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See and Resolve Team Dependencies, Part 1: Inside the Team

Johanna Rothman

Even when managers try to create cross-functional teams, the teams still have dependencies. Dependencies slow and make finishing the work more difficult. Too many teams have a built-in dependency creator—code review. When we take time to perform code review after we write the code (or the tests), we create dependencies between the people on the team.

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How To Increase Revenues With A ‘Get Out Of The Way’ Strategic Retreat

Henry DeVries

Facilitator of strategic retreats Scott Hamilton explains a better idea than "lead, follow, or get out of the way.".

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Why an Accountability Buddy is your Program Participant’s Key to Success

Actionable

How do you increase the likelihood that your program participants are going to put the content from your session into practice after they leave the room? There are a number of components that come into play such as language and microreflections – those will be the subject of future posts – in this post we’ll […] The post Why an Accountability Buddy is your Program Participant’s Key to Success appeared first on Actionable.co.

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Happy TwosDay!

Chad Barr

Almost everyone had been waiting with bated breath yesterday for the arrival of 2/22/22 on the calendar. It reminded me of the ominous predictions that accompanied the turn of the century and the Y2K fears of total technological failure and worldwide shutdowns. What were people expecting yesterday on the palindrome date, the same read forward and backward and known as Twosday?

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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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Why an Accountability Buddy is your Program Participant’s Key to Success

Actionable

How do you increase the likelihood that your program participants are going to put the content from your session into practice after they leave the room? There are a number of components that come into play such as language and microreflections – those will be the subject of future posts – in this post we’ll […]. The post Why an Accountability Buddy is your Program Participant’s Key to Success appeared first on Actionable.co.

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Founder’s Syndrome Can be Deadly (to the Business)

Martinka Consulting

I’m working with a client whose company was hurt and is experiencing a slow recovery. After decades of ownership the owner is burned out and knows he needs to sell, but also fears not having his business. For background, it is not a dynamic industry, the management team is weak, and their pace is the opposite of “having urgency.”. We’re talking with an industry buyer with the right people, the right technology, and the money to take my client’s firm and modernize it.

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How to Respectfully Discuss Contentious Issues at Work

Harvard Business

Research-backed tactics to lower the temperature when talking about hot-button topics.

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A little more or a little less

Seth Godin Blog

The producer of a successful product has a choice to make. If you put a little less in the box, people will run out sooner and have to buy more. If you give people a little more for their money, they’ll purchase less often, but become more loyal. It turns out that in most markets where there are easy substitutions, the long-term value of loyalty is far greater than the short-term profit of less.

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Nervous About Taking a Risk? Write a List of Pros and Cons.

Harvard Business

Research finds that the tactic can help us overcome the fear of rejection.

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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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Four Ways to Connect Digital Threads with Simulation and Realize the Promise of Industry 4.0 - SPONSOR CONTENT FROM ANSYS

Harvard Business

Sponsor content from the Ansys.

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Scaling Synthetic Biology (with Ginkgo’s Reshma Shetty)

Harvard Business

Ginkgo Bioworks COO Reshma Shetty discusses the company’s integrated approach to scaling synthetic biology.

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Does Your Health Plan Leave Your Workers Functionally Uninsured? - SPONSOR CONTENT FROM CENTIVO

Harvard Business

Sponsor content from the Centivo.

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