Johanna Rothman

JUNE 17, 2021

You and your managers might have trained people not to take chances, not to experiment. The more you do that, the more you train the people you lead and serve not to learn and experiment. Ask for a regular cadence of demos, too. The more often you see a demo, the more often you can see the team succeed.

Leadership 74

Leadership Agile Management Training 74

Epicflow

APRIL 19, 2024

After that, they are given access to a simple demo environment with a standard set of configurations, where they can test how our system works. If your company uses other project management tools like Jira, MS Project, or Oracle Primavera, the demo environment will be adjusted accordingly. User training and adoption.

Software 52

Software Resources Training Training 52

Management Consulted

SEPTEMBER 24, 2014

Beau approached us a few months ago to ask about breaking into consulting. He had the epiphany that consulting was his calling in life, and went searching for details – finding MC in the process. We’ve got your resume to go through, and as I gather you have a whole bunch of questions about consulting. Is that right?

Consulting 125

Consulting Resumes Bain Recruiting 125

Johanna Rothman

JUNE 18, 2021

Years ago, I consulted with a software company that purposefully hired from the “bottom of the barrel.” That expert didn't receive management training. I suggested ways in Leadership Tip #9 about micromanagement.). The employees no longer fret about whether they can piece together enough hours to make a real living.

Software 94

Software Talent Meeting Tools 94

Johanna Rothman

SEPTEMBER 28, 2018

The senior manager has P&L (Profit and Loss) responsibility for the entire product line, including Product Management (for this product line), Customer Support, Training, etc. I am using the word serve as in servant leadership. Again, I am not saying this is the only way a product organization would look, but this is a possibility.

Productivity 65

Productivity Agile Efficiency Management 65

Jerry Fletcher

OCTOBER 30, 2021

You decided to put your consulting career on the front burner. With experience you were moved more and more into leadership but seldom if ever did you select the people on your team. As a consultant you don’t have that power. See Jerry’s speaker demo reel. You made the break. Two considerations.

Marketing 52

Marketing Consulting Software Turnaround 52