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The Lean Anthology
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The Lean Anthology

by Rebecca Goldberg, Elliott N. Weiss
November 2014
Beginner to intermediate content levelBeginner to intermediate
248 pages
6h 24m
English
Productivity Press
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Chapter 6
Identifying Non–Value-
Added Activities
TODD’S BALANCING ACT
Todd Pearson’s approach to time manage-
ment was getting him nowhere. As a CPA,
vice president, and director of internal
audit for a commercial real estate com-
pany in Washington, DC, he spent nearly
4 hours a day commuting and exactly
that much time fast asleep; he lamented
the fact that the amount of time he spent
interacting with his two young children
averaged only 90 minutes a day. When he
factored this into the time he spent in an
MBA for Executives program, he feared
that if he did not optimize his use of time, his wife, Sarah, would begin
to feel left out of his life. ...
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ISBN: 9781482246797