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Case Study: When You’re Successful, Stretched Too Thin, and Indispensable

Harvard Business Review

Editor's Note This fictionalized case study will appear in a forthcoming issue of Harvard Business Review, along with commentary from experts and readers. But Michael, I can’t manage three shows without delegating. “What’s wrong?” ” asked Melanie, who had directed the episode.

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The Big Picture of Business- Professional Education Necessary for Company Success

Strategy Driven

It is usually technical or sales/marketing in nature. Team building must be part of the corporate Vision first, not as a series of exercises delegated to trainers. Review of material, taking notes, seeking supplementary materials and questing to learn additionally must occur. Periodically, the material is reviewed.

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Don't Like Your Job? Change It (Without Quitting)

Harvard Business Review

Some people make radical moves; others make small changes" in how they delegate or schedule their day, Wrzesniewski says. Case Study #1: Integrate your interests into the job. Still most of his tasks — managing schedules, developing contracts, reviewing documentation — involved working alone.

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How to Deal with a Chronically Indecisive Boss

Harvard Business Review

In these cases, “you need to help your boss sort through the information” and then offer “a clear rationale for your recommendation.” ” It’s also helpful to “enable your boss to delegate to you without formality,” says Finkelstein. “I was junior in my career, and I blamed myself.

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Stop Procrastinating.Now

Harvard Business Review

Asking someone to review your work can spur you to get started knowing they will expect it. Case study #1: Know why. Lisa Freitag, a marketing consultant for an online company based in Silicon Valley, noticed she was putting off planning on a major marketing event. Case study #2: Keep it top of mind.

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What Knowledge Workers Stand to Gain from Automation

Harvard Business Review

Even where a particular tedious task is not being performed by a very large number of people, RPA can economically delegate the task to robots. Another case study subject, a large UK-based utility, deployed more than 300 robots that process three million transactions per quarter, yielding an annual return on investment of 200 percent.

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How to Manage an Insecure Employee

Harvard Business Review

“When someone doesn’t have the confidence to be proactive or to take on what you’re asking them to take on, you can’t just delegate and move on,” she says. Case Study #1: Help your employee feel comfortable and emphasize the importance of learning. A bit of handholding may be necessary. Be a martyr.