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Managing Meetings: How to Drive Productivity and Success

Tom Spencer

Whether you are in consulting, strategy, operations, or product management, the ability to manage meetings effectively is a crucial skill that can significantly impact the success of your endeavors. This is especially relevant in product management, where decisions often involve cross-functional collaboration.

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A Common Tool Trap: the Tool Will Help Your Delivery and Planning Problems

Johanna Rothman

The managers want to know when the teams will finish certain features in the short term.). The managers promised certain customers/the market/investors certain deliverables.). (The The managers promised certain customers/the market/investors certain deliverables.). Worse, they want to start with a tool. We will see.

Tools 109
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You Can’t Pizza Party Your Way to a Great Corporate Culture

Harmonious Workplaces

Subsequently, stacks of uneaten pizza remained on the break room table for hours — a stale reminder of a stale culture. While a party or shared meal can provide a fun break from the norm, organizations cannot rely on one as a magic solution to deeper issues in your company’s culture. So, What’s Wrong with Pizza?

Culture 98
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Optimizing Your Learning Management System: A Practical and Tactical Guide

Clarity Consultants

Mastering the art of Learning Management System (LMS) optimization is essential for any organization striving for efficiency and effectiveness. The Essence of LMS Management At the heart of any successful LMS lies robust management. However, the concept of governance often becomes a nebulous area, leading to inefficiencies.

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4 Phrases That Build a Culture of Curiosity

Harvard Business

Curiosity is a powerful practice to infuse into a company’s culture. But managers often limit their definition of curiosity to simply a way to get information. Curiosity, though, can be a more expansive practice — it is a force for connection. But they need to do so intentionally.

Culture 78
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Agile Approaches Offer Strategic Advantage; Agile Tools are Tactics, Part 4

Johanna Rothman

They think agile approaches are tactics and agile tools are part of their strategy. And that's why they want to Customize and then standardize on tools. Because the managers don't realize that when they create a “standard” board, they demand every team follow the same workflow. They can manage the cost of the tools.

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6 Organizational Culture Change Strategies

Organizational Talent Consulting

Just as no one is perfect, no organization is perfect, and no organizational culture is perfect. Organizational culture is everyone's responsibility, and leaders play a central role in influencing and reinforcing the company culture. Today, many leaders are asking how they can change the organizational culture.

Culture 76