Harvard Business Review

JUNE 21, 2018

Executives may therefore be subconsciously reluctant to give up the self-esteem benefits that being busy confers. It’s not the easiest project to keep up (we’re used to living our lives, not recording them), but the resulting data was invaluable in terms of helping me understand exactly where and how I was spending my time.

Strategy 13

Strategy Self-aware Incentives Bottom-up 13

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 19, 2017

Trying to keep up with the cleaning, cooking, and laundry each week left her with practically no free time to devote to herself, either personally or professionally. ” Women who outearn their husbands actually end up doing more housework than their spouses. Housework: Another “Sticky Floor”?

Delegation 8

Delegation Outsourcing Insurance Loyalty 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 14, 2011

Corporations hoping to boost their bottom lines in these expanding markets may think that their obligations to their employees are limited to improving the workplace environment. Smart employers, however, can step up to offer support in a variety of ways: Stagger office hours. In Brazil, the number skyrockets to 62%.

Marketing 14

Marketing Transportation Attrition Automotive 14

Harvard Business Review

MAY 16, 2018

The answer is different for entrepreneurs and start-up employees than for investors. For most investors, the options are straightforward: sell shares to limit financial losses, hold shares and hope everything will blow over, or buy shares if there’s a belief the market has bottomed out.

Crisis 8

Crisis Entrepreneur Business Model IPO 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 5, 2013

When we interviewed 45 such people across 39 companies in 8 industries in the United States and Europe, we found that by identifying low-value tasks to either drop completely, delegate to someone else or outsource, the average worker gained back roughly one day a week they could use for more important tasks. (We

Productivity 8

Productivity Products Peer Review Short-term 8

In the CEO Afterlife

NOVEMBER 4, 2012

Turns out that Linds Redding, an illustrator and designer, spent most of his career crafting advertising in the UK and New Zealand, before opening an animation studio. Linds gave up the studio and spent his remaining days walking Auckland’s Hauraki Gulf, taking pictures, drawing, making music and writing about living and dying.

Advertising 265

Advertising Creativity Industry Bottom-up 265

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 7, 2016

That’s how Susan (not her real name) ended up in my office. I don’t think it’s a stretch to say that women’s household responsibilities are taking time away from their career development. So how was she going to get to the next rung on the ladder? Does this situation sound familiar? hours and 7.8

Career 8

Career Leadership Styles Emotional Intelligence Consensus 8

Frank Sonnenberg Online

AUGUST 4, 2020

As the saying goes, “They lose money on every sale, but make it up on volume.”. Or they’ll fake it, and outsource the business to another organization. They’ll “beat you up” or nickel-and-dime you to death — until you surrender. That behavior can take a tremendous toll on your psyche as well as your bottom line.

Discount 120

Discount Long-term Travel Bottom-up 120