Epicflow

JANUARY 31, 2023

The Lazy Project Manager: How to Be Twice as Productive and Still Leave the Office Early by Peter Taylor The Lazy Project Manager is based on the idea that lazy people always try to find easier ways to do what they have to. So, focusing on 20% of the most important work will result in 80% outcomes.

Management 29

Management Handbook Case Study Case Studies 29

Chad Barr

JANUARY 29, 2025

“Provide coaching questions to help a client struggling with [specific challenge] related to [leadership, business growth, mindset, productivity, etc.].” “Suggest 10 creative marketing strategies to increase engagement and leads for [business or product]. . Provide specific suggestions for strengthening each section.”

Methodologies 52

Methodologies Exercises Metrics Tools 52

Alan Weiss

MAY 14, 2020

The offer to merely help, without talking about “projects” or methodology or fees, stimulates a substantive conversation. Working a productive four-hour day engaged in such marketing is far superior to an eight-hour day working on irrelevant issues, including computer backups, blog posts, social media, and so on.

Methodologies 98

Methodologies Media Report Meeting 98

Epicflow

JUNE 8, 2022

Agile has become the most popular methodology in recent years and has proven its efficiency for millions of companies already so nobody has any doubts about it today. The most popular and widely used Agile methodology is Scrum. The work on a product or service in a company that follows Scrum principles is based on sprints.

Agile 130

Agile Resources Management Methodologies 130

PM Alliance

DECEMBER 15, 2023

Below are some steps project teams can take to understand what goes into a site assessment and prepare for a productive location visit. Mobilize internal subject matter experts, from production line supervisors to maintenance personnel and engineers.

Productivity 83

Productivity Engineering Report Groups 83

Clarity Consultants

OCTOBER 25, 2023

It helps define the hierarchy, reporting relationships, and communication, which greatly influence how the business functions. There are a few ways that it impacts an organization, including defining roles and responsibilities, decision-making, efficiency and productivity, employee morale, and more. That’s a win for everyone involved.

Organizational Development 162

Organizational Development Efficiency Development Productivity 162

Harvard Business

MAY 7, 2018

For enterprises to create successful growth systems, they need more than lean startup methodologies; they also need venture capital investment mindsets and mechanics. “The rigorous methodology serves as a framework we use to solve customer frictions and serve unmet needs to focus on real, in-market learnings.”

Enterprise 138

Enterprise Methodologies Meeting Accenture 138

Harvard Business

SEPTEMBER 1, 2016

Faced with this trade-off, local brand managers, often to the consternation of their head offices, spend inordinate amounts of effort demonstrating that national boundaries are an excellent segmentation variable — that consumers are sufficiently different across markets to justify adapting products and marketing programs.

Marketing 114

Marketing Methodologies Research Advertising 114

Clarity Consultants

MAY 26, 2023

Not only are teams having to continually learn new trends and information about their products and their clientele, but the manner in which they sell is having to shift as well. This can include the newest information on products, customer service tips and tricks, communication skills, and more.

Sales 162

Sales B2B Training Training 162

Harvard Business

SEPTEMBER 24, 2018

The experiment succeeded: Teams temporarily stationed there worked better and faster than colleagues elsewhere, and they reported greater satisfaction and engagement (along with bouts of depression upon returning to the office). But our research and reporting show this isn’t the case. Some companies are aggressively testing both.

Company 128

Company Case Interview Engineering ROI 128

PM Alliance

JANUARY 21, 2022

Maintaining strong productivity throughout your project’s lifecycle—across all the functional areas working to move an initiative from planning to execution—is a core component in achieving consistent project success. Difficult situations, however, often create challenges when it comes to keeping productivity levels up.

Productivity 52

Productivity Methodologies Knowledge Base Groups 52

Consulting Matters

JUNE 30, 2020

Therefore, there is a high desire for access to proven methodologies, frameworks and actionable best practices as some of our survey respondents explained: I am looking for a solid consulting methodology. Reinventing the wheel for a proven tool or methodology or technique. Begging for an audience, regardless of platform. [My

Study 156

Study Consulting Survey Methodologies 156

Successful Independent Consulting

OCTOBER 5, 2017

An agency is different than a consulting firm because agencies usually place one person at a time, and they assume consultants are bringing their own methodology and tools. Agencies don’t dictate the approach or oversee the work like a consulting firm does, although sometimes they require status reports or check-ins.

