Control Your Time At Work

Stop falling down for other people’s time mistakes.

This is a really good, albeit long, article from Wharton (UPenn) summarizing the different speakers they had at a recent event in SF, and how everyone basically talked about how relationships are central to business success. It’s a good and uplifting article and idea, but you do wonder about rubber meeting road with some of the speakers — like, for example, maybe they all returned to their offices and convened a bunch of pointless meetings about deliverables, didn’t respect their employees, etc, etc. It happens. You never really know if a person walks the walk and talks the talk after they come off the stage from their keynote, right?

Here’s a section that will probably resonate for a lot of people:

Another panelist, Karen White, president of financial technology firm Addepar and a former Oracle executive, agreed that while relationship-building was critical, it’s important to be mindful of the time you are spending on it. “Sometimes, people are perfectly comfortable with a short text rather than a full meeting,” she said. White also urged the…