strategies for Overcoming Distraction
Harvard Business
AUGUST 30, 2018
In the flurry of statistics that exist around personal productivity, there’s one I find especially alarming : The average person is distracted or interrupted every 40 seconds when working in front of their computer. In productivity circles, this phenomenon is known as Parkinson’s law. Sarah Lawrence/Getty Images.
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Sustainability: The Growing Importance of ESG Metrics
Tom Spencer
OCTOBER 25, 2024
In today’s business landscape, sustainability is no longer a niche concern; it’s a core component of corporate strategy. Environmental Metrics: These measure a company’s impact on the planet, including emissions, energy efficiency, waste management, water usage, and sustainability of the supply chain.
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Need Clients Now? 5 Strategies to Quickly Get More Consulting Clients
Consulting Matters
JANUARY 7, 2019
This helps discern where to focus your time, money and efforts and keeps you from being busy but not productive. Do you focus your energy on selling yourself, your mission or methodology OR do you position yourself as a strategic partner who is ready to help solve a clients most pressing business performance challenges.
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The Most Productive Meetings Have Fewer Than 8 People
Harvard Business
JUNE 22, 2018
Robert Sutton, a professor of organizational behavior at Stanford University, looked at the research on group size and concluded that the most productive meetings contain only five to eight people. You are aware of how much time and energy everyone spends in meetings, and you want to implement a strategy that will yield the best results.
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It’s Time for Companies to Be Strategic About Energy
Harvard Business
JUNE 14, 2016
Last year, networking giant Cisco Systems worked with one of its contract manufacturers in Malaysia to deploy 1,500 energy and temperature sensors on its manufacturing equipment. Disclosure: I was at the meeting as a paid speaker on sustainability strategy.). When Cisco rolls out the sensors globally, these savings will add up.
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Need Clients Now? 5 Strategies to Quickly Get More Consulting Clients
Consulting Matters
JANUARY 7, 2019
This helps discern where to focus your time, money and efforts and keeps you from being busy but not productive. Do you focus your energy on selling yourself, your mission or methodology OR do you position yourself as a strategic partner who is ready to help solve a clients most pressing business performance challenges.
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The Case for Investing More in People
Harvard Business
SEPTEMBER 4, 2017
“Productivity isn’t everything, but in the long run it is almost everything,” wrote Paul Krugman more than 20 years ago. Productivity in most developed economies has been anemic. During much of this time, it has been shareholders, not workers, who have reaped the benefits of higher productivity.
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Main Risks of Aerospace Engineering Projects: How to Implement Wise Risk Management into Your Organization
Epicflow
JUNE 10, 2022
For example, currently, the A&D industry is facing increasing geopolitical and economic uncertainty as a result of the Russia-Ukraine war, energy and raw materials challenges due to the sanctions imposed on Russia, inflation rate, etc. Issues with the supply chain lead to poor quality of products and delays in their releases.
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Why Apple Is Getting into the Energy Business
Harvard Business
NOVEMBER 25, 2016
Consider Apple, hardly a byword in the energy business. This summer, the company applied for federal licenses to sell directly to customers the excess renewable energy it generates on its new campus and in facilities across Oregon, Nevada, and California. California, Texas, and most of the U.S. electric demand.
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The Art of Strategy Is About Knowing When to Say No
Harvard Business
JANUARY 26, 2018
We were working hard on getting product-market fit right, so anything we could do to get more customers and to find the right feature mix was a critical learning opportunity. A popular, core feature of our product was our website grader. It empowered my team to move fast and get things done. Remember that Foursquare grader project?
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The Secret Performance Booster for Consultants and Coaches (and it’s NOT more work!) with Julie Griffin
Consulting Matters
MAY 30, 2024
From practical self-care strategies to the role of functional medicine and accountability, Julie’s advice is pragmatic and actionable. Accelerate your success with my VIP Brand Strategy and Messaging Services! If you enjoyed this conversation, be sure to connect with Julie on LinkedIn or on her website.
