Johanna Rothman

JUNE 9, 2022

A senior manager said, “We give our resources everything they could need: technology, tools, even some training. ” These managers have created a resource efficiency culture, not a flow efficiency culture, as in the image above. .” In contrast, a flow efficiency culture watches the flow of the work.

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Management Consulted

OCTOBER 9, 2016

Our awesome intern Nate is here to bring you his unbiased review of a very unique book: People over Profit , authored by Dale Partridge. INTERESTING BOOK INSIGHTS. As a result they have become a cultural reference for low-quality products and poor customer service. Want to find out what it means to put people over profit?

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Management Consulted

NOVEMBER 1, 2014

This week’s post is on Steve Jobs - written by Walter Isaacson (2011), the CEO of the Aspen Institute, former chairman of CNN and the managing editor of Time magazine. If you want to submit a review on a book you’ve been reading, we’d love to hear from you! 3 Interesting Book Insights . consulting books'

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Johanna Rothman

APRIL 8, 2021

See Behaviors Create an Agile Culture with Johanna Rothman. We spoke about the Modern Management Made Easy books. In our wide-ranging discussion, we discussed the various traps that managers create or encounter: Rewarding heroics instead of collaboration. One-on-ones and how to use them to good effect. And much more.

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Brimstone Consulting

DECEMBER 20, 2021

New Books on Leadership and Change. Earlier this year, we shared a list of 31 books on leadership and change. Comprised of books we have found helpful in our careers and ones we often recommend to leaders, the list included recent publications and ones that have stood the test of time. 8 Insightful New Reads.

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On the Brink Podcast

OCTOBER 17, 2022

Can you build better businesses by creating positive cultures in which people can work with joy instead of dread? That's the premise of Marcella Bremer's book, Deve loping a Positive Culture where People and Performance Thrive , which focuses on helping organizations achieve more effective, productive cultures.

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Johanna Rothman

DECEMBER 1, 2017

The biggest one I see is the difference between Theory X and Theory Y management : the idea that people are resources who need to be pushed to work, or the idea that people want to do a great job for the company. Agile approaches challenge the management mindset and therefore the corporate culture.

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Johanna Rothman

APRIL 9, 2024

I was on the Agile Uprising podcast this past Sunday, discussing my most recent book. Some of what we discussed: That managers want agility but do not care about any agile methods or frameworks. Agility requires a cultural change. And the people in teams cannot lead that organizational cultural change. See (and hear!):

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Halo Psych

OCTOBER 2, 2023

If you’ve ever heard me talk at conferences, or on podcasts, you’ll know I feel strongly about the role of the people manager. I think a big part of this is down to the quality of management in organisations. Good communication Good communication is the bedrock of good management. They were helpful and co-operative.

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Steve Shu Consulting

APRIL 26, 2010

It is atypical for me to write a book review for this blog, but Nilofer Merchant’s “ The New How: Creating Business Solutions Through Collaborative Strategy ” is very respectable contribution to both audiences of this blog and the process of strategy development in general. through customized, experiential learning sessions.

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Johanna Rothman

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

One of my reviewers for the Modern Management Made Easy books asked a fascinating question: I've never seen this many women in management or in senior leadership positions. And, if you look at other country's cultures , you can see the US might rank the highest on Individualism. And, the managers?

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Johanna Rothman

MARCH 8, 2021

As I've been speaking about the Modern Management Made Easy books, people ask these questions: We're pretty good with our agile approach. What does performance management look like when we want to reward people for their collaboration? First two jobs: software developer plus project management responsibilities.

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Girard Training Solutions

MARCH 29, 2024

You’ve been promoted to your first management position, and many people have high expectations of you and are analyzing your every move. Ironically, most new managers don’t understand their new jobs. Ironically, most new managers don’t understand their new jobs. Building a cohesive team and a culture of trust.

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Management Consulted

DECEMBER 20, 2015

Today is an interesting book review on Start-Up Nation by Dan Senor and Saul Singer. This book is a fantastic summary of creative ideas, innovations, startup and entrepreneurial genius that have been churned up by Israel. 3 INTERESTING BOOK INSIGHTS. Buckle up for an exciting ride into Israel’s entrepreneurial history!

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Johanna Rothman

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

We manage the risks of long-term commitments (decisions) by gaining experience with that person in many circumstances. (I Create a yearly budget as a guideline for our specific goals, but manage that budget every week and month to manage our risks. That's how we manage all our decisions: the Important and the Urgent.

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Management Consulted

JANUARY 11, 2015

If you want to submit a review on a book you’ve been reading, we’d love to hear from you! This is not just your normal business book about a company. This is a book about Starbucks, a company that has managed in the short time of its existence to change cultural and societal norms, and make a $5 cup of coffee normal.

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Organizational Talent Consulting

MARCH 7, 2022

Innovation doesn't just happen in the workplace without a supportive culture. Company culture is the one thing that influences everything in the workplace. Leaders that focus on cultivating an innovation culture and developing innovative leaders outperform their competition. Employees are only as innovative as their environment.

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Johanna Rothman

JANUARY 6, 2023

Several people on social media have denigrated the terms “project manager” and “program manager.” ” These people claim there is no need for either role in an effective team, especially an agile team because the team can manage its own deliverables. Facilitating the team's collaboration.

