Johanna Rothman

OCTOBER 13, 2021

Overall faster decision-making, which allows for business agility. When I work with leaders, I hear reasons like this: I was the original architect or product manager or developer, so I know the most about the system (or product). See Leadership Tip #9: See & Stop Micromanagement—Learn to Trust Instead.

Leadership 73

Leadership Meeting Guidelines System 73

Johanna Rothman

APRIL 6, 2021

We talk a lot about self-organizing teams when we talk about agility. These teams: Understood their goals for the products and services they developed or supported. Because especially agile teams might want to experiment with these practices on a regular basis. Self-Directed Teams Take Responsibility for Their Work Practices.

Management 73

Management Agile Guidelines Productivity 73

LSA Global

MAY 11, 2023

To us, it feels like leadership malpractice to create an organizational structure that negatively impacts the loyalty, discretionary effort, or intent to stay of your top talent. How fair and balanced is your leadership succession process in calibrating leadership performance and potential?

Culture 36

Culture Leadership Guidelines Study 36

Brimstone Consulting

JUNE 28, 2021

In the absence of certainty in the form of detailed guidelines, policies, expectations, and approaches on what and where working together will look like going forward, employees are feeling anxious. When developing your plan, don’t revert to the status quo.

Guidelines 61

Guidelines Agile Policies Survey 61

Epicflow

JANUARY 31, 2023

Becoming a competent and sought-after project manager is impossible without constant professional development. The essays are based on Scott Berkun’s work experience as a project manager at Microsoft, which however doesn’t mean that his guidelines will be useful for software development projects only.

Management 11

Management Handbook Case Study Case Studies 11

Johanna Rothman

DECEMBER 11, 2020

My guideline is 3 acceptance criteria, as Given-When-Then. I still think that teams—assuming they use an incremental lifecycle or an agile approach—can control their cycle time more than they might think. That often means reducing the wait time for everything, including any management or leadership decisions.

Productivity 84

Productivity Agile Guidelines Management 84