Harvard Business Review

JUNE 2, 2016

When you’re hiring a new manager, the stakes are high. You need someone who can effectively lead people, manage a budget, liaise with upper management — and, usually, do it all from day one. Would you hire or promote a star player into a management role if they’ve never managed anyone?

Management 8

Management Self-aware How To Micromanagement 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 30, 2015

Every time you commit to something new, you not only commit to doing the work itself, but also remembering to do the work, dealing with the administrative overhead, and to getting it all done in the time constraints involved. Think through the project. For a much larger project, the commitment may be more extensive and less clear.

Commitment 8

Commitment Project Review Constraint 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 23, 2013

Because no one is managing the store. They fulfill this role by delegating responsibility and establishing control systems such as budgets, directives, audits, and oversight to drive fiscal compliance. We came to this place easily and methodically, by providing resources of quickly-evolving technology with no constraints.

CIO 8

CIO CFO Zero Based Budgeting Chief Technology Officer 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 31, 2015

Our most satisfying work comes about when we’re playing offense, working on projects that we ourselves initiate. If you start a project and leave it unfinished, you’re bound to think about it more frequently than after it’s done. In the 1990s, being productive mainly required good time management.

Productivity 8

Productivity Products Tips Resistance 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 11, 2013

Managing Yourself Make Time for the Work That Matters Julian Birkinshaw and Jordan Cohen Julian Birkinshaw and Jordan Cohen How much time do you spend each day on the work that really matters? The knowledge workers the authors interviewed in 39 companies spent a jaw-dropping 41% of their time on those low-value pursuits.

Delegation 8

Delegation Business Model Engineering Constraint 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 11, 2013

Most physicians complete quality-improvement projects individually by completing modules provided by the specialty certification boards to collect, analyze, and improve quality on subsets of 25 to 50 patients. Mayo was the first care-delivery group to receive this delegated authority. Authority and Structure.

Quality 8

Quality Mayo System Six Sigma 8

Strategy Driven

JULY 22, 2016

Framing went from being a constraint in the building process to becoming a stage that could be easily scaled up. In construction, hammers are still used, but the scope of their use is much smaller and the projects they are used on are much more targeted. It used to be the only tool a framer had to frame a house with. Keep it simple.

Planning 50

Planning Hammer Succession Constraint 50

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 24, 2018

And the biggest buyer is China, which sent a sizable delegation. For years, the traditional corporate responsibility agenda has required these companies to work with greater transparency and with local communities throughout the lifecycle of big projects. ERG has a fascinating project in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).

Energy 8

Energy Trends Globalization Industry 8