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Management Consulted

DECEMBER 23, 2013

We’re starting a series of guest posts offered by staff, readers and interns that are reviews of books we think are helpful for those interested in consulting (specifically) and business (in general). If you want to submit a review on a book you’ve been reading, follow the same format, target 600+ words and send it over by email!

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Brimstone Consulting

JANUARY 19, 2021

The following list of 31 books on leadership and change is comprised of books we have found helpful in our careers and ones we often recommend to leaders. The books include recent publications and ones that have stood the test of time. . 31 books on leadership and change. 7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen R.

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Management Consulted

SEPTEMBER 25, 2016

Our awesome intern Preeti is back to bring you her unbiased review of a very unique book: The Ultimate Question 2.0 – How Net Promoter Companies Thrive in a Customer Driven World , authored by Fred Reichheld (from Bain and Co.). INTERESTING BOOK INSIGHTS. I mentioned earlier that this book is a 300-page article on NPS.

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Johanna Rothman

AUGUST 4, 2020

I told the story of Cliff, a manager who wanted to understand why the projects were so late. ” I said, “Managers might spend as little as a quarter and as much as a year or two. .” ” In my experience, when organizations want to use agile approaches or transform in some way, the managers start with the teams.

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Kai Davis

DECEMBER 8, 2022

The best new book I read this year was Four Thousand Weeks by Oliver Burkeman: [link]. After I finished reading it (in March of 2022), I sent a text to a friend saying something like this: Four Thousand Weeks will probably be the best new book I read this year—six out of five stars. I wish everyone would read this book.

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Johanna Rothman

SEPTEMBER 24, 2020

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? He said, “As a manager, I'm supposed to be on the hook for what the team does.

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Consulting Success

MARCH 28, 2022

Shannon Susko‘s book, Metronomics, explains what systems your company needs to grow. Balancing strategy, execution, cash, cultural, cohesive, human, and leadership is very important. Learn how to unite these systems into one regimen that works for you and your team.

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Johanna Rothman

FEBRUARY 4, 2021

Managing with Coffee. We spoke about a variety of issues that managers, teams, and people encounter, such as: Culture and how that plays out at all levels. We discussed several ideas from the Modern Management Made Easy books: How performance reviews make an agile culture difficult, if not impossible.

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Management Consulted

NOVEMBER 27, 2016

Even though it sounded too good to be true at first, after running the numbers over and over again, they managed to show Infosys that they could become cheaper, faster and better than others in the field. The problem, he reasoned, was that the history books were littered with examples of consulting firms and IT companies failing to mesh well.

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Johanna Rothman

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

Instead, let's consider how to see management's adaptable and resilient actions. Those actions show that managers change their actions in the face of new information or feedback. And management actions matter the most. Why do I focus on management actions? See Modern Management: Encourage Experiments and Learning.).

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Management Consulted

MAY 25, 2014

GALLUP CONSULTING INTERVIEWS AND CULTURE. This period was dominated by “quality gurus” who popularized awareness and value for “total quality management” – a fancy way of saying that organizations should focus their efforts into continuously improving the quality of products and services to consumers.

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Management Consulted

AUGUST 14, 2016

———— History & Culture. Today, Amazon sells everything under the sun, has its own TV streaming service, has cornered the e-book market with Kindle, groceries with AmazonFresh and more. Are you an employer,recruiter, or hiring manager? Starbucks Jobs and Culture. Amazon.com, Inc.

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Johanna Rothman

MARCH 17, 2021

At a recent talk about the Career Ladder posts , someone asked this question: Can managers pair effectively? Some managers job-share. However, job-sharing is not a pair of managers working together. Managers work sequentially when they job-share. However, managers don't create products. That's a great question.

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Harvard Business

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

Andrew McAfee is a principal research scientist at the MIT Sloan School of Management. He is the author of the forthcoming book “The Geek Way: The Radical Mindset that Drives Extraordinary Results,” the subject of much of this “New World of Work” interview.

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Management Consulted

JULY 3, 2016

As a world-renowned economic theorist and thought leader, White was also a prolific writer with over 100 published books and papers to his name. If you join, you will be directly working with Managers and Principals on projects unlike other firms where you barely get to see senior management. BATES WHITE CULTURE.

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Consultants' Consultant

AUGUST 18, 2018

Consultants Consultant: I really loved the Culture Code, Dan Coyles’s recent book. In this podcast he summarises the important ideas around creating psychological safety which he outlines in the book. The post Culture codes appeared first on Consultants' Consultant.

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Rick Conlow

APRIL 22, 2022

In addition, most managers are ill-trained, overworked, and unappreciated. Consequently, multiple company cultures morphed into toxic workplaces and employee attitudes took a nosedive. Rick describes the negative impact of poor management behavior on employees. Great Resignation Examples Due to Poor Management.

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Effective Managers

JANUARY 14, 2021

With that in mind, we wanted to talk more about accountability and how you can create a culture of accountability at your organization. The Importance of Having a Culture of Accountability at Work. Manager is a specific term in organizations. Manager is a specific term in organizations. But how do you build it?

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The Management Centre

OCTOBER 19, 2023

It’s used widely in management development to help managers get to grips with the multiple responsibilities that they need. A lot has changed over the last fifty years, and the situations we face as managers feel increasingly complex. For you to succeed as a great manager, you need to develop your leadership skills.

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