Johanna Rothman

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

The managers don't believe the teams need product owners, so the teams don't have POs. They started with how—and the answer was Scrum. I explained how various lifecycles worked and when it made sense to consider which approach. When I left, they all understood how to decide how to make tradeoffs.

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Tsavo Neal

SEPTEMBER 11, 2020

Blog: Demonstrate how your content will benefit people — and prompt them to click on and read it. Blog: Demonstrate how your content will benefit people — and prompt them to click on and read it. About: Share more about you, your interests, and your story so that like-minded people feel connected to you. with this email….

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Consulting Matters

APRIL 9, 2019

So it was a very significant role and we did very unique things and new to the world type products. I was a sounding board to other higher executives about what their strategies may be or how they might sound in a particular presentation at a quarterly review in front of thousands of people. So welcome. Dave Saliaris: Well hi Betsy.

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Tom Spencer

FEBRUARY 10, 2018

For example, when a business introduces a new product to the marketplace, they may be venturing into uncharted territory that may result in a hit or a flop. Innovation transcends product development. When you learn how to successfully innovate in your startup, you can potentially catapult your business to new levels of success.

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Makarios Consulting

JUNE 22, 2022

In fact, they assert that: “The best question to ask yourself is, ‘How have I served others today?’”. Asking the question orients your mind toward finding an answer: you want to “fill in the blank” with positive outcomes. LinkedIn: “To connect the world’s professionals to make them more productive and successful.”.

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Harmonious Workplaces

OCTOBER 18, 2023

This can make it difficult for employees to feel safe and comfortable at work, which can lead to decreased productivity and morale. Letting employees know that they conceal-and-carry does not put many minds at ease, particularly if the manager appears prone to stress and anxious behaviors. In fact, on June 23, 2022, the U.S.

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Consulting Matters

OCTOBER 30, 2020

Do you struggle with owning your vision for your business with the guilt of now knowing how to make that vision happen? Let Dan be your inspiration and guide and a powerful example of how to go after your dreams and achieve your full potential. He is an action-oriented visionary who deeply cares about people. That's what I do.

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Johanna Rothman

AUGUST 2, 2022

The question: How can this portfolio team start to manage the project portfolio when the organization has 600 projects? How to start? No team can evaluate that many projects in a week, never mind in a day. Do not worry about how the project is organized to deliver. That's an impossible task. I always choose zero.

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Jerry Fletcher

FEBRUARY 5, 2022

Recently, while developing my product called Brandr I realized that most folks don’t understand that Brand has three time components: Now, Later and Long term. Your brand is less about identity and more about the product or service. It is less about what you do and more about how and why. How is your process.

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Steve Shu Consulting

MARCH 21, 2014

For those unfamiliar with the term “behavioral economics”, I generally describe behavioral economics as a combination of psychology and a traditional science like economics or finance. How do we know when a commercial or public system has been set up in a behaviorally unfriendly way, and what can or should be done about it?

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Tom Spencer

JULY 11, 2020

I have seen this most powerfully when a consulting candidate has an excellent background in life sciences (generally understood as pharmaceuticals and medical products) or healthcare. With this perspective in mind, I want to highlight the pains of getting a dual degree in the first place.

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Organizational Talent Consulting

AUGUST 13, 2023

Being heard creates psychological safety in relationships and is vital to establishing productive conflict and trust. A good starting question is to ask, what's on your mind? It leaves your team feeling valued, affirmed, and connected emotionally with you. Active listening eases tensions where resentment exists.

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Makarios Consulting

JUNE 22, 2022

In fact, they assert that: “The best question to ask yourself is, ‘How have I served others today?’” Asking the question orients your mind toward finding an answer: you want to “fill in the blank” with positive outcomes. LinkedIn: “To connect the world’s professionals to make them more productive and successful.”

Leadership 52

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Nash Consulting

MARCH 27, 2023

Recall how you felt and pay close attention to how you’re feeling now as you rerun the situation. Recall how you felt and pay close attention to how you’re feeling now as you rerun the situation. How does it feel to be in conflict? Close your eyes, take a few deep breaths, and picture the conversation.

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Nash Consulting

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

One of her primary objectives was to understand how a medical team's sense of psychological safety - the belief that it was “safe” for them to speak freely, express their opinions, and disagree without fear of repercussion or rejection - influenced how often that team made errors.

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The Management Centre

JULY 8, 2020

How to ensure people learn, develop and feel invested in – no matter how small your training budget is. Buying a ready-made training product without thinking about the unique challenges and needs of your organisation, whilst cost effective, might not be enough to create real value. These will continue to shrink.

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Asamby Consulting

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

In this article, we will discuss how to implement a good organizational structure for remote working, and advantages and challenges of remote work, to provide you some helpful insights if you are looking to change your current workforce into remote. Is working remotely really as good as it seems?

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Epicflow

AUGUST 25, 2022

What mistakes prevent initiatives from successful completion in a multi-project setting, and how can they be prevented? Learn more about resource capacity planning from our blog post: Resource Capacity Planning: What, Why, and How. It means that the majority of companies face project failure to a greater or lesser degree. .

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Tom Spencer

OCTOBER 29, 2021

Social entrepreneurship combines the problem solving, product design, and strategic implementation associated with traditional entrepreneurial and consulting roles with large scale societal impact. Enter Social Entrepreneurship! There are typically six to ten projects per semester.

