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Where I Think “Agile” is Headed, Part 3: What Is The Recipe, The Right Answer?

Johanna Rothman

I started this series asking where “Agile” was headed. This part is about how people want a recipe, The Answer, for how to get better at “Agile.” ” Before we can address what an answer might be, your need to know your why for an agile approach. Can “Agile” deliver on that?

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Crafting a Strong Strategic Direction: A Blueprint for Success

LSA Global

You will know that you have more work to do if people are uncertain about shared goals or feel pulled in different directions by conflicting priorities or misaligned cultural expectations and metrics for success. Strong strategic alignment creates constructive collaboration for a company to perform at its peak.

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Retire These Metaphors & Reframe the Discussion to be More Effective

Johanna Rothman

FTE for full-time Equivalent (as in human beings!) “Resources” instead of the words: people, or human beings Construction metaphors, such as: build, which describes how we organize and create a usable product. See Why Shared Services “Teams” Don’t Work with Agility. Pregnancy to explain the indivisibleness of some work.

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4 Ways to Improve Your Leadership Communication Effectiveness

Organizational Talent Consulting

Identify five people that know you well and would be comfortable giving you constructive feedback. Cultivate Your Cultural Agility. Culture is one of the most potent forces in business. Culture is one of the most potent forces in business. I experienced the importance of cultural agility early in my career.

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Strategies for Executive Teams to Stay Aligned

LSA Global

3 Strategies for Executive Teams to Stay Aligned As leadership teams navigate through inevitable challenges and opportunities, maintaining alignment becomes paramount to achieving collective goals and sustaining a high performance culture. marketplace, strategy, structure, culture, talent, processes, technology, leadership, mindsets, etc.),

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Are You Assessing Executive Capabilities to Close Key Gaps?

LSA Global

Creating an aligned and high performance culture that sets the stage for peak performance is about a lot more than just designing a corporate strategy and deploying the resources to deliver on it. To assess potential, you must use assess specific personality traits, motivation , and learning agility.

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How to Make Agile Work for the C-Suite

Harvard Business

Many companies are attempting a radical — and often rapid — shift from hierarchical structures to more agile environments, in order to operate at the speed required by today’s competitive marketplace. At Bain & Company, we do not believe that companies should try to use agile methods everywhere. This takes time.

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