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Four Classroom Teaching Differentiators in a World of TikTok and Other Digital Innovations

Steve Shu Consulting

I am all for further development of those types of resources and educational models, recognizing their benefits, challenges, and limitations. Invite constructive feedback. As an example, I have often told students that they will likely see Scrum/Agile project management methods when they go into the working world.

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Retire These Metaphors & Reframe the Discussion to be More Effective

Johanna Rothman

For years, we've used several metaphors to describe software product development: People-based metaphors, such as: Man-weeks for all the humans working on a project or a product. See Why Shared Services “Teams” Don’t Work with Agility. I've been part of several construction projects, and they all used an iterative lifecycle.

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Are You Assessing Executive Capabilities to Close Key Gaps?

LSA Global

Personality Traits, Motivation, Learning Agility, and Potential Done right, the proper assessment of leadership competencies and related micro-behaviors tells you about current capabilities. To assess potential, you must use assess specific personality traits, motivation , and learning agility.

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Top 5 Challenges of Building a High Performing Leadership Team

LSA Global

The CEO’s Best Tool for Success – A High Performing Leadership Team To thrive, organizations must be agile enough to meet everchanging market conditions. Not Enough Executive Team Trust, Norms, and Processes Executive teams do not all develop in the same way at the same speed. The speed and scope of change can be daunting.

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How to Make Agile Work for the C-Suite

Harvard Business

Many companies are attempting a radical — and often rapid — shift from hierarchical structures to more agile environments, in order to operate at the speed required by today’s competitive marketplace. At Bain & Company, we do not believe that companies should try to use agile methods everywhere. This takes time.

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4 Ways to Improve Your Leadership Communication Effectiveness

Organizational Talent Consulting

Identify five people that know you well and would be comfortable giving you constructive feedback. Cultivate Your Cultural Agility. I experienced the importance of cultural agility early in my career. Executive coaching, instead of mentoring , can be an excellent choice for leaders wanting to cultivate their cultural agility.

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Seeing What You Want to See Leads to Big Problems

Makarios Consulting

That requires clarity into current situations, sound decision-making, and agile execution. It happens time and again, such as … … when the head of business development is sure that a major customer is locked in despite a shift in order quantities. Let’s put some constructive feedback – dare I say, even criticism? –

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