time management

  • The Secret to Managing Discipline in a Large Business Setting

    • October 10, 2018
    • Posted by: David Marshall
    • Category: Manufacturing, Measurement, Productivity
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    Highway management sign: The key to managing discipline in a large business setting is by establishing objective measurements, and letting associates manage their own performance.

    Managing discipline in a large company starts with the hiring process. I’ve always believed in hiring slow and firing fast. But I also had a rule that nobody could be fired without my permission. What that meant was any issue that looked like it could end in termination would elevate to me so a manager

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  • The Time I Locked My Own Son Out of a Meeting for Being Late

    • March 8, 2017
    • Posted by: David Marshall
    • Category: Management, Productivity
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    This wristwatch can't help you be on time, it can only tell you what time it is.

    I’m one of those sticklers for timeliness. You know, “early is on time, on time is late.” That idea was drummed into me very early on in my career. It means if you have a meeting at 10:00 a.m., you don’t show up at 10:00. You show up at 9:55 so you’re ready to start

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