Consulting Matters

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

Chances are, you also have big fears ! In this must-listen episode, Dali Hammouch , a former Chief Learning Officer turned Transformational Change Mentor and Coach, unpacks the emotional journey of leaving the familiar behind and stepping boldly into the entrepreneurial world.

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Johanna Rothman

MARCH 21, 2024

If you have sufficient functional skills, domain expertise, and agile expertise, use the advice in Part 1 to iterate through your resume. I strongly recommend you get a line job, not a staff job. I strongly recommend you get a line job, not a staff job. If you don't have those skills yet, obtain them with your next line job.

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Johanna Rothman

JANUARY 10, 2024

It's a way to force me to work too fast and not finish anything.” When I work with these teams or their managers, I realize they're not demoing or retrospecting on a regular basis. And don't get me started on how coaches tend to do life coaching instead of support for agility.) That's a cultural change.

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Makarios Consulting

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

As a leader, you have the primary responsibility to deal with them – and deal with them you must, because such issues never resolve on their own! There are the toxic superstars: people who produce phenomenally for your company, yet are abrasive to work with. If the answer is “Yes,” you can move on to the next question.

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Johanna Rothman

APRIL 18, 2024

Do you have an overstuffed backlog the way Jenny did in Create More Success: How to Say No to “Everything” to Say Yes to What’s Necessary Now ? How can you prevent an overstuffed backlog, roadmap, or all those great ideas from interrupting your team from finishing its work? Change your language.

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Makarios Consulting

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Change is coming. If your business or team isn’t in the midst of change already, then get ready: it’s right around the corner. Change is chaotic. It doesn’t matter whether change is viewed as positive or negative … change is always messy. Change is demanding. Here’s how! Worry: “Do I still have a job?”

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Organizational Talent Consulting

APRIL 8, 2024

One emotion that often defines work is stress. It can be productive, motivating you to innovate, or draining, leading to burnout. Here is how to begin. Why you need a workplace stress reduction strategy Managing long-term stress can lower your risk for conditions like heart disease, obesity, high blood pressure, and depression.

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Johanna Rothman

MARCH 14, 2024

You’re an unemployed agilist. And even if you can find an agile coaching or Scrum Master job, the pay is so terrible, you don’t want to take it. Staff jobs only offer intangible and peripheral value, as I briefly discussed in Unemployed Agilists: How to Show Your Value to Support What Managers Want, Part 1.

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Johanna Rothman

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

If you took an agile workshop sometime in the past 15 years, you probably played the “ ball game.” ” All change requires learning, and that learning often creates chaos where people's performance is uneven. See the Satir Change Model description in Where Are You in Your Changes?

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Tom Spencer

MARCH 8, 2024

One of the most common problems business leaders face is how to price a product. From entrepreneurs putting a new product on the market to executives at a public company revamping a product line, effective pricing is a key pillar of any successful sales and marketing strategy. Pricing strategy is not one-size-fits-all.

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Johanna Rothman

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

Strategy and Product Feedback Loops Many of my middle-management and senior leadership clients want certainty about future work. We have to know how we will make money next quarter and next year. Does that sound like an agile team to you? Instead of wanting a final decision, why not make it easy to change decisions?

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Johanna Rothman

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

“Agile” as a way to do much more work in much less time. (NO! It doesn't work that way!!) The Real Silver Bullet: Team Learning Time When I work with leaders and teams, I explain that when the team learns together faster, the team can reduce their product development time. As an industry, we've tried tons of things.

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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. After familiarizing with the system, understanding how it works, and communicating with Epicflow consultants, more advanced features can be added to the client’s environment.

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Harvard Business

JANUARY 17, 2024

Learning that others’ perception of you or your work doesn’t match up with your own is unsettling, but there are steps you can take to repair it. Learning how you’re perceived can provide an opportunity for self-improvement and professional growth.

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Tom Spencer

OCTOBER 1, 2022

Have you ever wondered why someone would be attracted to consulting as a profession? Prior to Accenture offering me a position, one of my interviewers asked me “what attracted you to consulting?”. Personally, I knew I wanted to get into an industry that understood the “why” and “how” of problem solving.

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The Management Centre

APRIL 9, 2024

Are you an aspiring manager? Do you feel the pull towards leadership? If you’re undecided whether a management role is the right move for you, then use this guide to help you work out your options. If you are ready, it’s crucial to reflect on whether management is truly the right path for you.

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Harvard Business

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Generative AI can be a boon for knowledge work, but only if you use it in the right way. New generative AI-enabled tools are rapidly emerging to assist and transform knowledge work in industries ranging from education and finance to law and medicine. However, there is no need to wait for these externally-imposed changes.

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Tom Spencer

FEBRUARY 19, 2022

As work and non-work activities become increasingly blended, having a clear purpose and creating your own definition of work-life balance will be critical to a sustainable career. Know where you spend your time. In order to manage your money, you need to know how much is coming in and where it is going.

