Johanna Rothman

OCTOBER 24, 2023

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. The first time a manager asked me how many man-weeks my work would take, I said, “Zero.

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The Management Centre

MARCH 24, 2023

In this blog, we’re going to explore why it can be so hard to give constructive feedback, and how to overcome these obstacles. This reason often comes from managers who genuinely want to have good relationships with their colleagues, and who want to be ‘nice’. Teams need to find ways to become ever more effective and efficient.

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Business Consulting Agency

JULY 13, 2023

Cost-Efficiency Contrary to misconceptions, investing in business consulting services often leads to cost savings. Consultants streamline processes, optimize resource allocation, and identify areas for operational efficiency, translating into tangible financial benefits over time.

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Tom Spencer

JANUARY 27, 2018

Managers talk amongst themselves about juniors, just as juniors talk about their managers. Your manager will not understand everything happening on the case or within your work, and their perception of your performance is more important than your actual performance. Invest upfront in your reputation to coast on it later.

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Makarios Consulting

APRIL 16, 2020

In our “ top ten ” list of characteristics that define high-performing teams, providing appreciative and constructive feedback is always a tough one to actualize. However, if you want a high-performing team, you have to tackle feedback head on because feedback is what makes teams productive, efficient, and motivated.

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Johanna Rothman

AUGUST 15, 2019

Part 2 was why we need managers. Typing is how we construct the product. However, software is learning, not construction. But That's Not Efficient, Right? Busyness looks efficient. Effective software teams use flow efficiency , so they all learn together. Part 1 was about the 4 big problems I see.

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Organizational Talent Consulting

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Organizations searching for efficiency tend to hire and promote employees who conform to group norms and encourage unity. Talent management decisions can be viewed as a more subtle nuance to culture change because decisions are influenced by explicitly stated criteria and unstated value priorities. References: Amabile, T. Lukes, M., &

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Harvard Business

OCTOBER 26, 2018

. “First, let’s fire all the managers” said Gary Hamel almost seven years ago in Harvard Business Review. For almost 100 years, management has been associated with the five basic functions outlined by management theorist Henri Fayol: planning, organizing, staffing, directing, and controlling.

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Rick Conlow

JUNE 19, 2023

The number of companies adopting and managers leading remote work teams has increased significantly. In addition, Gallup research shows 82% of managers are failing. Here are nine roadblocks that make it difficult for remote work to work for employees and managers. The COVID-19 pandemic initiated this trend. hours a week.

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CaseInterview.com

SEPTEMBER 15, 2019

In the world of project management, there exists a useful concept knows as the “critical path” for a project. For example, in a construction project, the critical path early in the project is the architect’s blueprint. Without the blueprint, no construction can begin because it's unclear what needs to be done.

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Epicflow

JULY 5, 2022

What helps make cost estimation simple and efficient? First and foremost, a project manager estimates project cost during the initiation phase, when a project charter or a business case is created. As a rule, it’s impossible to prepare detailed calculations at this stage, so a project manager usually comes up with rough estimates.

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Rick Conlow

MAY 31, 2023

Decreased productivity: Bad teamwork can lead to decreased productivity as team members may struggle to work together efficiently. Managers may need to intervene, hold meetings, or engage in mediation processes to resolve conflicts. Offer constructive feedback to team members, highlighting their strengths and areas for improvement.

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Tom Spencer

APRIL 6, 2019

This post explores three areas where drones are currently being used, the data they generate, and how they are being used to increase efficiency and maximise profits. Orthomosaic maps (many photos constructed together in a geometrically accurate way) can be created from the data that drones collect. Image: Vogel. References.

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Tom Spencer

AUGUST 15, 2013

And the pioneering work of social enterprises in sectors like construction , manufacturing , banking , hospitality and healthcare suggest that innovative and sustainable businesses are able to thrive without being run primarily for profit. Management are likely to be under less pressure to shrink a social enterprise during a downturn.

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LSA Global

OCTOBER 8, 2021

In fact, according to the Journal of Applied Psychology, microlearning is 17 percent more efficient than traditional, longer-duration courses. Focus more on solid instructional design and well-constructed content that is relevant and can be easily grasped. But you need to understand its limitations and get it right.

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Harvard Business

JUNE 13, 2018

But here’s the good news: There are effective ways to manage the overwhelming demands of drop-off, homework, and parent-teacher conferences while still delivering and succeeding at work. When the day is over, enjoy knowing that your yearly contribution has been made in full — and efficiently.

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LSA Global

JULY 23, 2021

Slow Down As eager as you may be to make your mark as a new manager by moving forward quickly with changes you think are needed, slow down. If you humbly ask about their perspectives and experiences, you will learn a lot personally and professionally and avoid costly new manager mistakes. Know your team to improve engagement.

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Harvard Business

APRIL 6, 2016

Not long ago, a manager asked me to name the most important work-life benefit for employees. Too many managers resort to measuring face time instead of actual work performance, but they rarely admit it. When managers do so, they free employees to arrange their work lives so that they can be the most effective.

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Organizational Talent Consulting

MAY 8, 2023

Employees are more likely to provide constructive criticism and engage in productive conflict without fear of exclusion or retaliation. Here are some examples: Sodexo measures employee quality of life as the employee's physical environment , health and wellbeing, social interaction, recognition, ease and efficiency, and personal growth.

