Comatch

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

More than ever, organizations are using independent experts and freelance management consultants to address critical challenges. In a recent webinar, I addressed some of the typical issues that arise when working with a freelance management consultant. Travel costs matter less than capabilities. . Here are the key insights. .

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LSA Global

APRIL 18, 2017

Here are a few examples from decades of change management consulting projects of now-defunct organizations that, in order to avoid disaster did not. The third and final nail on the coffin was that they didn’t read their market right – a fatal change management mistake. One could say that they were ineffective at managing change.

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Johanna Rothman

AUGUST 25, 2020

I already limit my travels (and have before the virus), so I don't speak “everywhere.” Especially in the agile community, I see a lot of the same-old, same-old. The post Conferences Speakers and “Making Room” for Other Voices appeared first on Johanna Rothman, Management Consultant. I am a white woman.)

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Johanna Rothman

NOVEMBER 17, 2017

I’m writing a geographically distributed agile team book with Mark Kilby. We take time off for holidays, vacations, travel, etc.). However, especially if the team members are all in one zip code, the managers might not realize the team is dispersed. We have a 30-minute timebox each morning to write. (We

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Asamby Consulting

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

Nevertheless, remote work allows companies to reduce their costs such as rent, which leads to a positive impact towards the environment by reducing greenhouse gas emissions when employees no longer need to travel to work. How to manage the performance of remote workers is critical for organizations or managers.

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Tom Spencer

OCTOBER 6, 2018

So with customers expecting more personalized, agile, and on-demand delivery, insurers are now racing to keep pace and deliver more relevant solutions for a changing user landscape. This speed and agility allows the insurance industry to match stride with would be disruptors in the digital age. Inability to attract new customers.

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Harvard Business

MAY 18, 2018

Leaders in the M&A environment are managing an organization that hasn’t existed before. In this environment, change agility needs to be part of the new organization’s and leaders’ DNA. Change-agile leaders demonstrate five integrated behaviors that, together, create a competitive advantage for the organization.

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Tom Spencer

DECEMBER 1, 2018

The cloud – which refers to storing, managing, and processing data via a network of remote servers instead of locally on a server or personal computer – is quickly becoming a critical source for innovation. Jason Oh is a management consulting professional at Novantas, specialized in financial services strategy consulting.

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Harvard Business

JULY 2, 2018

Agile — the management approach that relies on small, entrepreneurial, close-to-the-customer teams — has a reputation that reflects its rapid adoption in software development. Contrary to conventional wisdom and Hollywood action movies, dictatorial management is ineffective in large-scale crises.

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Harvard Business

SEPTEMBER 16, 2016

In the same way that banks must constantly balance assets and liabilities, data-laden firms need to move from cyber-defense and fire-fighting toward more proactive management of what could prove to be their most important asset. This means determining not only what EvD means today, but what it will mean for the firm in the future.

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Harvard Business

APRIL 18, 2017

A few years later they were caught napping when online upstarts disrupted industries such as music, travel, news, and video, while transforming scores of others. The ones that persisted are incredibly well-positioned today, having transformed their business processes and enabled a level of agility that competitors cannot easily mimic.

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Harvard Business

AUGUST 11, 2017

Travel Association and GfK, a market research firm, just over 40% of Americans plan not to use all their paid time off anyway. Yes, that’s right — an entirely new approach to managing vacation. Its competitive advantage is agility, and having staff take time off too often upset the work rhythm. Not necessarily.

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Harvard Business

JULY 27, 2016

They manage their uncertainty, take the leap, and start the journey despite being unable to see around the bend. That’s how things work in the physical world when we are traveling to a destination. Grow: Agility and Control. You also need to apply an exponential mindset to how you manage the resources you have.

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Johanna Rothman

JUNE 6, 2022

Forecast when management can expect the team to finish some specific work. What management thinks they want. Too many managers want a “guarantee” of when the team will finish which features.). I suspect that's because we see integrated roadmaps all the time—for car travel. Or, to stick with the plan.

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Harvard Business

APRIL 28, 2016

They’ve redesigned their core processes in the area of procurement (online shopping), talent acquisition (marketplaces), collaboration (social networking), market research (peer reviews), finance (mobile payments) and travel (room and ride sharing). Have you reinvented your core processes to the same degree?

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Harvard Business

SEPTEMBER 8, 2017

These efforts have enabled operational efficiencies, cost reductions, and greater agility, preparing companies for the next phase of digital transformation: driving growth. At Airbnb, CMO Jonathan Mildenhall is driving the company’s evolution to an end-to-end travel brand by reinventing “ experiential marketing.”

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Harvard Business

APRIL 23, 2018

NASA has moved from being a hierarchical, closed system that develops its technologies internally, to an open network organization that embraces open innovation, agility, and collaboration. much of ISS training and program management took place at the Johnson Space Center in Houston.

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Harvard Business

JANUARY 26, 2018

But as a psychologist, I believe that travel should routinely be used to achieve the opposite: to get out of your comfort zone, expose yourself to uncertainty, and eschew rest for exploration and learning. The result is personal growth — greater emotional agility, empathy, and creativity.

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