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A merger of convenience

Ben de Haldevang

The latest in our Agile Gorilla podcast. For anyone running a professional services business, the challenges of highly mobile clients and employees and a very tight recruitment market are perennial issues. This week we talk about the recently announced magic circle merger between Allen & Overy and Shearman & Sterling.

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Where I Think “Agile” is Headed, Part 2: Where Does Management Fit?

Johanna Rothman

In Part 1 , I wrote about how “Agile” is not a silver bullet and is not right for every team and every product. This post is about how management fits into agile approaches. Too often, managers think “agile” is for others, specifically teams of people. Team-based “agile” is not enough.

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Here’s Why Succession Planning Matters

Brimstone Consulting

Reduce recruitment costs By developing internal talent, organizations can reduce the need to recruit external candidates for leadership positions. Increase organizational agility Succession planning can help organizations to respond quickly to unexpected leadership changes or market disruptions.

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Uber Is Finally Realizing HR Isn’t Just for Recruiting

Harvard Business

It suggests that Kalanick initially saw the HR function as a means of recruiting staff to support fast growth. All of this indicates that Uber leaders prioritized immediately useful services like recruitment over, for example, legal compliance systems, audits, and leadership development.

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Driving Growth and Success: How Medium-Sized Companies Succeed

Business Consulting Agency

They help identify growth opportunities, assess market dynamics, and craft strategies that align with the company’s objectives. Strategic planning ensures that the business remains agile and responsive to changing market conditions. Consultants assist in recruitment strategies, talent retention, and workforce development.

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Lead to the future: leadership imperatives for success

Brimstone Consulting

To take advantage of this opportunity place focus on building agility, aligning the organization, operating as a team of teams, and developing your people. Build Agility. While it is easy to say these pivots were a result of agility, it is important to differentiate between “brilliant improvisation” and a repeatable capability.

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How HR Can Become Agile (and Why It Needs To)

Harvard Business

If software has eaten the world, then agile has eaten the software world. And there is no shortage of information and advice on how agile should be implemented in your tech organization. For example, a Google search for “agile software development” returns over 14 million results. Related Video.

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