Johanna Rothman

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

Strategy and Product Feedback Loops About 20 years ago, I taught a project management workshop to IT people. That's why the duration of the internal feedback loops is so important. I used the image above in Multiple Short Feedback Loops Support Innovation. Show them your feedback loops and your cycle time. Thanks, bye.

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Halo Psych

NOVEMBER 18, 2023

During 2023, it’s been all about feedback and challenging conversations. Whether I’m chatting on a podcast such as my most recent interview for the Jobsworth Podcast , or whether I’m being asked to give a talk or run a course – the topic de jour has been feedback. Get to the point. Just get to the point.

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Girard Training Solutions

APRIL 17, 2024

Now that you’re a manager, your job is to get results through your team members and guide them to perform at their best. However, many managers struggle to get their team committed to doing their work to the best of their abilities. Eventually, they will actively seek feedback to stay productive and improve their performance.

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Consulting Matters

NOVEMBER 12, 2018

To move the needle on performance, you have to isolate the root cause to what is getting in the way. These questions are designed to help you get to the root of individual performance problems – which may or not not require training to solve (and help you extend the value of your leadership training contracts.). Measurement.

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Johanna Rothman

MARCH 21, 2024

Then, in Part 2 , I asked those unemployed agilists to review their functional skills, the skills people need to do a product development job well. That's why I then asked people to review their product-oriented domain expertise and agile-focused domain expertise in Part 3. I strongly recommend you get a line job, not a staff job.

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Johanna Rothman

MARCH 26, 2024

I suspect their teams hide their feedback loops. When people create a high-level WBS, no one sees the feedback loops or the dependencies. The feedback loops tend to be late and create chaos in the project. That's another great way to hide feedback loops. However, I find late feedback loops deadly to forward progress.

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Consulting Matters

NOVEMBER 12, 2018

To move the needle on performance, you have to isolate the root cause to what is getting in the way. These questions are designed to help you get to the root of individual performance problems – which may or not not require training to solve. Is feedback given soon enough? Is feedback given often enough? Conditions.

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Johanna Rothman

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

That's because they don't have unplanned feedback loops as in the image on the left. That changes the questions teams often ask themselves. Instead of asking, “How can we take utilize each person's capabilities for this story?” Are you reading, searching, asking AI, something else?

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Johanna Rothman

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

Strategy and Product Feedback Loops. Many organizations ask teams to forecast when the team can deliver a feature. (Or We change the feedback loops. That's the point of all those feedback loops in the image above.). We change the drivers for the feedback loops. How Changing the Feedback Loop Drivers Might Work.

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The Management Centre

MAY 2, 2024

Zara: I’d say ask questions. So ask the commissioner but also give participants a way to reach you directly if they want to. You could have a pre-call to demonstrate what to expect, so that the participant can offer you feedback on that. And it may also encourage them to get in touch.

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Makarios Consulting

OCTOBER 26, 2022

Write out specific behaviors that need to be addressed, such as making arbitrary decisions or not giving regular feedback. You may want to ask a trusted colleague or friend for their perspective since you might be too hard or too easy on yourself. Bear in mind that when trust is broken, people get hurt. Again, be specific.

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Buzzsprout

MAY 7, 2024

Getting feedback on your podcast is essential for improving and growing your show, and podcast reviews remain one of the best ways to do this. However, despite social media and the interconnectedness of the internet, getting listeners to leave reviews can be relatively challenging for podcasters.

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Halo Psych

APRIL 17, 2024

With items running over, leading to some items getting shoved off to another time, and meetings ending late. Assess the needs of the meeting: First thing, ask if the meeting is truly needed. They found that more important items did not always get more time. No decision is going to get made in that size meeting.

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Rick Conlow

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

Without consistent feedback a manager operates blindly. When you are the manager, it can be down-right difficult to get candid critiques or compliments that are not coated with ulterior motives or filtered by fear. Exceptional leaders live this out; they know that it is their job to request feedback. Hearing the feedback.

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PM Alliance

AUGUST 25, 2023

Teams that work in the same location may have few formal get-togethers, but they take advantage of a lot of informal interactions. Apply feedback strategies across the entire team. With some employees working onsite and others continuing to work primarily through remote arrangements, some feedback loops have been disrupted.

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Johanna Rothman

OCTOBER 2, 2023

” It depends on how your lifecycle manages feedback loops and learning, how collaborative the team is, and how much WIP the team has. Each Lifecycle Manages Feedback Loops Differently Brooks wrote the original version of The Mythical Man-Month in 1975, based on the 1960s IBM 360 project. .” That's why there's feedback.

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The Management Centre

MARCH 24, 2023

Receiving feedback is vital for all of us. Everyone we meet wants feedback, but the vast majority say they don’t get enough. So, what is stopping us from sharing feedback with our colleagues? In this blog, we’re going to explore why it can be so hard to give constructive feedback, and how to overcome these obstacles.

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Organizational Talent Consulting

MARCH 14, 2022

Chances are, you are not getting all the performance or strategic feedback you want and need. But, no matter how often or how directly you ask, your request for feedback to help you improve gets lost in translation. Too frequently, when feedback is provided to senior leaders, it is too little and too late.

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Johanna Rothman

JUNE 10, 2021

Here's what you get from the workshop: 6 weeks of self-paced lessons with a writing assignment each week. Private feedback from me on your writing each week, if you want it. Only my suggestions and you learn how to offer writing feedback. You can ask for feedback from your cohort once all of you learn how I offer feedback.).

