Johanna Rothman

FEBRUARY 27, 2018

” is one of the questions I see when I work with people going through an agile transformation. I like to see the questions reflect the why for your organization’s agile transformation. A simplistic qualitative measure of organizational agility). The teams could report on their lead time. Lead time trends).

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LSA Global

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

We know from our organizational alignment research that strategic clarity accounts for 31% of the difference between high and low performing companies in terms of revenue growth, profitability, customer loyalty, leadership effectiveness, and employee engagement. That is why strategies for executive teams to stay aligned are paramount.

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Harvard Business

MAY 22, 2018

I know it is critical for the leadership to embrace agile, but the sad reality is that I’m not sure our leadership team will start before it’s too late. Rather than debating the advantages of agile teams, why not start demonstrating them? Learn and experience how agile works. What can I do?”

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Epicflow

JANUARY 30, 2024

Automating routine tasks AI can automate a number of project manager’s tasks, especially those that require work with large amounts of data, e.g., creating schedules and generating reports. According to the report, power skills involve: communication, problem-solving, collaborative leadership, and strategic thinking.

Trends 52

Trends Management Emotional Intelligence Software 52

Johanna Rothman

SEPTEMBER 28, 2018

If you’re thinking about an agile transformation, you already know about feature teams. Here’s the interesting part: Every architectural layer has a middle manager who reports to the senior manager. That’s a relic of how we centralize “support” functions and report profit and loss to the outside world.

Productivity 74

Productivity Agile Culture Efficiency 74

LSA Global

NOVEMBER 12, 2022

When the pressure increases, many change leaders report feeling over their heads. But a lucky few react with a degree of strategic clarity and mental agility that allows them to adapt with relative ease. And a study by Korn Ferry found companies with highly agile workforces have 25% higher profit margins than their less agile peers.

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Business Consulting Agency

APRIL 11, 2024

A report by Harvard Business Review found that companies working with consultants experienced a 28% increase in profitability. Consultants provide change management frameworks, communication strategies, leadership coaching, and employee engagement programs that facilitate successful transformations and drive organizational resilience.

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Harvard Business

OCTOBER 11, 2016

Our research at the Agile Talent Collaborative reinforces findings from Accenture and other consulting and research firms: the use of freelancers — or agile talents as we call them — is growing, and for reasons that go well beyond cost efficiency. Insight Center. Developing Tomorrow’s Leaders.

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LSA Global

MAY 10, 2023

This means that you need to (1) define the critical roles and positions that matter most, (2) agree upon the skills and leadership qualities needed to succeed in those roles, and (3) identify and assess high potential leadership candidates best qualified for those positions. Is your leadership pipeline evaluation future focused enough?

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Progressus

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

Data Maturity When it comes to data, professional services firms need to move beyond basic analytics tools and generic client reports. Agility Evolution Agile transformation represents an ongoing effort to improve efficiency and effectiveness of the organization. Are project operations, sales, customer service, etc.

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LSA Global

FEBRUARY 26, 2022

The situational leadership approach asks leaders and managers to adapt their leadership style to the specific situation and readiness of their followers. Research has shown that most leaders use one leadership style — so they don’t know how to unleash the potential of the individuals on their team.

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Survey Leadership Training Training 36

LSA Global

AUGUST 6, 2021

Lack of Agility Not even the most well researched and well-designed strategies can predict all the events that could hinder strategy execution. Lack of Coordination The good news is that most managers report that they can rely on their boss and their direct reports all or most of the time.

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LSA Global

DECEMBER 28, 2022

When we ask participants in our new manager training workshops to list the attributes of great leaders, the most common are: self-awareness, learning agility , communication , and influence. Being a compassionate leader may not be separately listed, but compassion is certainly part of all four foundational aspects of great leadership.

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Leadership Agile McKinsey Training 36

Cheryl Cran

AUGUST 21, 2016

CEO’s and leaders want to know the number one secret to a leadership development programs success. A recent McKinsey report states that in the US $14 billion is spent on leadership programs annually. If you Google ‘leadership development programs’ there are over 11 million results.

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LSA Global

NOVEMBER 26, 2022

Top Team Leader Mistakes to Avoid at All Costs We know from our action learning leadership development programs that all leaders make mistakes. Even the most subtle leadership behaviors (e.g., Insular leaders lack humility, inclusiveness, openness, agility. We also know that what matters is how they handle them.

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Agile Productivity Training Training 36

Johanna Rothman

DECEMBER 6, 2023

See Why Shared Services “Teams” Don’t Work with Agility and Unearthing Your Project's Delays.) A Short Rant Against Cost Accounting Every organization must report their financials using cost accounting. Want to Rethink Your Management or Leadership? But, shared services create delays and costs.

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Metrics How To Efficiency Resources 62

Harvard Business

OCTOBER 10, 2016

As work itself is changing, some of the basic tenets of leadership development are being challenged. Mastering digital requires leaders to be agile amid disruption. Voser was impatient for a new experience which attracted him to ABB and there he learned a whole new level of turnaround leadership. Insight Center.