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Consulting and Organizational Management

JUNE 28, 2010

Operations assumes this status quo as a “given” and works within current procedures to improve them and “operationalize” them with a high degree of efficiency. Development, on the other hand is a constructive conspiracy. Establishing and managing boundaries is both necessary and problematic. Career Management. Leadership.

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Harvard Business

SEPTEMBER 20, 2017

In Japan several factors combine to help insulate managers from outside influence, including cross-holdings where the company owns shares in a partner firm, docile boards mostly composed of company executives, and a court system historically biased against investment funds.

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Tom Spencer

DECEMBER 15, 2018

Over the last several years we have seen hospitals invest millions of dollars in the form of advertising, expansion of services, construction and enhancement of facilities, and adoption of the latest technologies to improve efficiencies and appeal to patients. Hospitals often do this via a marketing campaign.

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Epicflow

MARCH 22, 2024

This article is inspired by the webinar featuring Epicflow co-founder Jan Willem Tromp and professor Mario Vanhoucke based on his latest book “The Illusion of Control: Project Data, Computer Algorithms and Human Intuition for Project Management and Control”. So, what do you need for an efficient risk analysis?

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Harvard Business

OCTOBER 21, 2016

We constructed a measure of corporate purpose within a sample of 429 U.S. The primary benefit of this dataset is that it allows us to construct measures across a diverse set of companies based on actual employee beliefs about their employer. fairness, management quality) and connect them both to purpose and financial performance.

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Management Consulted

OCTOBER 2, 2016

Founded in 1989 by three former consultants of the MAC Group (a boutique sales and distribution consulting firm), Cornerstone Research was established to be very different than the general management consulting firm it was birthed from; focused on unique clients, managing delicate client relationships, and offering specialized work.

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Tom Spencer

OCTOBER 4, 2011

in Management Consulting. AECOM is a leader in providing fully integrated professional, technical and management support services for a broad range of markets. Services include architecture, building engineering, construction services, design + planning, economics, energy and environmental services. Definitions. Helpful Links.

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Epicflow

JULY 27, 2022

In a complex multi-project environment with a shared resource pool, there are even more reasons for team members to work as efficiently as possible – otherwise it will be impossible to ensure a seamless and fruitful workflow and successful project delivery. . Do the leaders provide people with constructive feedback regarding their work?

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Seth Godin Blog

JULY 25, 2018

Now, more than ever, you’re likely to be running a team, managing a project or deciding on your own agenda as a free agent. He designed the Model T to be efficient to build. Imagine two buildings under construction. Both have 25 well-trained, well-paid, hard-working construction workers. Somebody else was in charge.

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Harvard Business

JUNE 13, 2017

That’s why decision makers require spot-on data and efficient, streamlined systems to maintain it. They’re free, globally recognizable, high-quality data points that enable you to efficiently gather information on a business’s industry, online activities, and functionality. trillion bite out of the U.S.

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Harvard Business

SEPTEMBER 14, 2017

And yet, this aggregate number adds up positive and negative weather impacts, and masks the true extent to which abnormal weather harms individual businesses operating in utilities, retail, food processing, transportation, and construction, among other industries. Today, weather risk management is still in its early days.

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Harvard Business

DECEMBER 4, 2017

That year we decided to design and construct our own data center; one of the most significant energy footprints for a tech company comes from the storage of data, which requires a huge amount of electricity. We designed a data center that was 38% more energy efficient and that cost 24% less to build than a traditional data center.

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Granite Leadership Strategies

MARCH 22, 2023

By taking early charge of issuing subcontractor pricing data calls, managing their data, and providing timely feedback, pricing leads can shape the price direction for the team. The basics of a pricing narrative can and should be constructed with uniformity in mind for those items that are always requested.

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Harvard Business

OCTOBER 2, 2018

Tight cultures have an efficient orderliness and reassuring predictability, but are less adaptable. Rooted firmly in the manufacturing industry, Amazon has defined processes to maximize its efficiency. provided the founders with considerable latitude in introducing innovative and unorthodox management methods.

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Harvard Business

JUNE 24, 2016

To design our thinking, we have to become adept at working with mental models and managing thinking styles. Just as you construct an investment portfolio differently for different investment objectives, you want construct your thinking portfolio. But something is missing. This requires both learning and unlearning.

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Harvard Business

JUNE 3, 2016

We know that when IT projects fail, it is usually not because the technology didn’t work (although this can sometimes be the case), but because the changes required at an organizational and employee level weren’t managed effectively. They often have to be made before the new digital system is introduced. In a major U.K.

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Harvard Business

APRIL 6, 2017

How should smart management teams maximize the economic value of smarter systems? Identifying use cases where AI adds as much value to people’s performance as to process efficiencies is essential to successful enterprise adoption. Do managers trust the competence of bossware or that their colleagues won’t betray them?

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Harvard Business

APRIL 5, 2017

However, higher accruals can reflect either innocuous aspects of certain business models, such as in the construction industry, where the time lag between earning income and realizing cash is long, or that growing firms retain higher working capital to meet greater current and future customer demand.

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