Mon.Oct 02, 2023

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How WIP Insights Allow Us to Revisit Brooks’ Law About Adding People to a Team

Johanna Rothman

Several people on LinkedIn commented on my post, Want Better and Faster Results? Increase Team Size and Reduce WIP. They wondered if adding more people to a small team would violate Brooks' Law. As with all good questions, the answer is “It depends.” It depends on how your lifecycle manages feedback loops and learning, how collaborative the team is, and how much WIP the team has.

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4 Ways to Make Work More Meaningful

Harvard Business

Curiosity is not just a medium by which we achieve professional success, it’s also imperative to unlocking purpose and meaning at work. Curiosity about ourselves, our work, and our colleagues is the key to unlocking the significance behind our work. Adopting the mindset of curiosity with the intention of discovering purpose is made possible through four simple practices: crafting your work, making work a craft, connecting work to service, and investing in positive relationships.

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Why Your Employees Aren't Committed to Your Company Strategy

Organizational Talent Consulting

Great leaders dream of a better future – from business sustainability to growing future leaders, increasing speed to market, or operating with greater purpose. To turn those dreams into workplace realities, leaders set strategies. Unfortunately, many organizations keep strategic plans a secret and don't involve leaders outside the executive leadership team.

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Operations in an Era of Radical Uncertainty

Harvard Business

Operations have always been foundational to competitive advantage, but the nature of this relationship is shifting: Historically, the strategic goal of operations was to achieve scale in order to create a sustainable efficiency advantage. In recent years, winners have focused more on ensuring their operations and strategies were adaptive to changing and unforeseen circumstances, with resilience driving outperformance.

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PowerPoint Best Practices for Creating Stellar Presentations

Mastering data visualization in PowerPoint will help accelerate your career because it positions you as someone who can present data that drives business decisions forward. think-cell's PowerPoint Best Practices eBook was created specifically for professionals aiming to master the art and science of data-driven storytelling. What’s inside: Practical Insights: Uncover valuable tips for crafting engaging and persuasive presentations.

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Success With Business Startups Through Professional Assistance

Business Consulting Agency

Starting a new business is a thrilling yet complex journey filled with opportunities and challenges. It requires a well-thought-out plan, strategic decision-making, and comprehensive knowledge of various business aspects. To help navigate these challenges and maximize the chances of success, entrepreneurs often turn to business startup consulting services.

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Strategic Pricing™ – Focus Your Approach

Granite Leadership Strategies

Winning new Government contracts requires that a company pursue them by tracking and chasing more of them if they want to grow the business. From a sheer numbers standpoint that makes sense. But from a strategic business development sense, that may mean more opportunities or a better, more focused approach rather than a shotgun method. From a strategic pricing viewpoint, it means becoming more creative about what you seek and how you structure the pricing, but it also likely means using more

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Better Ways to Support a Colleague with Breast Cancer

Harvard Business

Chances are, you’ll work with a person who is diagnosed with breast cancer at some point in your career. Do you know how to best support them during one of the most challenging times of their lives? In this article, five women who have undergone treatment describe ways their colleagues did — and didn’t — lift them up through their words and actions, both at the time of their diagnosis and beyond.

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But it matters a lot to them…

Seth Godin Blog

To get to the Kebab House Cafe , you’ll need to drive past a dozen fast food restaurants, restaurants you can find off just about any interstate. It’s certainly less convenient to go a few blocks off the beaten path, but the food and service and vibe might be worth it. The thing is, it matters even more to them. The folks that work there, the ones who are building something they’re proud of.

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Do You Need a More Proactive Corporate Strategy?

LSA Global

Challenging Times Often Require a More Proactive Corporate Strategy Does your leadership team tend to focus on the immediate issues in front of them (a reactive corporate strategy) or do they pause and look for new opportunities (a proactive corporate strategy)? Our leadership simulation assessment data tells us that leaders need to do both. A proactive corporate strategy is required to effectively rethink current and future strategic scenarios.

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How to Stay Competitive in the Evolving State of Martech

Marketing technology is essential for B2B marketers to stay competitive in a rapidly changing digital landscape — and with 53% of marketers experiencing legacy technology issues and limitations, they’re researching innovations to expand and refine their technology stacks. To help practitioners keep up with the rapidly evolving martech landscape, this special report will discuss: How practitioners are integrating technologies and systems to encourage information-sharing between departments and pr

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Supporting Decarbonization Efforts in Every Link of Your Supply Chain - SPONSOR CONTENT FROM SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC

Harvard Business

Sponsor content from Schneider Electric.

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LSA Global Delivers Strategy Session for Hospital Leadership

LSA Global

Redwood Shores, CA – LSA Global, the leading business consulting, coaching, and training firm that helps fast growth life science, technology, and service companies by powerfully aligning their culture and talent with strategy, today announced results for a highly customized Strategy Session for Hospital Leadership to create leadership team alignment and focus.

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Should I Push To Make My Interim Leadership Role Permanent?

Harvard Business

A senior leader must make a big decision for her career.

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5 important skills you need if you manage people

Halo Psych

If you’ve ever heard me talk at conferences, or on podcasts, you’ll know I feel strongly about the role of the people manager. In my experience, they can make working life great or extremely difficult. In a recent article I wrote for the print edition of HR Magazine, I talked about the productivity crisis being faced in the UK and elsewhere. I think a big part of this is down to the quality of management in organisations.

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Savings Consultants Are Needed in Today's Market More Than Ever

Savings Consultants are needed in today’s market more than ever. With an increase in expenses, businesses are looking for opportunities to save. Often unknown to businesses are savings in expense reduction, specialized tax savings, specialized savings including medical underpayments, health benefits cost reduction, zero cost processing, and more. Blue Coast Savings, with over 20 years in business, assists Savings Consultants in helping these companies move toward more profitable businesses.

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Create Smart Business Buying Efficiencies With Integrations - SPONSOR CONTENT FROM AMAZON BUSINESS

Harvard Business

Sponsor content from Amazon Business.