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How to Use Facebook’s Settings to Have More-Productive Conversations
Harvard Business
OCTOBER 2, 2018
Perhaps you want one for talking about industry news and business strategy (if only to avoid boring your non-work friends), another for talking politics, and yet another for talking about your kids or your pets or your triathlon training. Lists help you manage your attention and energy by letting you control what you see and when you see it.
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126 Emergence of Formal Behavioral Insights Teams and Initiatives
Steve Shu Consulting
JULY 25, 2014
One the other hand, possibilities for competitive differentiation and new products seem limitless. For example, Opower tapped into a great market using software-as-a-service and a behavioral efficiency model for saving energy. Strategy Development. Each of these routes is suited for different situations.
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How Industrial Firms Invest in Renewable Energy, Affordably
Harvard Business
AUGUST 5, 2016
Big companies have been buying a lot of clean energy lately – 3.5 They put up almost no capital and usually lower their day-to-day energy costs. First, due in large part to the scale and consistency of their energy purchasing, industrials already pay the lowest rates for power. Use cross-functional teams.
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How to Craft a Durable Strategy for the Long Run
Tom Spencer
MAY 17, 2024
Hundreds of articles have been written on strategy, each with an author that presents a unique perspective from years of paradigm-shaking experience. Some even “reinvent the wheel” by rejecting past concepts altogether and introducing an entirely new way of thinking about strategy.
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HR’s Vital Role in How Employees Spend Their Time, Talent, and Energy
Harvard Business
JANUARY 30, 2017
The combination of these factors ( time + talent + energy ) and the interactions between them, is how human capital is converted into productivity and economic value. Our research concluded that the best companies, the top quartile in our study, generated over 40% more productive power than the average of the bottom three quartiles.
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70 Great Companies Obsess Over Productivity, Not Efficiency
Harvard Business
MARCH 1, 2017
Business leaders often think of “efficiency” and “productivity” as synonyms, two sides of the same coin. When it comes to strategy, however, efficiency and productivity are very different. At first glance, the definition of productivity appears remarkably similar.
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The 4 Types of Innovation and the Problems They Solve
Harvard Business
JUNE 21, 2017
In researching my book, Mapping Innovation , I found that every innovation strategy fails eventually, because innovation is, at its core, about solving problems — and there are as many ways to innovate as there are types of problems to solve. They lock themselves into one type of strategy and say, “This is how we innovate.”
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Create a Soulful and Profitable Business with Puja Madan
Consulting Matters
JUNE 15, 2023
We also discuss Puja's Amplified Life Triangle, a vital tool for understanding energy management and achieving a balance between logic and intuition in our lives and businesses. Don't miss this powerful conversation on the importance of deep spiritual work, trusting the process of divine timing, and aligning values and genius in work.
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Decide When You Need to Meet, Workshop, or Write to Save Energy and Time
Johanna Rothman
JANUARY 12, 2021
You're a busy product person, a Product Owner. If you're a PO or a product manager, you might need to explain this product's strategy now. Or, for this project (interim release) for this product now. Do you want a common work product as an outcome? You see the need for these meetings: Standups.
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Your Organization Wastes Time. Here’s How to Fix It.
Harvard Business
MARCH 13, 2017
A year into their jobs, how many employees still have the unbridled energy and enthusiasm that they brought with them to their first day on the job? Unproductive routines, corporate bureaucracy, and “administrivia” kill ambition and sap energy for far too many employees. How many still believe they can make a difference?
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Planning and Running a Strategy Offsite
Tom Spencer
JUNE 18, 2022
As part of a consulting engagement or broader enterprise strategy alignment, you can expect to plan and run an offsite at one point of your career. So whether you are running a small executive team offsite, or one for a larger group, here are five tips I’ve used to plan a successful strategy offsite. It may take a few rounds.