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Johanna Rothman

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

Strategy and Product Feedback Loops Many of my middle-management and senior leadership clients want certainty about future work. ” When I asked why he had to make a final decision, he said, “Because I need to show strength and resolve, and point the direction. They expect to change direction when they get feedback.

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Rick Conlow

APRIL 6, 2021

The media asked the late Sam Walton of Wal-Mart about that. After talking to employees and spending time in their work areas, they asked us to get their manager to “listen to us and see what we are trying to do.” Instead, they said, he spent all day sending out inflammatory emails and creating reports in minutia.

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Tom Spencer

NOVEMBER 14, 2020

Like many of you, I get frustrated by unproductive meetings. Getting your attendees on the same page before the meeting begins can help to ensure that everyone is prepared, and prevent the meeting from going nowhere or veering off the topic. Get a presentation buddy or co-host. Optimize your “tech” in advance.

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Tom Spencer

MARCH 29, 2024

Are you signed up for a case competition , ready to showcase your skills and get a quick resume-building experience? Find the right people The most important part of winning a case competition is getting the right people on your team. Get to the point where you know the presentation well enough to give it without looking at the slides.

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Organizational Talent Consulting

MAY 23, 2022

When this polarizing CEO and entrepreneur considers the reasons for his success, he credits actively seeking out and carefully listening to negative feedback. Unfortunately, negative feedback is rare when stakes in the workplace are high. Why Critical Feedback Matters. It's hard to get better when you don't it's needed.

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Organizational Talent Consulting

JUNE 19, 2023

After completing this quiz, if you'd like to go to the next level, consider asking others to give you their feedback on how vulnerable you are in difficult conversations using these same questions. It is easy to get caught in a trap of waiting for more information, leading to procrastination. References: Edelman. Patterson, K.,

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Halo Psych

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Ignoring positive feedback – struggling to internalise it and accept it. One thing you can do: Get your own notebook of things you don’t know about and update it each week. This was because the way the line manager was giving feedback was amplifying my client’s impostor feelings. The belief that anyone can do what you do.

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Tom Spencer

JULY 11, 2020

Probably a good question to ask upfront. Boutique consulting firms have less hierarchy and fewer consultants to get the work done. Since smaller firms also have less established processes, you are likely to have more bargaining power when it comes to promotions, salary negotiations, and getting staffed on projects.

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Chad Barr

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

This experience underscores a fundamental truth in both personal endeavors and business ventures: if we don’t ask, the answer will always be no. It wasn’t just about getting a new watch; it was about recognizing the power of inquiry and its potential to lead to unforeseen opportunities. Embrace the power of inquiry.

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CaseInterview.com

DECEMBER 13, 2022

The easiest way to get promoted is to do the following: 1) Choose an employer that’s growing and in constant demand for new people. If your boss isn’t looking to get promoted (thereby creating an open position for you), it becomes harder to have an upwards career trajectory with that employer. Ask others for their input.

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Makarios Consulting

MARCH 3, 2022

If you are confronted with a 12-foot sheer wall – a common obstacle on a ropes course – chances are good you won’t be able to get over the top of it by yourself. But with helpful teammates to give you a boost, you can get to the other side and take your stand on the narrow platform placed there. How do you get over this obstacle?

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Makarios Consulting

MARCH 3, 2022

If you are confronted with a 12-foot sheer wall – a common obstacle on a ropes course – chances are good you won’t be able to get over the top of it by yourself. But with helpful teammates to give you a boost, you can get to the other side and take your stand on the narrow platform placed there. How do you get over this obstacle?

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Consulting Success

APRIL 4, 2017

And what if it only took you 15 hours to get them that result? Intangible value is the area that most consultants get tripped up on. Helping them to get a promotion or raise their status in the organization. ” I asked. That’s because to identify value and ROI you must take the time to ask the right questions.

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Tom Spencer

OCTOBER 31, 2020

According to Business Insider , the odds of getting hired by McKinsey & Company are less than 1%, although this is not unique to McKinsey. The key thing to do after a rejection is to reflect on the interview process and ask for feedback. Do not be afraid to ask for a more detailed assessment of your performance.

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Claris Consulting

AUGUST 19, 2020

Hugh's Words of Wisdom Wednesday 08.19.2020 This week I want to talk with you about feedback. Are you getting it? And as we were having our cocktails; at a socially safe distance, my friend, Mike, was asked by Alyson if he had ever seen my Words of Wisdom for Wednesday. A quick side note about feedback.

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Organizational Talent Consulting

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

Have you ever overestimated your ability to get a project done? Receiving feedback is the most effective way to gain awareness of your strengths, weaknesses, and blind spots. But not all feedback is created equal, and more is not always better. When feedback lacks reliability, it creates confusion and can slow your development.

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Johanna Rothman

OCTOBER 12, 2020

We added another lever of looking for more feedback with iterating over the requirements in the iterative lifecycles in Part 2. Teams can get some feedback from one feature set to inform the next set—but that's not a primary lever. Design to Schedule asks us if we want to release. Teams have another lever.

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Tom Spencer

APRIL 11, 2021

It seems like coaching is a necessary part of the consulting interview prep process and without it you don’t have a chance of getting an offer. Be open to feedback as the whole reason you are seeking a coach is to get better. Ask for unfiltered feedback with quantifiable metrics. When to seek out a coach.

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