On The Job

APRIL 8, 2019

Clark and Bror Saxberg, writing in HBR, provide insight on the top reasons employees get turned off -- and how bosses can rejuvenate them. Just look on Twitter on any given day, and you may have a vigorous debate about why Neapolitan ice cream should be outlawed. Here goes: 1. People think differently.

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Small Business Labs

JULY 16, 2015

Several good articles this week about what it takes to be a successful freelancer. HBR's 7 Questions to Ask Yourself Before Going Freelance  nicely synthesizes the key questions a person should ask themselves prior to becoming a freelancer.    The article chart below lists the 7 questions. Want to Freelance?

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Productivityist

DECEMBER 1, 2021

He is a frequent contributor to HBR, CNN, Fast Company, and Psychology Today, as well as the author of multiple books including ‘ Decoding Greatness: How the Best in the World Reverse Engineer Success’. The post Episode 399: Ron Friedman talks about Reverse Engineering Success appeared first on Productivityist.

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Small Business Labs

JANUARY 5, 2016

  As the chart below from the HBR's Your Company Needs Independent Workers shows, the number of U.S.    This is about 3 times as fast as overall employment growth during this period. independent workers serving businesses has grown from 4.5 million in 2011 to 6.4 million in 2015. that focus on consumers.

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Small Business Labs

OCTOBER 24, 2016

HBR's Why I Tell My MBA Students to Stop Looking for a Job and Join the Gig Economy  is written by a MBA program lecturer at Babson College. Two interesting articles caught our eye last week and both had to do with the gig economy and education.

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Small Business Labs

MARCH 11, 2014

Key quote: Now ranging in age from 18 to 33, they are relatively unattached to organized politics and religion, linked by social media, burdened by debt, distrustful of people, in no rush to marry— and optimistic about the future. HBR's Is Work-Family Conflict Reaching a Tipping Point.   Gen Y trends'

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On The Job

JANUARY 20, 2016

"In my personal experience, mindlessly relying on my phone and computer has been a useful, albeit insidious, way of avoiding uncomfortable feelings," writes Charlotte Lieberman , a New York-based writer and editor in the HBR article. Think about what's really going wrong. When you're bored. Don't rely on your phone to entertain you.

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Worxbee

MARCH 8, 2021

Different companies tend to have different views on it, but this definition from HBR is pretty good: “Culture guides discretionary behavior and it picks up where the employee handbook leaves off. It tells us whether to risk telling our bosses about our new ideas, and whether to surface or hide problems. How can you do that?

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Small Business Labs

DECEMBER 22, 2015

Key quote from the HBR article: America is producing ample prosperity. Large But the shrinking middle class also means more people - including upper class people - are worried about their economic future. Economy is Only Doing Half its Job  and the progressive Economic Policy Institute released their Top Charts of 2015. 

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Jen Lawrence

JUNE 13, 2022

We constantly hear advice about how to stay focused on our goals. It’s a rapid-fire bullet-pointed list that includes things like “went to Pilates,” “read HBR case study,” and “rewrote mailing list Welcome Email.” Write them down. Keep them visible. Break them down into smaller parts. Create trackers.

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Small Business Labs

DECEMBER 22, 2017

We hope you take our thoughts to heart (though perhaps a few of them should be taken with a grain of salt, too) and that they encourage you to discover what you are most passionate about – as a content marketer and a person. What about buying just a [smaller] part of the company, like ESPN? (15:23). Will Apple really ever buy Disney?

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Small Business Labs

MAY 16, 2012

CNBC's The Rise of the SuperTemp in the C Suite is another version of the HBR article focused on the increasing use of executive temps.  Based on the results of the MBO State of Independence Study , we think about 200,000 U.S.  I temped as CEO or CMO for about a dozen early to mid-stage tech companies.

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BioTeams

OCTOBER 28, 2019

Many of us have heard the story about the classical race between the tortoise and hare but did you know that there is a version 2.0 This principal exhibited by the tortoise resonates with the HBR article in question wherein the authors deduce 8 factors that lead to success of large teams. About Max Bhanabhai. of that metaphor?

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Worxbee

JUNE 7, 2021

HBR found that in some companies, internal structure has been designed to keep out contractors and others on the outside. Talk to us today about how we can help you. Sometimes it’s due to a general lack of time and ownership of overseeing the on-demand relationship. Where can you find top on-demand talent?

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Productivityist

FEBRUARY 4, 2016

Hit just a few serves and then spend the rest of your time analysing and thinking about your stroke. ” HBR research team. By starting each day with activity, I enter the day feeling fresh, focused and clear about my daily priorities. Question: Tell us about your habits for intentional thinking! Both are logical.

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Productivityist

FEBRUARY 4, 2016

Hit just a few serves and then spend the rest of your time analysing and thinking about your stroke. ” HBR research team. By starting each day with activity, I enter the day feeling fresh, focused and clear about my daily priorities. Question: Tell us about your habits for intentional thinking! Both are logical.

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Productivityist

FEBRUARY 4, 2016

Hit just a few serves and then spend the rest of your time analysing and thinking about your stroke. ” HBR research team. By starting each day with activity, I enter the day feeling fresh, focused and clear about my daily priorities. Question: Tell us about your habits for intentional thinking! Both are logical.

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Small Business Labs

AUGUST 1, 2017

But that's thesis of HBR's  AI May Soon Replace Even the Most Elite Consultants. This is true, but doesn't have us worried about our jobs - at least not yet. Since we're consultants, we hope not. Some of our clients are world class leaders in the application and use of machine learning and AI.

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Productivityist

APRIL 22, 2014

"An information diet is not about consuming less; it’s about consuming right." – Clay Johnson, author of The Information Diet. If you''re interested in checking it out and learning more about the event, click here. HBR IdeaCast: Smart people saying smart thing in short bursts. The Returning Ones.

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Productivityist

APRIL 22, 2014

“An information diet is not about consuming less; it’s about consuming right.” If you’re interested in checking it out and learning more about the event, click here. David Sparks and Katie Floyd talk about all things Mac for over an hour, and I always wind up being entertained and informed every time I listen.

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Small Business Labs

MARCH 24, 2016

HBR's Work in the Future Will Fall into These 4 Categories  has a great 2X2 matrix (below) showing the 4 different types of work likely over the next decade. Two things really struck us about this article and chart. The first is all 4 quadrants assume the growing use of contingent labor.

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