Johanna Rothman

MARCH 21, 2024

Then, in Part 2 , I asked those unemployed agilists to review their functional skills, the skills people need to do a product development job well. I strongly recommend you get a line job, not a staff job. If you don't have those skills yet, obtain them with your next line job. Especially, Agile is Not a Silver Bullet.

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Harmonious Workplaces

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

Age Bias Hurts Your Business I’ll just say it, “Job hunting sucks!” I’m writing this article around my 48th birthday. Since I’ve shown a little grey in my beard, I can verify from my experience that some hiring managers do not look favorably on older workers, especially job seekers. The interview ended.

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Johanna Rothman

APRIL 10, 2023

But I think it's going to remove all those busy-work jobs , not the jobs where we, as humans, offer value. Here's a short test to know if your job will survive the (somewhat) imminent AI revolution: Does your job require you to analyze something someone already did? However, that url is a big 404 on my site.

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Johanna Rothman

MARCH 18, 2024

That part discusses why managers see agile coaches and Scrum Masters as staff positions, not line jobs. Then, in Part 2, I suggested you mine your experience to move to a line job, so your value is obvious. Then, in Part 2, I suggested you mine your experience to move to a line job, so your value is obvious. If not, read it now.

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Consulting Matters

JANUARY 5, 2021

If you are interested in leaving your current job for the potential of running your own consulting or coaching practice, there is only one thing you need. In my experience, there is a direct correlation between the most successful consultants and coaches and their ability to commit fully to their practice and making it a success.

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Chad Barr

JANUARY 31, 2024

Consider Steve Jobs in 1985: ousted from Apple, the very company he established. Yet, upon his return in 1997, Jobs spearheaded a transformative era, introducing groundbreaking innovations like the iPod, iPhone, and iPad. Get your copy of my latest new books available now on my Amazon’s author page.

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Harvard Business

FEBRUARY 28, 2018

There are few phrases that change the dynamics of a conversation more than “ That’s not my job. The phrase “That’s not my job” is typically a symptom of a deeper issue that must be addressed. Ensure that everyone understands your organization’s common purpose.

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Consulting Matters

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

Today, I am sharing my secrets to working with the C-Suite in this first episode of my new Organizational Consulting 101 Series. A second challenge is the transition from leader to consultant or coach, which is a whole new job requiring very different skill sets and perspectives, which I'll share more about in this episode.

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Consulting Matters

MARCH 3, 2021

One of my favorite things to write and talk about is copywriting. Which for most of my clients - it's their absolute least favorite thing. You're reading my mind! Most of these consultants and coaches love what they do. But they hate the struggle of trying to find the words to describe what they do and write about it.

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Consulting Matters

MARCH 3, 2021

When I first started my consulting business my value proposition was "I ignite leadership and organizational potential" which made sense to me. What my clients were in pain about were silos and conflicts between executives. Related Article: "How to Find the Exact Words That Attract Your Ideal Clients". You are not alone.

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Consulting Matters

AUGUST 10, 2023

Mellicia Marx embarked on her entrepreneurial journey without a solid plan, leaving her corporate job behind. About my guest: Mellicia Marx empowers women to communicate their authentic personal style with an intentional, values-based approach to expressing themselves through clothes.

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Consulting Matters

MARCH 16, 2023

This is how I help my clients in my signature Business and Brand Strategy and Messaging program. As I go through each item in building a powerful business foundation that sets your business up for consistency in your results, consider if you could benefit from my personalized guidance. Hire someone else that conveys trust.

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Johanna Rothman

MARCH 13, 2024

Every day, I hear more stories of agile coaches or Scrum Masters losing their jobs. Agile coaches and Scrum Masters are staff positions, not “line” jobs. But they are the reality of what my clients discuss with me. The next post will discuss what you can do to increase your choices for your next job.

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Markovitz Consulting

AUGUST 3, 2021

One of the participants in my Conclusion Trap class was grappling with a persistent problem at her company: their website regularly crashed after upgrades. This is precisely what my student discovered when she dove more deeply into the situation. The solution was obvious—schedule additional meetings between those two teams.

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CaseInterview.com

AUGUST 28, 2022

Responsibility = It’s your job to fix the problem. If you want to accelerate your career and progress faster than typical, then do the following: Voluntarily adopt a higher responsibility to fault ratio before your formal job title requires it. I’ve been doing this since my very first corporate summer internship. Here’s why.

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Makarios Consulting

JANUARY 23, 2024

Refusing to make changes to my own responsibilities because I fear losing control? This creates a sustainable, energized business that is positioned for success Reluctant to modify my role because I don’t know what I would fill my time with? Avoiding change because I don’t believe anyone else will do the job as well as me?

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Johanna Rothman

OCTOBER 10, 2023

My peers and I were reacting to the ideas in the report. This is one of my favorite ways to build IP because I get to practice both my writing and expressing my ideas. Another of my favorites because I have permission from my subscribers to market to them. I tend to promote my books on podcasts.

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Johanna Rothman

OCTOBER 25, 2022

As managers, when we offer a job or a promotion, those emotions tend to be happy. I start by acknowledging my feelings. I think of my feelings in two parts: the general approach to the layoff and how I feel about each person, specifically. Because I still had a job. I'm not particularly in touch with my emotions.

