Johanna Rothman

MAY 26, 2020

I asked if that was a team problem or a management problem. I'm not positive, but I think it's more of a management problem. Managers have a problem. Manager Problems Differ from Team Problems. I suspect many newly-remote managers have a similar problem: how to see inside what the team does, with micromanagement?

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Gina Abudi

AUGUST 29, 2013

In our first article we discussed the fear of having performance management conversations and provided a few options to address managers’ concerns. In our second article, we explored ways to evaluate a current performance management process.

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Business Consulting Agency

OCTOBER 19, 2023

Financial Management and Optimization: From financial planning to risk management, consultants offer insights and guidance that enable companies to optimize their financial resources, streamline budgetary processes, and mitigate financial risks.

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Consulting Matters

FEBRUARY 12, 2020

It's coming to a place of understanding and respect for the complexity that leaders manage when trying to guide human beings to work together. Consultants and coaches exist to enhance leadership and organizational capacity. Leadership and consulting is all about power. We aren't subcontractors.

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Gina Abudi

APRIL 28, 2015

Managing Stakeholders Expectations around Change Managing business process improvement (BPI) projects are challenging enough. Add to that the need to manage stakeholders’ expectations around change as it relates to the BPI project and your challenges have doubled!

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Gina Abudi

APRIL 29, 2015

The success of business process improvement (BPI) projects relies on many factors, not the least of which is a strong and diverse BPI project team. The post Managing BPI Projects appeared first on Gina Abudi. Building a Strong and Diverse Project Team. Consider any BPI project you have worked on in the past.

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Harvard Business

APRIL 12, 2016

Leadership development represents a huge and growing investment for most organizations. Industry research, for example, shows that companies spent more than $24 billion on leadership and management training worldwide in 2013, an increase of 15% from 2012. Reversing this means that companies start at the end — with results.

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Gina Abudi

MAY 7, 2015

The ability to communicate effectively with the sponsor and stakeholders is absolutely essential to BPI (business process improvement) projects. The post Managing BPI Projects – Communicating with the Sponsor and Stakeholders appeared first on Gina Abudi.

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Gina Abudi

MARCH 24, 2016

In this article, let’s look at a few ways to ensure that the leadership team, from executives down to first line management, are moving in the same direction and working toward the same goals for the organization. The post Keep Your Leadership Team Moving in the Same Direction appeared first on Gina Abudi.

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Rick Conlow

JUNE 3, 2021

Over 80% of managers fail according to leadership derailment studies. The antidote to terrible teams is better leadership. Keep in mind that it takes skill to manage team dynamics. See this– SPICA: Team Management Skills. ) Do What Most Other Managers Do Not Do! Create a Mars Plan– but NOW!

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Rick Conlow

JUNE 3, 2021

Over 80% of managers fail according to leadership derailment studies. The antidote to terrible teams is better leadership. Keep in mind that it takes skill to manage team dynamics. See this– SPICA: Team Management Skills. ) Do What Most Other Managers Do Not Do! Create a Mars Plan– but NOW!

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Turnaround Training Training eBook 52

Consulting and Organizational Management

APRIL 14, 2013

We would most often be asked in to help a leadership team that was struggling. So, we’d be sitting with a group of managers listening to them talk about their difficult issues. team building, coaching, a visioning conference, a process improvement project, etc. Career Management. Crisis Management.

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Harvard Business

OCTOBER 23, 2017

Data science is becoming a reality for change management, and although it may not have arrived yet, it is time for organizations to get ready. Although predictive models for change management are still a ways off, organizations can get themselves on the right path by adopting the right tools and capturing the right data.

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Change Management Data Company Management 28

Progressus

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

Many pro services firms still use fragmented systems or analog methods like spreadsheets to manage projects. This leads to poor visibility, inefficient processes, and, worst of all, inaccurate data. It prevents you from generating reliable cash-flow forecasts and makes it incredibly difficult to manage resources.

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Consulting and Organizational Management

APRIL 28, 2010

Be Careful About Proclaiming "Failed Management Movements"! Last week, I got a call from a consultant who lamented the “failure of all those management movements.” ” As usual in these conversations, the caller went on to explain how his particular idea was what leaders and managers really needed.