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88 Why Elon Musk’s New Strategy Makes Sense
Harvard Business
JULY 25, 2016
It outlined Tesla’s automotive strategy and it has been pretty much followed to the letter. The second installment moves Tesla beyond the traditional car market, with a plan to reconfigure our cities, energy systems, and our impact on the environment. The first installment had been written in 2006.
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Top 10 Consulting Firms in the Middle East
Management Consulted
APRIL 2, 2017
Strategy& (PwC). Ask any consultant about the Middle East, and Booz (now Strategy&) will be the first name on their lips! A little later, Booz was acquired by PwC and rebranded as Strategy& Now that our little history lesson is complete, let’s continue. Here we go!
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The Best Way to Network in a New Job
Harvard Business
MARCH 19, 2018
The goal was to find newcomers who got connected (and productive) much more quickly than peers starting at the same time and who stayed in the organization through milestones, such as the first nine months and the two- to four-year tenure band, at which flight risk is greatest. Kathryn Heath. Don’t Waste Your Time on Networking Events.
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For Some Platforms, Network Effects Are No Match for Local Know-How
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. China’s WeChat has most evidently pursued this strategy.
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Stop Focusing on Profitability and Go for Growth
Harvard Business
MAY 1, 2017
The ready access to low-cost capital should change the way business leaders think about strategy, and in particular the relative value of improving profit margins versus accelerating growth. When capital costs are high, strategies that expand margins are almost always better than strategies that accelerate growth. Related Video.
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The Mindset Your Company Needs to Grow Organically
Harvard Business
MAY 22, 2018
M&A is central to many companies’ growth strategies. Sponsored by Accenture Strategy. In our work with dozens of large companies on growth and transformation strategies, we’ve found a set of principles and practices that create an operating system for growth. Topic Images/Getty Images. Insight Center.
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Unveiling Brilliance: Business Lessons from “MJ – The Musical”
Chad Barr
JULY 17, 2024
The energy and precision of the dancers were astounding, with their creative moves showcasing iconic Michael Jackson choreography. The energy on stage was thrilling and engaging, making the entire audience, including us, sway and move to the music. Years of rigorous training were apparent in this top-notch production.
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Is Employee Engagement Just a Reflection of Personality?
Harvard Business
NOVEMBER 28, 2018
When employees are engaged, they display high levels of enthusiasm, energy, and motivation, which translates into higher levels of job performance, creativity, and productivity. They are more likely to show up with energy and enthusiasm for what they do.
Oil’s Boom-and-Bust Cycle May Be Over. Here’s Why
Harvard Business
MARCH 1, 2018
In November, United States’ crude oil production exceeded 10 million barrels per day for the first time since 1970, according to the US Energy Information Administration (EIA). The recent price swings highlight a new era of uncertainty gripping the world’s energy markets. hbr staff/bettmann/Getty Images.
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129 3 Changes Retailers Need to Make to Survive
Harvard Business
NOVEMBER 15, 2017
Making matters more challenging, these shifts are happening across practically every retail category – books, entertainment, housewares, clothing, food, financial services, and even energy. The Gap Between Strategy and Execution. Insight center. Sponsored by the Brightline Initiative. Aligning the big picture with the day-to-day.
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128 Innovation Should Be a Top Priority for Boards. So Why Isn’t It?
Harvard Business
SEPTEMBER 21, 2018
Only 13% of directors in the energy and utilities industry consider innovation to be a major strategic challenge, but the swift growth of renewable energy companies and such developments as the use of drones for monitoring oil and gas production suggest that no industry is impervious to the forces of innovation.
Tesla: Leading the Charge Toward Sustainability
Tom Spencer
JANUARY 27, 2023
has disrupted the auto industry and established itself as a leader in sustainable energy. Founded in 2003 by CEO Elon Musk, the company has rapidly expanded its offerings from luxury electric vehicles (EVs) to renewable energy solutions, positioning itself at the forefront of the transition to a low-carbon economy.
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