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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

Johanna Rothman

SEPTEMBER 28, 2018

In Part 1 , I suggested that when we organize by function, the recognition and rewards might prevent a successful agile transformation. I am using the word serve as in servant leadership. I have found agile managers can succeed when they ask questions such as these: How can I make it easier for the people to do the right thing?

Productivity 65

Productivity Agile Efficiency Management 65

Cheryl Cran

JUNE 28, 2016

I had the opportunity to follow up with Launi post event to interview her on leadership, change leadership and more. Where credit unions have the advantage is that we are agile and first to market with many things such as ATM’s, pictures of checks etc. We need to be agile and ready to adapt to the ongoing disruptions.

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Tom Spencer

JUNE 21, 2021

A = “We need to build a more robust M&A pipeline that evaluates potential targets and moves to the execution phase with more agility. Before doing any sort of writing, whether it’s a strategy deck, a due diligence report, a procedure document, or even a simple email, try to organize your points in the structure described above.

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McKinsey Construction Trends Industry 88

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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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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Harvard Business

MAY 18, 2018

CEB reports that the average organization has undergone five enterprise-wide changes in the past three years and 73% expect change to accelerate (URL: [link] ). In this environment, change agility needs to be part of the new organization’s and leaders’ DNA. Change agility requires an answer to the question “Why?”,

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Johanna Rothman

OCTOBER 8, 2018

Even before I knew about agile approaches, I spent a bunch of time creating unit tests and system tests so I could know that as I fixed/added/replaced code, I hadn’t introduced any problems. Maybe ask the team and the manager to report on the number of times they make decisions alone. Thinking about Refactoring. Well, I did.)

Productivity 58

Productivity Agile Efficiency Management 58

LSA Global

JULY 1, 2017

Our clients report real disconnects on how things get done as their employee populations increase and the complexity of their business grows. Lack of agility. When it comes to strategy execution, change agility. Lack of distributed leadership. Conflicts between departments inevitably occur and gum up the works.

Strategy 39

Strategy Strategy Strategy& Agile 39

LSA Global

DECEMBER 3, 2019

After massive investments of time and money, too many companies report failing at strategy execution. Here are some tips on how to coalesce your leadership team so that everyone is pulling in the same direction: Keep Everyone’s Eye on the Prize. Explicitly measure commitment levels and do what it takes to align your leadership team.

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Strategy Strategy Strategy& Leadership 36

BCG

OCTOBER 27, 2016

Our main message in this report is that TMT companies need to transform. Instead, the short-comings are in leadership, the resolve to change, and the skills needed to reshape the organization around new approaches such as agile. Article Thursday, October 27, 2016.

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LSA Global

AUGUST 1, 2020

In hindsight, change sponsors report making unrealistic assessments of employee morale, cultural barriers, people’s ability to change, leadership’s commitment, and internal politics. Where Are Your Change Blind Spots. Organizational communication, transparency , empowerment, and involvement.

How To 36

How To Agile Change Management Culture 36

LSA Global

APRIL 2, 2021

If you are the CEO or a member of the executive leadership team, our research tells us that your answer is probably “yes.” Unfortunately, our organizational alignment research also found that level 2 leaders (those that report to the C-Suite) find the strategy as 50% less clear, 50% less believable, and 50% less implementable as their boss.

Strategy 36

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Johanna Rothman

JUNE 24, 2020

In that article, I said, the test manager's (and the test team's) mission is: To assess the state of the product under development at any time and report on that state. The testers cannot assure product quality—they can report on the state of the product. That's not “assurance.” The ongoing costs are significant.

Productivity 79

Productivity Management Engineering Software 79

Harvard Business

NOVEMBER 29, 2018

The model has been used in other industries and has parallels to the “teams of teams” approach in the agile method of operating that has become so popular. Across those fundamentals, eight key topics are reported every day. Metrics that are reported daily, such as “units at capacity.”

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System Healthcare Metrics Operations 31

Harvard Business

AUGUST 3, 2017

At a high level, a competency center is a collection of domain experts who are given a goal to improve agility, foster innovation, establish best practices, provide training (and mentoring), and be a communications engine. What reports do we need? Create a leadership and development portal. What data is missing?),

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Training Training Data Agile 30

LSA Global

DECEMBER 23, 2019

With change a constant for most companies, flexible and agile organizations that can adapt to new challenges and new constraints will succeed in the long term. Employees who do not encounter barriers during change report being: Three times more likely to be productively engaged in their work. The Challenge of Organizational Change.

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LSA Global

JULY 1, 2017

Our clients report real disconnects on how things get done as their employee populations increase and the complexity of their business grows. Lack of agility. When it comes to strategy execution, change agility. Lack of distributed leadership. Conflicts between departments inevitably occur and gum up the works.

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Epicflow

JUNE 17, 2022

Efficient product portfolio management allows a company to be agile and respond to arising market demands. risk and uncertainty management, progress analysis and reporting. In other words, it’s indicative of the company’s growth. The revenue must be reasonably invested to be doubled.

Productivity 98

Productivity Management Resources Software 98

Harvard Business

MARCH 7, 2017

The dispatch included disturbing and potentially illegal managerial activities, such as Fowler’s boss telling her she could be fired for reporting the behaviors. That is like setting up a finance organization to do exotic risk hedging before putting in place basic reporting and compliance.

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