Markovitz Consulting

DECEMBER 17, 2018

The title of Art Smalley’s new book, Four Types of Problems , is misleading. In that regards, it’s an excellent reference book that belongs on every bookshelf. The 5-Why inquiry that identified the lack of a strainer, and kept production on target, is emblematic of this type of problem solving. Type 2: Gap from standard.

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Johanna Rothman

AUGUST 30, 2022

I have some feedback on the book that I need to integrate. I want to address the next 3 chapters, because they're the platform for the next part of the book. In addition, I also have a new task: get one book ready for another distributor. In addition, I also have a new task: get one book ready for another distributor. (If

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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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Johanna Rothman

AUGUST 31, 2022

I want to make those interruptions easier to manage. I still want to write more in the book. I don't have just one product for my business. And I'm not a team working on just one feature set or a product. Backlogs help the managers stay out of the team's way. But I can get ready to finish. Zero words yesterday).

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Johanna Rothman

AUGUST 15, 2023

After I spoke with Chad and Jeff on the previous podcast, Deep Dive into Successful Independent Consulting with the Agile Wire , we spoke all about the idea of building products, starting with consulting-based products. See Building the Right Product with Johanna Rothman. In the meantime, enjoy our discussion.

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The Management Centre

JANUARY 26, 2023

In this blog we take a look at how to learn from reading, and have book recommendations for you. There are thousands of management and leadership books, on all kinds of topics. Books are particularly useful if you want to take your time to digest ideas and to process information. What challenges could this help you with?

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Johanna Rothman

MAY 26, 2023

I am thrilled to announce a book birthday: Successful Independent Consulting: Relationships That Focus on Mutual Benefit. People often ask me how long it takes me to write a book. Every book takes the time it takes. Here's the story of the consulting book. See Manage It! I have a guideline for my books.

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Johanna Rothman

JANUARY 4, 2024

I had a chance to speak with Tobias Schlottke on his Alphalist podcast: Episode 92: Johanna Rothman The Pragmatic Manager. We had a wide-ranging conversation, mostly about management. We also touched on many of the topics in the Modern Management Made Easy books. I hope you listen. Prefer to watch it?

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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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Rick Conlow

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

Employee productivity is critical to a manager’s success. Increasing Employee Productivity, Motivation, and Engagement. 82% of managers fail because they do not receive on-going training and development. 82% of managers fail because they do not receive on-going training and development. And must be paid well.

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Kai Davis

DECEMBER 5, 2022

This week, I have book recommendations for you! With the Holiday season coming up, you’re likely thinking of books to buy those special (business) people in your life — or getting asked questions like, “Hey, uh, what books are you interested in? On to the first entry in this year’s book recommendation list!

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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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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. What does McAfee mean by geek?

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Consulting Success

MARCH 22, 2018

Productivity Boost for Consultants is a post from: Consulting Success.

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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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Management Consulted

MAY 29, 2016

Welcome to yet another opportunity to gain valuable insights from a book review, written by Preeti Vemu, MC intern, MC events organizer extraordinary, and an ex-Deloitte consultant. In this book, you will find more articles than you can stomach – awesome articles capturing key insights from the 1960s and moving forward to 2005.

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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

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, the managers? Not an even 50-50 split, but many more women managers than in the US. See Book 2 for what you can do about that myth.).

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Rick Conlow

SEPTEMBER 25, 2022

Managing your time, leads to managing your life. Real time management is self-management. As on manager said, “Everyone gets more than I deserve.” 4 Successful Techniques to Manage Your Time for Results. 4 Successful Techniques to Manage Your Time for Results. You can manage yourself!

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Management Consulted

DECEMBER 4, 2016

Today, we continue our series of book reviews with a look at Beyond the E-Myth, the latest in a long line of great books by Michael Gerber (a marketing genius who has built a world-wide web of products and services to help small businesses grow). Gerber begins by laying out a few basic concepts that guide the rest of the book.

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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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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. Interested in buying the book? See Project Lifecycles: How to Reduce Risks, Release Successful Products, and Increase Agility.

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Johanna Rothman

JANUARY 9, 2020

I'm delighted to announce I published the Conference Proposal book! I collated all the conference proposal posts into a book. And, I added more content only available in the book. The book is through copyediting. Yes, I will upload the book to all the other platforms (probably over the next few weeks).

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Markovitz Consulting

MARCH 31, 2021

I’m teaching (via Zoom) a time/workflow management class at the Stanford Continuing Studies Program on Apr 17-18. The material is adapted from my Shingo Research Award-winning book, A Factory of One , which shows you how to apply lean production principles to individual knowledge work.

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Johanna Rothman

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

I have a new book: Project Lifecycles: How to Reduce Risks, Release Successful Products, and Increase Agility. See Manage Unplanned Feedback Loops to Reduce Risks and Create Successful Products.) So I wrote a book. That's because no product survives contact with the customers. Yes, I'm experimenting!)

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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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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. Shift your mindset to think like a boss.

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Johanna Rothman

DECEMBER 14, 2022

Jim, a relatively new manager said, “I don't have nearly enough time. I asked him to eyeball the Management Time Sheet (link is to the google sheet) and see where he spent his time. Instead, I spend most of my time on product issues across the organization. The next bit of time I spend working alone on the product work.”

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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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Johanna Rothman

APRIL 1, 2024

That link just goes to the first post) My most recent book: Project Lifecycles: How to Reduce Risks, Release Successful Products, and Increase Agility. The post Fun Discussion with Luke Pivac About Agility and Employment appeared first on Johanna Rothman, Management Consultant. Luke and I always have fun discussions.

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Steve Shu Consulting

JULY 4, 2017

I wrote the following post (edited slightly here) in response to someone on Quora who indicated that they were having a hard time coping with the transition from management consulting to a startup in terms of the more experimental nature of the startup world and feeling like they were not using their past skills and knowledge.

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Management Consulted

JANUARY 31, 2014

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! This is not your typical time management book. Quick overview This book serves as an opportunity for a paradigm shift of how people perceive life, career, money and retirement.

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Johanna Rothman

SEPTEMBER 21, 2018

We hear a lot these days about project-based organizations vs. product-based organizations. Much of what we do in software is in service of products. Products tend to evolve over time. Here are some examples of projects where we learn, but the product doesn’t change: Events, such as weddings or conferences.

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Johanna Rothman

JULY 14, 2020

Several weeks ago, I posted my innovation principles , based on Modern Management Made Easy , book 3. I developed them because I was discovering the user journey through the book. Of course, I also created principles for managing yourself (Book 1) and for leading and serving others (Book 2). Face-palm.).

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Epicflow

OCTOBER 21, 2022

Successful project delivery is usually a result of efficient management of both workflow and resources. In a multi-project environment, ensuring productive work of team members gains even more importance: resources are shared by concurrent projects, and their fruitful work on them will be impossible without wise resource management. .

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Johanna Rothman

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

Vasco and I had a wonderful discussion about the Modern Management Made Easy books on his Scrum Master podcast. Listen to BONUS: Modern Management trilogy by Johanna Rothman. We discussed why Scrum Masters and coaches might want to read these books. And how to use the information in the books. ” No!!

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ConsultX

AUGUST 10, 2021

Our list of highly recommended books to help you succeed as a consultant. By the end of this book, listeners will have learned how to harness the power of the Internet to make their entrepreneurial dreams come true. The resulting confession from the Devil made this book so controversial as to remain unpublished for over 70 years.

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