Consulting 150

Consulting Talent Insurance Insurance 150

Harvard Business

AUGUST 27, 2018

Looking at the distance between your idea and the finished product — whether it’s a podcast, a coaching practice, an app, or anything else — can seem overwhelming. Being Engaged at Work Is Not the Same as Being Productive. Here are targeted strategies to overcome each one. Focusing on the wrong first steps.

How To 131

How To Survey Time Management Deloitte 131

Harvard Business

DECEMBER 28, 2016

The reasons change doesn’t often happen are reporting paralysis, the lack of “think time,” and failure to collaborate. Reporting paralysis can occur when teams are so wrapped up in distributing data, ensuring data quality, or writing up insights that they forget the purpose of data.

Metrics 124

Metrics Data Benchmarking ROI 124

Consulting Matters

FEBRUARY 26, 2020

A clear consulting brand and niche is not about picking a favorite methodology and getting known for that. A leader at that level delegates finding a consultant to one of his or her direct reports, especially if the company has grown beyond start up mode. But here's the deal - you don't have to and you actually shouldn't.

Consulting 177

Consulting How To Marketing Hotels 177

Harvard Business

JANUARY 3, 2017

In the face of this dynamic, it isn’t enough to create new products and services. Unless we also design new ways of talking about ideas and exploring the future, those product and service innovations will never be embraced by the organization and never make their way out into the world. Designing the New Product.

Banking 132

Banking Data Productivity System 132

Harvard Business

DECEMBER 4, 2017

Over three billion credentials were reported stolen last year. Now multiply those numbers by the total number of websites where users have reused their passwords, as well as the number of data breaches that have been reported, to get a better sense of the threat. Of course, that still only includes the data breaches we know about.

Data 110

Data ROI System Education 110

Consulting Matters

JULY 15, 2020

Or you got blindsided by some sort of nutty reorganization that made you report to somebody that you're like, "No way, No how!" The macro strategy is how your value proposition and brand gets manifested into relevant products and services. So let's talk about the strategy. You need to be focused on both. A future thought leader?

Consulting 270

Consulting How To Resumes Strategy 270

MishTalk

JUNE 18, 2014

Average Hourly Earnings of Production and NonSupervisory Private Employees click on any chart for sharper image Average Hourly Earnings of All Private Employees Data for all private employees only goes back to March of 2006. Real average hourly earnings for production and nonsupervisory private employees fell 0.1

Methodologies 78

Methodologies Data Banking Productivity 78

Harvard Business

OCTOBER 5, 2016

When I read a piece of business writing, whether it’s a proposal, a report, or a simple email, I’m turned off by people who have invested more energy trying to sound smart than in trying to be smart. Bad Writing Is Destroying Your Company’s Productivity. The tone of your message comes out in the words you choose.

Energy 133

Energy Methodologies Examples Productivity 133

Harvard Business

MARCH 27, 2018

The FDA requires, and the ACR provides methodologies for, vendors to verify the effectiveness and value of the algorithms before and after they are taken to market. There are substantial medical and productivity benefits to be gained from integrating AI with radiological practice. What does this mean for radiologists?

Insurance 131

Insurance Insurance Analysis System 131

Harvard Business

MARCH 15, 2018

These stereotypical notions, which cast men as having traits better suited to starting successful companies, don’t hold up when compared with venture performance data from annual reports. ” “ He owns a big share of the company, and of course he wants to increase the production volume to raise the profitability and expand.”

Data 132

Data Real Estate Finance Financial 132

Harvard Business

JUNE 8, 2017

The model simultaneously compared sales of different types of products with local demographic and financial statistics to come up with a single efficiency measure for each salesperson relative to their peers. Methodology. The dichotomy continues when it comes to methodology. A champion-challenger approach.

Methodologies 73

Methodologies Data Analysis Retail 73

Harvard Business

SEPTEMBER 13, 2017

To do so, we worked with AT Kearney, who led the piloting of our methodology; retailers McDonald’s and Carrefour; slaughterhouses JBS (the largest beef producer in Brazil) and Mafrig; Brazilian cattle ranchers, Antea Group, and partner NGOs The Nature Conservancy, Instituto Centro de Vida (ICV) and Imaflora. per kg of beef per hectare.

