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Leadership Tip #11: Substitute the Word Trust for Empower

Johanna Rothman

However, every manager's micromanagement pervades all levels. Management—not the teams—often chose a Scrum board with three columns. Why do managers persist in demanding teams use a “standard” board, or use “standard” metrics, such as velocity? Because the teams are not empowered.

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What is consulting?

Tom Spencer

When people think of consultants, they tend to visualize professionally suited employees, degrees from the best schools, high pay-checks and fancy travel stories. This might include advice on asset management, tax structuring, or capital structuring to reduce financing costs and sources of risk (e.g.

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Meet "Ray" Your Valet Parking Robot

MishTalk

"Ray" Your Parking Robot AP Photo/dpa, Federico Gambarini US News comments on the " Uncanny Valet " Ray can carry any standard car weighing up to 3 metric tons (3.31 Mike "Mish" Shedlock [link] Mike "Mish" Shedlock is a registered investment advisor representative for SitkaPacific Capital Management.

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Change Management Is Becoming Increasingly Data-Driven. Companies Aren’t Ready

Harvard Business

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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No Floundering Here; Only Great Insights

Martinka Consulting

The results include, while industry turnover is 250-400% Ivar’s turnover is 18% for management and 100% for staff. This shows in all of their metrics. And, keep employees happy. They keep them happy by constantly recognizing their people and making it fun. Again, Bob shared some statistics (he’s big on measuring being a former CFO).

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4 Steps to a Strong Conclusion in Your Case Interview (Part I)

Tom Spencer

Structured thinking and structured communication are at the crux of what management consultants are doing day in and day out. Say we also learned throughout the case that our client has an internal metric that they use, which makes sure that they’re able to hit a $25M annual revenue run rate within three years of entering the market.

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To Change Your Strategy, First Change How You Think

Harvard Business

Therefore his mental model was not how to gain market share from other airlines, but how to create a completely new market for air travel. Like Southwest, JetBlue focuses on people over planes, with a mission to “bring humanity back to air travel.” ” GE is also using very different metrics for its platform businesses.