Harvard Business

MAY 24, 2017

Today’s executives spend a lot of time managing the balance sheet, despite the fact that it doesn’t represent their company’s scarcest resource. According to Bain’s Macro Trends Group, the global supply of capital stands at nearly 10 times global GDP. One way to do this is to measure the cost of meetings.

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LSA Global

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

If people believe that they no longer have a choice in how things are done or that counting on others would add too much risk to their ability to meet their individual performance expectations, they may resist teaming. Fear of Failure Project postmortem data tells us that relying on others can feel like a loss of control.

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Harvard Business

DECEMBER 14, 2016

Managers lead by example when it comes to working hours. Two metrics we use to provide a proxy of active working time per week are utilization and after-hours time. It’s an imperfect metric, but does provide a good directional sense of working norms. However, managers need to ensure even allocation of work.

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Harvard Business

AUGUST 29, 2016

But your direct reports don’t just learn from you when you sit down for your one-on-one meetings. People are watching all the time,” says Finkelstein. The best training for someone learning to become a manager is individualized attention from you, their boss. This shouldn’t just occur in meetings though.

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LSA Global

MARCH 17, 2025

Effective sales management ensures that everyone is accountable to the defined sales processes and strategy success metrics. Making Effective Decisions We know from decision making training that successful sales managers thoughtfully evaluate multiple solutions based on clear and agreed upon criteria.

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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? Encourage “technology-free meetings” whenever possible. The office kitchen.

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Harvard Business

MARCH 31, 2017

But there’s one glaring exception: messages that contain specific, time-sensitive inquiries. Can you come to the meeting Friday at 4pm? Recognize that responsible professionals thrive when they’re given autonomy, and work with them to establish a timeline and agreed-upon metrics of progress.

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