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Unemployed Agilists: Review the Hype Cycle & Your Agility to Help You Manage Future Job Changes, Part 4

Johanna Rothman

I started this series by discussing why managers didn't perceive the value of agile coaches and Scrum Masters in Part 1, resulting in layoffs.) That's why I then asked people to review their product-oriented domain expertise and agile-focused domain expertise in Part 3. Especially, Agile is Not a Silver Bullet.

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4 Autopsies of Big Change Management Failures

LSA Global

Here are a few examples from decades of change management consulting projects of now-defunct organizations that, in order to avoid disaster did not. Here are a few examples from decades of change management consulting projects of now-defunct organizations that, in order to avoid disaster did not. They were not agile enough.

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How Avaya Turned Around Its Customer Ratings

Harvard Business

In 2011 Avaya had a major likability problem, and the according market performance you would expect. Avaya’s 2011 Net Promoter Score (NPS) was in the 20s (on a scale of -100 to +100), suggesting that it would have a hard time keeping the customers it had, let alone grow on word of mouth.

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Use Design Thinking to Build Commitment to a New Idea

Harvard Business

John Shuttleworth, a member of BTFG’s Executive Management Team, is responsible for Platforms and Investments. The company, Australia’s largest wealth platform provider, is the wealth management arm of the Westpac Group (Australia’s second largest bank in terms of market capitalization). Designing the Intervention.

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Make Civility the Norm on Your Team

Harvard Business

In 2011 half said they were treated badly at least once a week — up from a quarter in 1998. So what can a manager do to ensure that people on their team or in their department treat each other well? First, managers need to set expectations. How Self-Managed Teams Can Resolve Conflict. You and Your Team Series.

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How Volvo Reinvented Itself Through Hiring

Harvard Business

Many legacy companies would like to transform themselves into agile, talent-first organizations. Between 2011 and 2015, the company added 3,000 new people in engineering and development. For example, its members asked why every design change in a car required a dozen signatures and managed to cut that number in half.

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The Attributes of an Effective Global Leader

Harvard Business

How talent management is changing. As Nayak discovered, driving value by unleashing ideas, spurring collaboration, and solving problems across distance and difference requires shifting management methods from command-and-control to behaving inclusively. ” Insight Center. Developing Tomorrow’s Leaders. Be Inclusive.