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Understanding the Anatomy of Startup Failures

Business Consulting Agency

Impact : A product or service without market demand leads to low sales, hindering revenue generation. Impact : Financial instability, cash flow issues, and inability to sustain operations lead to business failure. Impact : Dysfunctional teams or leadership issues hinder productivity, innovation, and company culture.

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Want Business Agility? Rethink Your Easy Career Ladders, Part 4

Johanna Rothman

You want business agility. The people and teams continue to experiment with agile behaviors. Every team's agile journey is unique. So is each manager's agile journey. If some people aren't sure, they might not be as far along in their agile journey. These folks have to manage the organization's cash flow.

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New Business Help Through Consulting Services

Business Consulting Agency

Financial Management Assistance: Consultants provide insights into financial planning, budgeting, and cash flow management. Benefits: Streamlined operations, improved productivity, and resource optimization. Benefits: A positive workplace culture, attracting and retaining top talent.

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Leadership Tip #13: For Innovation, Remove at Least One Policy or Procedure a Week

Johanna Rothman

Now, these same managers want business agility. The more we remove, the more agility or improvement we might see. As the organization changes (both products and tooling), people might not make those mistakes again. About a decade ago, an organization suffered three consecutive bad deployments to production.

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How Well Do Your Policies Create Desired Outcomes and Trust?

Johanna Rothman

If you don't manage your cash flow, a lack of cash will kill your business. The more we want an agile organization that might be able to bounce forward , the more we need to create an environment of thinking and trust. Your policies create your culture. Your policies create and refine your actual culture.

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7 Critical Success Factors for Project Based Firms to Consider in 2024

Progressus

Technology combined with data is a matter of life and death for professional services firms where the “product” is a combination of insights and expertise. It prevents you from generating reliable cash-flow forecasts and makes it incredibly difficult to manage resources. How often do you release new products/services?

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