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Leadership Tip #11: Substitute the Word Trust for Empower

Johanna Rothman

JULY 20, 2021

We talk a lot about empowered or self-organizing teams in the agile community. When Mark Kilby and I wrote From Chaos to Successful Distributed Agile Teams , we said the easiest way to create a system that worked for the team was for the team to create its own board. Agile Approaches Require Management Cultural Change.

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Developing a high-performing and agile leadership team to increase performance and profitability

Brimstone Consulting

NOVEMBER 6, 2020

How a private equity-backed artisanal food manufacturer stemmed losses, rebuilt the leadership team, and positioned the company for growth. Brimstone worked with the CEO, the senior leadership team, and the private equity firm to put in place the conditions for success. CASE STUDY. Two senior team members were onboarded.

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Reach Business Success with Consultants

Business Consulting Agency

APRIL 11, 2024

Business consultants play a pivotal role in empowering clients and driving business success through their expertise, strategic guidance, and actionable insights. Whether navigating challenges, optimizing operations, or seizing growth opportunities, consulting services offer a myriad of benefits that contribute to client success.

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How to Use Flow Metrics to See if Your Economies of Scale Offer Value, Part 3

Johanna Rothman

DECEMBER 6, 2023

See Why Shared Services “Teams” Don’t Work with Agility and Unearthing Your Project's Delays.) Ignorance of the flow metrics. Luckily, the flow metrics help everyone see where the teams have value and where there is just cost. Here are the four flow metrics: WIP: the current number of work items in progress.

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Mastering Change: 8 Steps for Aligning Top Leadership for Change

LSA Global

MAY 16, 2024

Mastering Change: 8 Steps for Aligning Top Leadership for Change Orchestrating successful organizational change requires more than just a compelling strategic plan or a shift in business practices. Top leadership must be unified in their understanding of why change is necessary and what the desired outcome looks like. That is a shame.

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“Agile Coaching” Is Not the Goal

Johanna Rothman

DECEMBER 18, 2018

I've met a number of agile coaches recently. Even though the client asked for agile coaching, that might not be what the client needs. Even though the client asked for agile coaching, that might not be what the client needs. These questions have nothing to do with a “better agile” or “better Scrum.”

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Agile Metrics Management Data

Accelerate to recovery with senior leadership team alignment

Brimstone Consulting

JUNE 17, 2020

Aligning your senior leadership team will help drive the results needed to move your organization forward through recovery. The alignment of the senior leadership team impacts growth, performance, profitability, and the ability of an organization to navigate change and disruption. Ownership ensures accountability and execution.

Leadership

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Marketing Consultants Improve Business Results Effectively

Business Consulting Agency

OCTOBER 10, 2023

Marketing consulting services have emerged as a beacon of hope for companies aiming to navigate the complex and ever-evolving realm of digital marketing, brand positioning, and customer engagement. Marketing consultants improve business results effectively. Find out below more about the benefits.

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Yes, You Should Be Keeping Score

Makarios Consulting

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

We have never yet come across a leadership team that said, “We don’t want good information. We don’t need to track metrics to succeed as a business.” But we have worked with many leadership teams that acknowledged, “We don’t know what metrics to track to get meaningful insights so that we can make strategic, timely business decisions.”

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Accelerate results in your first 90 days

Brimstone Consulting

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

The board, leadership team, employees, shareholders – they all are at once excited and anxious about the impact a new leader will have on the organization, the bottom line, and what the change in leadership means for them as individuals. The post Accelerate results in your first 90 days appeared first on Brimstone Consulting LLC.

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Leadership Agile Metrics Strategy

The 3 Pillars of an Effective Data Management Strategy: Monitoring, Tracking, and Reporting

Strategic Planning and Management Insights

MARCH 6, 2023

SME Strategy is a strategy consulting firm that specializes in helping organizations align their teams and operations around a shared vision, mission, values, goals, and action plans. This requires effective communication and collaboration across all levels of the organization, from your senior leadership team to front-line workers.

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Measure What You Want to See More or Less Of: Outcomes—Not Easy Measures

Johanna Rothman

APRIL 19, 2023

In preparation for a recent consulting engagement, the client, Tim, said, “I want you to track meeting attendance. We needed to determine what prevented senior leadership (and everyone else) from collaborating. Easy Measures vs. Outcome-Based Measures People only call consultants when they want to change something.

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Create More Management Transparency

Johanna Rothman

JUNE 9, 2020

In the agile and lean communities, we talk a lot about transparency. This image is the transparency principle we used in From Chaos to Distributed Agile Teams. And, a much more agile organization. What do agile managers do? That includes any interim measures, including cycle time metrics. People Solve Problems.

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Crafting an Effective Sales Strategy: A Blueprint for Success

LSA Global

APRIL 15, 2024

And sales leadership simulation assessment data tells us that too many sales leaders struggle with the ability to select strategic sales priorities that add significant value and create a competitive advantage. Stay agile and proactive, regularly reassess your approach, and incorporate feedback to maintain a competitive edge.

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Crafting an Effective Sales Strategy: A Blueprint for Success

LSA Global

APRIL 15, 2024

And sales leadership simulation assessment data tells us that too many sales leaders struggle with the ability to select strategic sales priorities that add significant value and create a competitive advantage. Stay agile and proactive, regularly reassess your approach, and incorporate feedback to maintain a competitive edge.

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How the Most Successful Teams Bridge the Strategy-Execution Gap

Harvard Business

NOVEMBER 23, 2017

To do this, we examined how 49 enterprise leadership teams spend their time and also looked at their perceived effectiveness on critical behaviors of a senior team. That time is spent establishing financial and operational metrics, aligning goals with overarching strategy, allocating resources, and reviewing key metrics.

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Why People Lose Motivation — and What Managers Can Do to Help

Harvard Business

MARCH 12, 2018

Take Tom, a website developer whom I met on a consulting assignment at an accounting firm. But since Tom’s boss was under pressure to meet a number of website metrics, she didn’t have the flexibility to implement his ideas. ” At first, Tom wasn’t deterred. But it’s not just that play “feels good.”

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Leadership Tip #11: Substitute the Word Trust for Empower

Developing a high-performing and agile leadership team to increase performance and profitability

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How to Use Flow Metrics to See if Your Economies of Scale Offer Value, Part 3

Mastering Change: 8 Steps for Aligning Top Leadership for Change

“Agile Coaching” Is Not the Goal

Accelerate to recovery with senior leadership team alignment

Marketing Consultants Improve Business Results Effectively

Yes, You Should Be Keeping Score

Accelerate results in your first 90 days

The 3 Pillars of an Effective Data Management Strategy: Monitoring, Tracking, and Reporting

Measure What You Want to See More or Less Of: Outcomes—Not Easy Measures

Create More Management Transparency

Crafting an Effective Sales Strategy: A Blueprint for Success

Crafting an Effective Sales Strategy: A Blueprint for Success

How the Most Successful Teams Bridge the Strategy-Execution Gap

Why People Lose Motivation — and What Managers Can Do to Help

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