Tue.Mar 29, 2022

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Little’s Law for Any Kind of Product Development: How to Learn How Long Your Work Will Take

Johanna Rothman

Joanie, a new VP Engineering, joined the company a couple of weeks ago. Her boss, the CEO, wants to know how long it will take engineering to finish all the projects. Joanie asked the various leaders these questions for every project in progress: When did you start this project? Are you still working on this project? If so, how long do you think this project will take?

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Culture Starts at the Top

Leadership Planning with Liz Weber CMC

This past week validated that regardless of what you say you want your company culture to be, what it actually IS is dependent upon you, the leader. Through the various virtual presentations and in-person strategy and group coaching sessions I facilitated this week, each client’s culture and personality came through loud and clear. […]. The post Culture Starts at the Top appeared first on Weber Business Services, LLC.

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Research Roundup: How Women Experience the Workplace Today

Harvard Business

New studies on what happens when women reach the top, the barriers they still face, and the (sometimes hidden) stresses they deal with.

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Fundamental Skills for Every People Manager

LSA Global

So, You Want to Be a People Manager Almost everyone who has been encouraged to take on the role of people manager at work has succeeded first in their role as individual contributor or team member. High performing individual contributors — especially those with high levels of perceived leadership potential — typically attract the attention of those responsible for building leadership succession planning pipelines.

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PowerPoint Best Practices for Creating Stellar Presentations

Mastering data visualization in PowerPoint will help accelerate your career because it positions you as someone who can present data that drives business decisions forward. think-cell's PowerPoint Best Practices eBook was created specifically for professionals aiming to master the art and science of data-driven storytelling. What’s inside: Practical Insights: Uncover valuable tips for crafting engaging and persuasive presentations.

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Filmmaker Ken Burns on Lessons in Innovation and Collaboration

Harvard Business

A conversation about what business leaders today can learn from life of Ben Franklin — and Burns’ own award-winning work.

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Overcoming Self-Doubt in the Face of a Big Promotion

Harvard Business

How to move past people-pleasing, perfectionism, and other mental traps.

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The hospitality systems gap

Seth Godin Blog

What’s the variance in customer service at your organization? Even if there’s just one employee, the question is: If an issue is handled by a committed employee having a good attitude, vs a cranky one who is a bit off–can the customer tell? One philosophy is to make this gap as small as possible. Create systems that ensure that the experience remains the same, always pretty good.

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The Future Is Uncertain. Here’s How to Ensure Your Team Can Adapt.

Harvard Business

Four ways to cultivate “radical adaptability.

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Agile Strategy Enables Significant Growth

Brimstone Consulting

CASE STUDY. Agile strategy leads to 220% increase in revenue. The CEO of a family-owned construction company recognized that an outside, objective perspective would be valuable to the future and growth of the company. After exploring several options, the CEO chose to engage Brimstone based on a recommendation and introduction by a former Brimstone client.

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How to Stay Competitive in the Evolving State of Martech

Marketing technology is essential for B2B marketers to stay competitive in a rapidly changing digital landscape — and with 53% of marketers experiencing legacy technology issues and limitations, they’re researching innovations to expand and refine their technology stacks. To help practitioners keep up with the rapidly evolving martech landscape, this special report will discuss: How practitioners are integrating technologies and systems to encourage information-sharing between departments and pr

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Give Service Workers Stable Schedules

Harvard Business

It benefits both employees and employers.

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The Common Denominator of Success

ConsultX

Is it possible to derive a path to success by dissecting the actions and traits of those who have already achieved such success? That is exactly what the article ‘The Common Denominator of Success’ attempts to do, and this blog will dive further into how this relates to you - in the realm of Business, Consulting, Coaching or Advisory. What is The Common Denominator of Success?

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How Augmented Reality Can — and Can’t — Help Your Brand

Harvard Business

Is it worth the investment?