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Consulting Matters

APRIL 24, 2020

And through both of those processes, I served as an Operator, and then also as a Project Manager, and then a Master Black Belt Lead Sig Sigma process improvement black belt. And when I left the Navy, I worked at a couple of commercial sites, and then for a couple OEMs, Westinghouse and GE.

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Gina Abudi

JANUARY 18, 2017

Developing a strategic communication plan to communicate on business process improvement (BPI) projects greatly increases the success of the project overall.

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Consulting Matters

APRIL 24, 2020

After eight years of service, I left and worked at a couple of commercial nuclear power plants and earned a project management certification and a Master Black Belt Lead Sig Sigma process improvement black belt, along with my engineering degree. I was part of their nuclear power program. You know what? Are they reasonable?

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Gina Abudi

MARCH 8, 2017

Develop a document that will help you manage your BPI project!

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Consulting and Organizational Management

DECEMBER 2, 2012

The profession has become filled with niche players……executive coaching, team building, process improvement, change management, etc. How to Manage Resistance in Consulting — Part 1 of 3: What is Resistance? Career Management. Crisis Management. Free Management Library Blogs. Leadership.

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Harvard Business

JUNE 6, 2018

But if leadership allows itself to get distracted, the base business can quickly suffer. In many cases, integration efforts can take up so much time, energy, and attention that managers and employees are distracted from their day-to-day roles. Then executives from the CEO on down need to manage the culture actively.

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Harvard Business

AUGUST 30, 2018

One question that has long plagued organizations is how to improve performance among frontline workers, the people who actually drive customer experience. In 2016 the leadership team of a national retail organization asked us to help boost their frontline performance. Systematically manage apprenticeship.

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Harvard Business

SEPTEMBER 16, 2016

Convincing employees to go above and beyond the call of duty may be the epitome of personnel management. These self-starters need no external cues to help a co-worker learn a new skill; offer suggestions for process improvement; recruit a new employee; or volunteer for an assignment. How talent management is changing.

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Harvard Business

OCTOBER 18, 2016

Thus not surprisingly, lots of leaders say they want to encourage their employees to speak freely, whether it’s by offering creative new ideas, identifying process improvements, or even calling out unethical behavior. When employees speak up, companies benefit. One important one is to actively embrace constructive conflict.

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Construction Culture Process Improvement Research 28

Harvard Business

NOVEMBER 22, 2017

Improving access to care, increasing workforce productivity, optimizing clinical operations, and managing population health are important—and interrelated steps. Four key outcomes to transforming healthcare: Lower entry barriers and increase geographic reach to improve access to care. Sensitivity to operations.

Healthcare 28

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Harvard Business

SEPTEMBER 11, 2017

Customers are integral to this process because they provide feedback, and every member of your team should be answering support requests, meeting with customers, and thinking about how to build a product that suits the needs of the market. Set up a simple workflow to manage customer requests. What to do. Don’t do it.

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Harvard Business

JUNE 8, 2017

HDP is a third-party administrator with expertise in the development and management of travel surgery programs, providing strategic and operational management of this program. PBGH is a non-profit, employer-led organization that represents public and employer healthcare purchasers, including numerous Fortune 100 companies.

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Harvard Business

AUGUST 2, 2018

.” With this in mind, over time, Joel changed his management style. “No longer was I focusing solely on what I could get done as a manager,” he says. This made me more people-focused than process-focused, but it allowed for process improvements in the best way possible, by enabling people to excel.”

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Gina Abudi

MARCH 9, 2017

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Yusuf Abudi, Principal Abudi Consulting Group, LLC 21 Hickory Drive Amherst, NH 03031 Phone: + 1 603 471-3864 Email: acginfo@abudiconsulting.com Abudi Consulting Group, LLC Announces Publication of Gina Abudi’s Recent Book: Implementing Positive Organizational Change Amherst, NH – March 1, 2017.

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Harvard Business

AUGUST 1, 2017

In other words, they’re a terrific medium and mechanism for transitioning traditional managements to platform perspectives. In my experience, legacy managements too frequently misunderstand recommenders’ role in driving innovation and cultural change. Recommenders are digital platforms for virtuous cycles. Insight Center.

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