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Unemployed Agilists: How to Move from a Staff Role to a Line Job, Part 2

Johanna Rothman

In product development, line jobs contribute to the products themselves, which means they contribute to revenue. Cutting overhead is definitely not personal—it’s all about how managers perceive an employee’s value. At what level do you understand the products you’ve worked on? Industry expertise.

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How to Assess Entry-Level Product Manger Positions

Tom Spencer

Associate Product Manager (APM) positions are well known in Silicon Valley as rotational, mentorship-focused programs designed to accelerate the careers of young aspiring product managers. These alumni have gone on to become VCs, founders, and product leaders, in addition to starting APM programs at companies like Salesforce.

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Want a Data-Driven Organization? Start with Your Talent Strategy

Organizational Talent Consulting

Analytical skill sets also need to include: negotiating consulting communication developing others quantitative analysis Also, organizations need analytical leadership at every level, not just in the CTO or IT department. Analytical skills: definitions and examples. Culture Lever #4 : Deliberate role modeling and training. Cestnik, B.,

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The ROI of eLearning: Measuring the Impact of Online Training on Organizational Success

Clarity Consultants

Instead, employees participate at times that are convenient to them, ensuring organizational productivity. eLearning consultants are learning and development (L&D) experts who harness their expertise to help companies create engaging, useful, and skill-building online courses. Companies don’t have to coordinate in-person sessions.

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Consultants and Candidates: No Free Work. Ask for Reasonable Compensation

Johanna Rothman

See Flow Metrics and Why They Matter.) You don't need a lot of auditions or tests, and you're definitely not wasting a candidate's time. And they don't want to waste a lot of their time answering questions or building your product. Mark Kilby and I developed a self-study Remote Interviewing workshop you might like.

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What is consulting?

Tom Spencer

Some people also call consulting a ‘talk-job’ – you go to the clients, you talk about what the ideal world scenario would be for a particular project, product or market, and your billable hours are sorted. Sales, Marketing, Production) and secondary functions (e.g. Finance, HR, Supply Chain, ICT, Legal). Conclusion.

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Mergers & Acquisitions: The Importance of Creating a Shared Culture

Organizational Talent Consulting

UNDERSTANDING ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE Culture has been studied for years, resulting in many different models and definitions. A working technical definition of corporate culture is an often hidden shared pattern or system of beliefs, values, and behavioral norms. The concept of culture is abstract and not well understood.

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