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Automotive Industry 2022: Overcoming Project Challenges

Epicflow

At the same time, managing large projects with globally distributed teams and material resources is rather challenging – they are miles away, but a project/resource manager has to keep track of all of them and make sure they are allocated to the right tasks. Manage uncertainty and risks . Managing material resources .

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Employee Burnout Is a Problem with the Company, Not the Person

Harvard Business

In our book Time, Talent and Energy , we note that when employees aren’t as productive as they could be, it’s usually the organization, not its employees, that is to blame. For example, by adopting agile principles, leaders can motivate and energize teams, and give individual team members a way to own the results.

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Managers Need to Work as Teams

Johanna Rothman

We hear about agile teams, in the form of product or feature teams. However, too many managers still work independently. That’s a problem when the teams have organizational problems a single manager can’t solve. Instead of managers working alone, what if we had teams of managers? Benefits of Management Teams.