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Johanna Rothman

OCTOBER 3, 2018

This series is about how you might move to a product-based organization. Part 1 was about how when we organize by function, the recognition and rewards might prevent a successful agile transformation. Part 2 was about one possibility for moving to a product-based organization. Or, by managing a customer’s problems.

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Tsavo Neal

SEPTEMBER 18, 2020

But you can make it “easier” when you find that critical combination of work you love for an audience you love to serve. What is the easiest way to build a personal brand? There is no “easy” way to build a personal brand. Claiming that you’re an expert in something is 1% of the equation. It’s an incredibly deep, complex topic.

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Johanna Rothman

JUNE 28, 2018

I mentioned how you could integrate the demo work into an iteration if you create a column for the demo. I had a great picture in my mind. Unfortunately, the mind-meld function with you, my readers, isn’t working. Here’s a picture of how you might create a kanban with a Demo state, just before the Done column.

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Organizational Talent Consulting

MARCH 27, 2023

Research by Gallup suggests that employees reporting poor mental health are less productive and five times more likely to miss work than those reporting good mental health. There is a lot of discussion and evidence on the broad benefits of exercise, mindfulness, and gratitude. So what are you to do?

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Comatch

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

There may also be a lack of certainty regarding how many working hours are required, especially at the start of a project. Trust is the foundation of a healthy, productive, and longstanding professional relationship. The purpose of contract negotiations is to reach an agreement that will lead to a mutually beneficial relationship.

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Tom Spencer

JUNE 11, 2014

Organisations and the individuals who work in them have memory which accumulates over time, captured in the form of skills, know-how, products, technology and culture. Customers bring their problems, and companies have a choice in how to serve them. IN the quest for market dominance, companies often engage in a war for talent.

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Harvard Business

JANUARY 3, 2017

It means that to get organizational support for something new, the designer needs to pay as close attention to how the new idea is created, shared, and brought to life as to the new idea itself. A logically plausible proposition, combined with supporting data, is presented to produce a cognitive “sense of proof.”

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Organizational Talent Consulting

OCTOBER 31, 2022

But only if leaders proactively take steps to prepare. Bain & Company found that 47% more S&P 500 businesses moved from the bottom quartile to the top half, and 89% more dropped from the top quartile to the bottom half during economic downturns compared to periods of strong economic growth. It is easy to find out what doesn't work.

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Management Consulted

MAY 29, 2016

The fact is that high-level strategy – combined with proper execution of said strategy – has the power to turn a failing business’ fortunes around or propel an already successful business into an entirely new stratosphere. WHY READ IT? QUICK OVERVIEW. INTERESTING BOOK INSIGHTS.

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Tom Spencer

DECEMBER 3, 2016

International business degrees, in particular the MBA, are of increasing importance in a world where globalization (no matter how you define it) is here to stay. On another level, international business degrees are important because of their focus on real sustainability and how it can be achieved. Two recent examples: AirBNB and Uber.

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LSA Global

JUNE 7, 2021

Workplace Culture Defined We define company culture as HOW work gets done as opposed to WHAT gets done. It is the unique combination of the values, beliefs, and attitudes of your workforce that govern how the business operates and how employees think and behave as they accomplish their work objectives.

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Consulting Success

FEBRUARY 8, 2018

In this episode, we are talking about ways that you can effectively position yourself as an expert in your field, how to get your expertise recognized, and the danger of productizing your work, as well as what you should be doing instead. Doubling a $400,000 Revenue Model With Business Trainer Blair Enns. Blair, welcome. .

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Harvard Business

JULY 3, 2018

With the EU’s passage of the Circular Economy Package in April, many European companies are now facing mandates to reuse the products they create for as long as possible. We are academics and practitioners focused on product recovery economics and life cycle asset management. HBR Staff/Caspar Benson/Getty Images.

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ConsultX

AUGUST 10, 2021

Gerber Focus - Al Ries How to Win Friends and Influence People - Dale Carnegie Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion - Robert B Cialdini Outwitting the Devil - Napoleon Hill Purple Cow - Seth Godin The E-Myth Revisited - Michael E. Conquer the Chaos shows you how. Conquer the Chaos - Clate Mask & Scott Martineau Crush It!

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Harvard Business

JUNE 23, 2016

It’s a chronic condition that’s a direct response to our 24/7 “always on” work cultures – which, combined with a climate of economic uncertainty, make for a perfect storm in our physiology. How can productivity, creativity, and innovation thrive under such circumstances? Steve was burned out.

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Harvard Business

JUNE 28, 2018

Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak were a total mismatch when it came to style and personality, but their ability to combine their strengths — Jobs the visionary salesman, Wozniak the genius inventor — was key to Apple’s DNA. How Senior Executives Find Time to Be Creative. You and Your Team Series. Thinking Creatively.

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Tom Spencer

MARCH 13, 2014

Dean Tufano , former HBS Professor, reinvented the traditional MBA program by introducing Oxford’s 1+1 MBA , a course that allows high potential leaders to combine the depth of study of a traditional MSc degree with the breadth of an MBA. It will consequently find life much harder in the 21st century. The Case for Reinvention.

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Harvard Business

APRIL 3, 2017

But the devil is in the details, and when people advocate for inclusive growth they don’t always have the same things in mind. So this raises the question: How do we enable more people to get involved in solving problems? Many minds make lighter work. It is hard for anyone to be against the idea of inclusive prosperity.

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