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Harmonious Workplaces

DECEMBER 27, 2023

During my career of 25 years, I have met and worked with dozens of recruiters and search firms. The Risks of Recruiting on Your Own Business owners or executives can conduct the job selection process independently. Lynn has coached me about my career, and I had the pleasure of helping her firm rebuild their website.

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Tom Spencer

JANUARY 21, 2022

Many students spend too much time focused on the present: whether it’s homework assignments, working a part time job, or looking forward to the weekend. To begin your career, you need to land an initial job. When I was looking for my first internship, a coworker of my mother came across my post, and shared it with her husband.

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Tom Spencer

AUGUST 18, 2023

My team was responsible for analyzing the target market for a personal safety device. In particular, my role was to cold call universities, send out surveys to students and parents, and craft marketing strategies that would appeal to female university students.

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Johanna Rothman

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

This excerpt is from my story in Thrill Ride magazine, which will be published later this year. Leah liked her job as a test driver. Most of the time that job was the equivalent of babysitting even in sun, rain, or the dead of night. Since it’s not yet published, I’m declaring this in progress.

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Tom Spencer

MARCH 26, 2022

Companies even go so far as to incentivize employees to network by providing bonuses if they provide referrals for job openings. If you are in the process of looking for a job, you should know that 70% of jobs are not published publicly on job sites. What is more, 85% of jobs are filled through networking.

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Harmonious Workplaces

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

Gratitude for the help I received in my time of need I cannot count last week as one of the best of my life. On Wednesday, in addition to exhibiting severe COVID symptoms, I had a full-blown anxiety attack, leaving me weakened, shaken, and unable to cope on my own. This article may help.

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Johanna Rothman

JANUARY 26, 2021

The SM might not realize the SM's job is to create a culture where everyone can do their best job. Part of that job is where people respect each other enough to disagree. Here are questions I use when I want to do the right thing and I feel as if my safety is in question. See the series about Organizational Culture ).

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Johanna Rothman

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

My 60 seconds of WIP for November 2, 2023 The transcript: I’m Johanna Rothman, and this is 60 Seconds of Johanna’s WIP for November 2, 2023, where I read an excerpt of just a minute of some writing in progress. And, because she was undercover, she knew this job wasn’t forever. After all, she was in space.

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Johanna Rothman

AUGUST 30, 2022

As I said in my Day 1 post, my WIP is too high. Here's where I stand with my WIP: I completed one presentation, so I have 4 remaining. If you're wondering, I self-publish my books these days. Yes, I have a checklist that I use as my “done” criteria. How Cost of Delay Makes My Decisions Easier.

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CaseInterview.com

JULY 10, 2023

The key to getting (and keeping) a VP or C-Level job is to demonstrate the required leadership and people management skills before and after you get the job. You need to demonstrate these skills before you get the job in order to get the promotion. You need to demonstrate these skills after you get the job in order to keep it.

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The Consultants Peer Group

MARCH 14, 2024

Nic Fildes, journalist for Financial Times , reported on recent events in PwC Autralia lashes jobs after tax leaks scandal. I will serve my clients with integrity , competence, independence, objectivity , and professionalism. I will serve my clients with integrity , competence, independence, objectivity , and professionalism.

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The Management Centre

MAY 8, 2023

I want my team to feel motivated in their roles – what can I do? Motivated staff perform their jobs more effectively. How their job measures up to their expectations of what it would be? The post How do I find out what makes my staff tick? They are also more creative, flexible and healthy. So how do you motivate others?

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Rick Conlow

JUNE 30, 2022

European countries do a better job. See my post: The Foreshadowing and Manifestation of an Employee Apocalypse). My brother-in-law worked for a company about two years. He did an outstanding job and received a promotion to lead supervisor. Yes, governments pass laws to help. Unions are on the decline.

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Seth Godin Blog

APRIL 6, 2024

We rarely consider the fact that human beings have invented 6 billion jobs in my lifetime. My hunch is that AI is going to produce far more opportunities than it destroys. When a resource can be used more efficiently, we end up using more of the thing, not less.

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Action Plan

MARCH 18, 2024

This issue is part 3 of a series about my life in Boulder Creek. So, every day, on my walks past Junction Park, I stopped, and we talked. He’d had quite a life – a good education, great parents, marriage, kids, many different jobs, divorce, and some bad financial decisions. The first one is here. The second one is here.

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Tom Spencer

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

I experienced something substantially similar in my time at PwC, where we sought to improve the experiences of employees in a global audiology company. I believe that working well with ambiguity is a key part of a consultant’s job, and I’m honestly excited to do so.” Further, these points must be personalized.

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Harmonious Workplaces

OCTOBER 24, 2023

A path on my running route overgrown but still visible. I started working at the age of 16 in 1992 as an industrial cleaner on nights and weekends with my friend Mark. In fact, I have a hard time telling which point(s) may have had the most impact on my career. Signs and Graphic Solutions.

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Makarios Consulting

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Does the person enjoy their job? Capacity refers to the demonstrated ability to do the job at a high level of execution every day. If that is the case, then meet with the person, admit that you did not do a good job defining success, and start afresh. If the answer is “Yes,” you can move on to the next question.

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Johanna Rothman

DECEMBER 2, 2022

On the ANE panel last night, an agile coach asked, “What's my path forward as an agile coach? Literally, the senior leaders' jobs are at risk if they don't “deliver.” Multiple levels for coaches is the same problem as specifying both strategy and tactical levels for managers in a job description. Tall order.

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