131 Articles found for subject: Productivity / Work Tips

How CEOs spend their time has an outsized influence on performance, engagement, and company culture.

Content: Article | Authors: Jeff Hill, Xavier Mosquet | Source: Boston Consulting Group (BCG) | Subjects: Management, Productivity / Work Tips, Time Management

If one of your goals is to improve your time management skills, then Wharton management professor Michael Parke can help. He’s the co-author of a study that looks at two specific types of daily planning for employees. It turns out there’s no perfect solution — the best type depends on your work environment and the kind of day that you’re having.

Content: Article | Author: Michael Parke | Source: Knowledge@Wharton | Subjects: Organizational Behavior, Productivity / Work Tips

Your personal information is out there for everyone, including advertisers, to see.

Content: Article | Author: Pranay Parab | Source: LifeHacker | Subjects: Career, Networking, Productivity / Work Tips

People often wonder how startup CEOs spend their time. Sam Corcos, the co-founder and CEO of Levels, shares a little about how he spent his time for the first two years, backed up with data. The goal? For folks out there with hopes to become a startup CEO, you can get a behind-the-scenes deep dive into how you might actually spend your time on the … [ Read more ]

Content: Article | Author: Sam Corcos | Source: First Round Review | Subjects: Entrepreneurship, Personal Development, Productivity / Work Tips

Like any relationship, that of the manager and their report is a two-way street. Whether you’re taking on your first direct report or you’re a seasoned leader looking to sharpen your skills, there’s plenty of advice to go around when it comes to managers. But when the focus shifts to those who are being managed, many of those concrete tactics and strategies get decidedly less … [ Read more ]

Content: Article | Source: First Round Review | Subjects: Career, Personal Development, Productivity / Work Tips

Burned out? Can’t get it all done? The problem might be in your head.

Content: Article | Author: Leigh Buchanan | Source: Inc. Magazine | Subject: Productivity / Work Tips

The mindsets of great problem solvers are just as important as the methods they employ. A mindset that encourages curiosity, embraces imperfection, rewards a dragonfly-eye view of the problem, creates new data from experiments and collective intelligence, and drives action through compelling show-and-tell storytelling creates radical new possibilities under high levels of unpredictability.

Content: Article | Authors: Charles Conn, Robert McLean | Source: McKinsey Quarterly | Subjects: Personal Development, Productivity / Work Tips

From finding the right analogy to tapping into FOMO, learn how to sell your ideas to potential supporters.

Content: Article | Author: Nathan Furr | Source: INSEAD Knowledge | Subjects: Personal Development, Productivity / Work Tips

Real-world, face-to-face communication — complete with eye contact, body language, and other important sources of information — is a rarity in business today, and the potential for failing to convey an intended message or giving the wrong impression has grown. Neuroscience research has uncovered specific ways that you can fine-tune your message — whether it’s giving performance feedback, persuading your team to embrace a change … [ Read more ]

Content: Article | Author: Michael Platt | Source: Knowledge@Wharton | Subjects: Communication, Management, Organizational Behavior, Personal Development, Productivity / Work Tips

Learn how to be more effective at your next meeting or presentation.

Content: Article | Author: Matt Abrahams | Source: Stanford University | Subjects: Communication, Organizational Behavior, Personal Development, Productivity / Work Tips

While plans are projected in months, we know the true progress happens by the week, day and hour — where all the distraction traps are laid and it’s easier to lose your way. It’s on those time horizons where competing priorities clamor for our limited time, and finding focus becomes all the more vital, despite the stumbling blocks that stand in our way. When we … [ Read more ]

Content: Article | Source: First Round Review | Subjects: Personal Development, Productivity / Work Tips

Use these tools to help you think fast and talk smart.

Content: Article | Author: Matt Abrahams | Source: Stanford University | Subjects: Personal Development, Productivity / Work Tips

Is the way you measure product-development performance harming your company’s health? New research suggests that it might be.

Content: Article | Authors: Marek Kowski, Mike Gordon, Sander Smits | Source: McKinsey Quarterly | Subjects: Innovation, Products & Services

We all complain about meetings. We have too many. They’re a waste of time. Nothing gets done. These complaints often have merit, but they are so broad that they’re difficult to argue with and harder to address.

There are specific complaints that can be tackled, however. When I ask people in the workshops I lead what they most want help with, five issues consistently come up. … [ Read more ]

Content: Article | Author: Paul Axtell | Source: Harvard Business Review | Subjects: Management, Organizational Behavior, Productivity / Work Tips, Teamwork

A large part of what I do involves introducing people by email. Over the years, consistently about 20% of my outbound emails contain the word “introduction” or “intro.” So that’s why I’m passionate about sharing some of the best practices I’ve learned along the way.

Content: Article | Author: Chris Fralic | Source: Forbes | Subject: Productivity / Work Tips

Tim Urban is the Bruce Lee of long-form. In his inimitable style, he tackles the most enigmatic, entangled topics, ranging from AI to procrastination, from cryonics to picking a life partner. In this exclusive interview, the Wait But Why blogger shares how he distills and presents complex ideas so they’re rich and resonant for others: an act that every startup leader and team must master … [ Read more ]

Content: Article | Author: Tim Urban | Source: First Round Review | Subjects: Personal Development, Productivity / Work Tips

In today’s interconnected world the ability to collaborate with other people is an increasingly important part of workplace communication. In order to understand how to better manage bigger groups and improve co-operation, it’s important to comprehend what drives social behavior. In this guide, we’ll examine one model explaining this behavior, called the SCARF model. Will explain the basics behind the theory, the way it explains … [ Read more ]

Content: Article | Author: Martin Luenendonk | Source: Cleverism | Subjects: Career, Leadership, Management, Organizational Behavior, Personal Development, Productivity / Work Tips

At a certain point, everything that can be delegated should be; with rare exception. Conduct an audit using the six T’s to determine what tasks make the most sense to offload.

Content: Article | Author: Jenny Blake | Source: Harvard Business Review | Subjects: Personal Development, Productivity / Work Tips

our approach to prediction seems stuck in the past. Most business forecasts fail to include measurable outcomes and are not recorded, so it is hard to know if we are even getting better at them.

Research from organizational psychologist Philip Tetlock, the co-author of Superforecasting, suggests an alternative. Studying forecasting tournaments where anonymous experts predicted future events, Tetlock found that some forecasters could … [ Read more ]

Content: Article | Author: Danny Hernandez | Source: Harvard Business Review | Subjects: Decision Making, Management, Productivity / Work Tips

Want to provide better feedback, introduce people, or master small talk? Try this technique.

Content: Article | Author: Matt Abrahams | Source: Stanford University | Subjects: Personal Development, Productivity / Work Tips