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Johanna Rothman

MARCH 29, 2022

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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Buzzsprout

MARCH 28, 2024

It's an excellent time to learn how to harness this medium whether you're a podcaster selling ad space, or a brand looking to promote your product. In this blog, we'll break down everything you need to know about podcast advertising and show you how to leverage different types of podcast ads for optimal results.

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Johanna Rothman

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

They persist on working on products that don't offer enough value for anyone. I'll use my product development as an example to explain how my experimentation and finalization work. How I Experiment I experiment both with writing and speaking. I might need to rethink who will gain the value from this work.

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Johanna Rothman

MARCH 26, 2024

In addition, they can see the various interdependencies across the work. In innovative products, the interdependencies can change any day. (I How is it possible these people have such different experiences than I do? If your product does not need much innovation, you can plan for longer and know you will meet that plan.

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CaseInterview.com

JUNE 27, 2022

Years ago, a client of mine taught me an influential leadership framework called: See, Think, Do The idea is that if you want an employee, customer, or partner to do something differently than how they are currently, you need to: 1) Change how they see the situation. You can tell him what to do — “Don’t miss spots.

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The Management Centre

APRIL 8, 2024

Whilst each area of the group has its own expertise and specialism, they work collaboratively and in doing so have even greater impact. Greater social impact is very much in our hearts too, so we were delighted when Calico reached out to see how we could support their managers. What changes were you aiming to see?

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The Management Centre

MAY 8, 2023

In this blog, =mc Director Charlotte Scott shares practical advice on how to motivate your teams. So how do you motivate others? The answer is, you can’t! While you can’t motivate someone else, what you can do in your role as manager, is to provide an environment in which people feel motivated to deliver and achieve.

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CaseInterview.com

OCTOBER 1, 2022

While science and technology have evolved tremendously over hundreds and thousands of years, human nature has not changed one bit. I’ve been thinking a lot about culture lately and how much it pervades so many aspects of human life. Human beings still have hopes, dreams, and fears. This is what the culture values.

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Buzzsprout

JANUARY 8, 2024

This guide breaks down how to come up with great questions so you can nail your interviews and keep listeners hooked. Have a goal and be curious Knowing your goals for your episode can help you figure out the type of questions you should ask. How can my guest help my listeners solve a problem?

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Johanna Rothman

APRIL 28, 2023

Our managers need to change what they want more often than that. ” “How long can the managers commit to their decisions?” You have options, to plan the next bit, but why should you plan for longer?” How often do the teams release?” You have many more planning options this way.

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Epicflow

MARCH 19, 2024

This time, we’ve prepared updates that will prove useful for those who work in an Agile environment, use Jira + Epicflow integration as well as those dealing with manufacturing, machine building, and other complex phased projects. Keeping track of teams’ capacity You can use the Load Analysis feature to analyze the team members’ workload.

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Johanna Rothman

JULY 20, 2021

Everyone does the best job they know how to do. Instead of talking about empowerment, let's discuss how we trust teams and people to do their best job. Can Your Team Change Its Board? Managers don't trust the teams to do their work. Can Your Team Choose Its Approach to the Work? Because the teams are not empowered.

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Tsavo Neal

JANUARY 20, 2022

It even instills confidence in you. Now, 80%+ of them will look at it before doing business with you. Best Consulting Website Examples If you are looking for some inspiration for your consulting website, the examples below will help. I’m busy working and I want to spend my time working on client sites. That’s it.

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Tom Spencer

MAY 19, 2023

Surprisingly, one of the biggest revelations was how much we underestimated the importance of facilitating and how much of a central role it plays in our day-to-day work. In this article, I will share some of the key findings from the Impact Workshop with you. How might we create agency for individuals who need to change?

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Johanna Rothman

DECEMBER 2, 2022

But all coaches need to: Understand which level(s) at which the client wants the coach to work. What Level(s) Are You Supposed to Influence? Coaches use their influence to support a change for the client. While they might teach as part of their work, effective coaches do not primarily teach as part of their role.

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Organizational Talent Consulting

MARCH 11, 2024

Annual off-site meetings to change dates on unsuccessful strategies don't make sense. As the world changes, businesses and leaders must change too. So, how can organizations and teams account for uncertainty and make progress on what matters? We can all agree nothing is certain except death and taxes.

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The Management Centre

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

Coming back to work after a Summer break can be hard. And whether or not you’ve been away, the effects of the days getting shorter and nights getting longer can leave you feeling drained. Do you feel like you aren’t working at full power? But small goals you can achieve that will make a difference.

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Johanna Rothman

AUGUST 30, 2023

See Which Assumptions Do You Bring to What You Read? (& They're showing how they only offer commodity, and too often, inadequate, consulting. Most problems need critical thinking skills because what works for one client does not work for another. I explain how in Successful Independent Consulting.)

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Organizational Talent Consulting

MARCH 4, 2024

To avoid falling behind and making costly mistakes, here are two essential talent strategy steps you need to take now. The World Economic Forum suggests that as the utlization of technology increases the in-demand skills across jobs change over the next five to 10 years will continue to shift.

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