Harvard Business

JULY 19, 2017

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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Johanna Rothman

MAY 1, 2024

When you ask the elimination or dirt-bag questions, you can see how well the candidate fits in the organization. Yes, ask the cultural fit questions before you ask the technical skills questions. Especially if you want to use agile approaches. See Flow Metrics and Why They Matter.)

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LSA Global

MAY 16, 2024

Do your leaders know how to actively involve key stakeholders during change to ensure that they are all onboard? Leaders must foster psychological team safety and a culture of transparency if they want employees to feel comfortable enough to express their true thoughts and concerns.

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Johanna Rothman

MARCH 6, 2024

In Effective Agility Requires Cultural Changes: Part 1 , I said that real agile approaches require cultural change to focus on flow efficiency , where we watch the flow of the work , not the people doing tasks. What about those cultural changes? This is not an agile approach. All roads lead to Flow Metrics.)

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Strategic Planning and Management Insights

MARCH 6, 2023

McKinsey & Company discovered that data-driven firms are 23 times more likely to acquire customers , six times more likely to retain them, and 19 times more likely to be profitable than their counterparts without a data-driven culture. When it comes to tracking your strategic goals, it's crucial to focus on the data that matters.

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Johanna Rothman

MARCH 30, 2020

As a manager, while you might have a bunch of metrics, most of those measures don't help you manage. ( See Agile Program Measurements to Visualize and Track Progress and Measure Cycle Time for my suggestions of what to measure. I have more ideas and a more in-depth discussion in Create Your Successful Agile Project.).

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Harvard Business

JUNE 19, 2017

If software has eaten the world, then agile has eaten the software world. And there is no shortage of information and advice on how agile should be implemented in your tech organization. For example, a Google search for “agile software development” returns over 14 million results. Related Video.

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Johanna Rothman

JANUARY 31, 2024

In Effective Agility Requires Cultural Changes: Part 1 , I said that real agile approaches require cultural change to focus on flow efficiency, where we focus on watching the work, not the people. But teams can change how they work—in any approach. But here's how they can work to create more agility.

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Johanna Rothman

MARCH 30, 2020

As a manager, while you might have a bunch of metrics, most of those measures don't help you manage. ( See Agile Program Measurements to Visualize and Track Progress and Measure Cycle Time for my suggestions of what to measure. I have more ideas and a more in-depth discussion in Create Your Successful Agile Project.).

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LSA Global

MAY 25, 2022

The People Team faced a few complications: The Executive Team that they needed to support was not on the same page with an agreed upon vision of of how to handle internal and external disruptions. People Team goals , roles, success metrics, and interdependencies were unclear and misaligned. Assessed the Current Situation.

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LSA Global

APRIL 4, 2022

And a successful redesign of the customer experience requires the active involvement of your entire organization , from the ground up, in understanding at each level how to deliver the best customer experience possible, each and every time. Steps to Redesign Your Customer Experience.

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LSA Global

AUGUST 25, 2020

Are you and your sales team agile enough? You will find out just how quickly you can pivot your sales strategy and your sales team when a crisis occurs. Is your sales strategy, sales culture , and sales talent aligned enough to navigate a crisis? Is It Time to Pivot Your Sales Strategy? And now we have one – COVID 19.

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Harvard Business

NOVEMBER 29, 2018

A core challenge of management is to ensure that the organization’s priorities, strategies, and metrics are consistently embraced and that any impediments are identified and addressed quickly. Metrics that are reported daily, such as “units at capacity.” CAPTION TEXT HERE/Getty Images.

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LSA Global

DECEMBER 3, 2019

Here are some tips on how to coalesce your leadership team so that everyone is pulling in the same direction: Keep Everyone’s Eye on the Prize. The caveat is that there must be some agility as you execute the plan. Six Tips on Moving Forward When Top Leaders Disagree on Strategy. Consider the Context. Include a Caveat.

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Kates Kesler

NOVEMBER 29, 2015

Leaders do not know how and are not motivated to work in a matrix – metrics and reward systems continue to reinforce lack of enterprise thinking. They have grown up moving through jobs that take them across regions, cultures, functions, and business models. Unc ertainty is unnerving for most of us. Amy Kates & Greg Kesler.

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Harvard Business

MARCH 28, 2017

Read more from Korn Ferry: How to Develop Leaders Who Can Drive Strategic Change. So how can organizations seize the opportunities of the digital economy? And how can they embed the ability to change and thrive in the digital world into their DNA in order to ensure their digital sustainability? Discipline and Focus.

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Harvard Business

MARCH 22, 2017

Members are guided on how to register for an online member portal, which provides access to email your doctor, refill prescriptions, make appointments, and more. The metrics also changed. Marketers are adopting the business practices of entrepreneurs such as lean startup and agile development. The results?

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Harvard Business

MARCH 12, 2018

But since Tom’s boss was under pressure to meet a number of website metrics, she didn’t have the flexibility to implement his ideas. It’s not often possible to ignore performance metrics or overcome policies and bureaucratic red-tape. .” At first, Tom wasn’t deterred.

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Harvard Business

JULY 1, 2016

The corollary, of course, is “we don’t know how to do that.” By tracking a metric, they can sell optimized wait times (elevators as a service) rather than banks of elevators based on price. But sustainable growth relies on developing a culture of constant innovation in everything the company does.

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Harvard Business

JANUARY 2, 2018

This message is reinforced in meetings, at events, and with various awards for contributing to the culture. Microsoft’s popular Precision Questioning class teaches participants to question their own ideas, develop approaches to healthy, constructive criticism, and act with emotional agility even in tense situations. Amit Maimon.

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Harvard Business

DECEMBER 19, 2016

CEOs must be agile and adaptive, operating from a mindset of continual anticipation and appraisal in order to make timely investment decisions and oversee speedy execution. In addition to ramping up technology savvy recruitment, CEOs face the weighty challenge of creating a cohesive, high-performance culture.

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Harvard Business

DECEMBER 13, 2017

Defining and tracking success metrics. A PM with a high EQ has strong relationships within their organization and they have a keen sense of how to navigate both internal and external hurdles to ship a great product. The art of resource allocation (it is not a science!). Performing market assessments. Pricing and revenue modeling.

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Johanna Rothman

APRIL 19, 2023

” Tim was worried about the cultural changes we needed to discuss for the client's ability to be more effective. Tim had good reasons to worry about those cultural changes. How well do we create and explore alternatives? How satisfied are we with our people, product, and cultural leadership?

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Harvard Business

JANUARY 20, 2017

How to Handle a Colleague Who’s a Jerk When the Boss Isn’t Around. The teams exposed to rudeness displayed lower capabilities in all diagnostic and procedural performance metrics, markedly diminishing the infant’s chances of survival. You and Your Team Series. Collaboration. Amy Jen Su.

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Harvard Business

OCTOBER 27, 2017

Deliver a Strategy That Works by Managing Culture and Communication. Build a lean and powerful governance structure to reinforce accountability, ownership, and a bias toward action, based on agreed-upon metrics and milestones. Harness the Power of Feedback Loops for Better Strategy Design and Delivery.

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