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Management Rewards: Doing Work vs Creating an Environment

Johanna Rothman

My agile transformation clients struggle with this big question: How do we effectively reward managers? The more the organization wants or needs an agile transformation, the less the current reward structure works. Cindy wants this agile transformation to succeed. Cindy operates in a regulated industry.).

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Minimum Requirements Documentation: A Matter of Context

Johanna Rothman

I use the guideline: If I can't write large enough on the front of the card to see, my story is too large. Too many distributed teams operate as people in silos, handing work off to each other. for ways to use lifecycles other than waterfall or agile. Agile approaches assume a collaborative approach, including with the PO.

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How to Move from Strategy to Action

LSA Global

Step-by-Step Guidelines To be set up for success, a strategy must be broken down into the specific “how” at the individual, team, and organizational levels. With a clear line of sight , each function, each team, and each individual employee understands exactly how they are to operate and where and when they will interact with others.

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Start Slow, Finish Fast: Rightsizing Your Organization the Right Way

Kates Kesler

Consider these five factors: Customers Strategy and Organization Capabilities Operating Model Organization Shape Talent. Operating Model. Where does it make sense to duplicate work in order to drive differentiation and agility? When making cuts, take the appropriate time necessary to make sound decisions. Customers.

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Traits of an Organizational Structure Designed to Promote Employee Engagement

LSA Global

In fact, Fortune magazine recently reported that other than having what they called a “flexible operating model,” the organizational designs of its Most Admired Companies varied greatly. There is no silver bullet org structure that will increase employee performance or engagement.

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How Nextdoor Addressed Racial Profiling on Its Platform

Harvard Business

As I discuss in my book Analytics: The Agile Way, how Nextdoor responded illustrates not only the importance of reacting quickly in a crisis , but how useful a data-driven, agile approach can be. But by taking a data-oriented and agile approach to design, the company reported it had reduced racial profiling by 75 percent.

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The Future of Management (Part 2/3)

Tom Spencer

Some change management consultants prepare organisations to transform the way they do things in order to become more efficient and effective versions of themselves – for example, Agile Coaches and Lean Consultants. What this means is that there is no exact guideline for Teal management, it will look different in every organisation.