Methodologies 76

Methodologies Case Study How To Case Studies 76

Harvard Business

JUNE 28, 2016

And HBO had to reassure viewers that production of Game of Thrones , some of which is shot in Northern Ireland, would not be interrupted. The UK Treasury’s 200-page April 2016 report, blandly titled “The Long-Term Economic Impact of EU Membership and the Alternatives,“ seems a useful, well-executed benchmark.

Benchmarking 101

Benchmarking Methodologies Course Trends 101

Harvard Business

APRIL 12, 2017

So that is not a methodology to build buildings. It’s a little easier in profit-motivated situations to understand whether you’re delivering on your vision or not, because your vision of your product or service should be easily measurable by profits. At that point people were coming in…with a firefighter mentality.

Government 131

Government Policies Recruiting Recruitment 131

MishTalk

OCTOBER 15, 2013

Premise Data Corp, a startup firm backed by Google, has deployed 700 smartphone-equipped workers across 25 cities to capture images of products as their prices change daily. Software automatically tags the location of the products down to the individual store and analyzes the images—items such as meat and produce—to gauge quality differences.

Data 68

Data Retail Methodologies Journal 68

Harvard Business

SEPTEMBER 14, 2017

The weather affects consumers’ behavior in terms of what products they buy, where they buy them, and in what quantity. Drawing upon the UK’s retail sectors for empirical evidence, we developed a methodology to assess and hedge the exposure of sales to weather risks. Photo by Annie Spratt.

Cash Flow 73

Cash Flow Apparel Financial Small Business 73

Harvard Business

NOVEMBER 1, 2016

A bold move, and it paid off: At the end of 2015 REI reported a 9.3% Rather than ask people to rate a prescribed list of companies or brands, our methodology asks them to think of a company that “really gets them.” Here’s more detail on our methodology.). increase in revenue, to $2.4

Methodologies 70

Methodologies Study Company Data 70

Harvard Business

FEBRUARY 19, 2018

What these stories underscore is that our digital evolution and our productive use of new technologies rests on how well we can build digital trust. As we explained earlier, user behavior is more relevant as a trust measure than what users report in attitude surveys. We always urge you to read the methodology carefully.

Survey 108

Survey Data Comparison Methodologies 108

Harvard Business

OCTOBER 1, 2018

See More Videos > See More Videos > Blockchain’s properties — transparency, immutability, and security — make it reliable and trustworthy for applications such as supply chain management, smart contracts, financial reporting, the Internet of Things, the management of private (e.g., Ending Marketing Fraud and Spam.

Marketing 130

Marketing Advertising Media Video 130

Consulting Matters

DECEMBER 16, 2022

It provides mission and purpose, brand, vision, goals, desired customer experience, products, and service offerings. Initially, I was going to do my report to the entire team but realized that this would be a disaster, especially how the sales VP would receive this feedback. At the same time, he was arguing with my report findings.

Consulting 156

Consulting System Sales Meeting 156

Harvard Business

OCTOBER 2, 2017

Our most recent report with data on over 2,000 ventures from 42 accelerator programs, shows that across country settings, accelerated ventures grow at significantly higher rates compared to ventures that applied but were not accepted into the accelerator program. You can examine our data and methodology here.

Marketing 91

Marketing Talent Research Video 91

Harvard Business

DECEMBER 1, 2016

As the newly released 2016 Empathy Index demonstrates, empathy, which is about understanding our emotional impact on others and making change as a result, is more important to a successful business than it has ever been, correlating to growth, productivity, and earnings per employee. Methodology.

Company 70

Company Ethics Methodologies Automotive 70

Tom Spencer

JULY 21, 2023

With increasing consumer demand for ethically sourced and environmentally responsible products, organizations need to consider the entire lifecycle of their products. This includes promoting circular economy principles – reducing waste, repairing and re-using products, and recycling raw materials – to extend the life cycle of products.

Consulting 78

Consulting Energy Transportation Analysis 78

Harvard Business

NOVEMBER 17, 2016

Second, employers “in-source” accountability for health care services to Human Resources as a “benefit” rather than a service to be procured to maintain the health, well-being, satisfaction, and productivity of their workforce. These are good places to begin applying supply chain methodology.

Operations 70

Operations Groups Tools Report 70