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What If Companies Managed People as Carefully as They Manage Money?

Harvard Business

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. Difference-making talent is also scarce.

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Employee Burnout Is a Problem with the Company, Not the Person

Harvard Business

Employee burnout is a common phenomenon, but it is one that companies tend to treat as a talent management or personal issue rather than a broader organizational challenge. The true cost to business can be far greater, thanks to low productivity across organizations, high turnover, and the loss of the most capable talent.

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Team Interdependence for Higher Performance

LSA Global

Change management consulting experts know that individual talent alone does not always equate to team performance. Conversely, many of us have been on less talented teams that have produced more than the sum of their parts. Fear of Failure Project postmortem data tells us that relying on others can feel like a loss of control.

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Managing Your Time for Results

Rick Conlow

Managing your time, leads to managing your life. Real time management is self-management. Talent, information, and desire are not enough to be successful in a career. Never forget that talent, knowledge, and desire aren’t enough to achieve that. Meeting, ideas, activity, goal).

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Stop Mindlessly Going Through Your Work Day

Harvard Business

That might sound daunting — and it does take work — but mindlessly performing tasks (think about slogging through emails or conducting meetings on autopilot) is a recipe for inefficiency, disengagement, and even poor health. One of the most effective tactics for staying on task is to bring purpose to each moment of your work.

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Why My Company Serves Free Breakfast to All Employees

Harvard Business

It signals that breakfast is over and the office-wide meeting is about to start. After the five-minute standup, the teams have their own standup meetings, and then pairs break off to get rolling at their workstations. I’m not quite as motivated (in terms of my fitness) or organized (in terms of my time management).

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Mastering the Art of Leading Remote Work Teams

Rick Conlow

Time Mismanagement: Remote work requires effective time management skills. However, employees may struggle to prioritize tasks and allocate their time efficiently. Employees who take advantage of the situation may neglect or avoid participating in virtual meetings, discussions, or projects. Also, do it yourself.