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How WIP Insights Allow Us to Revisit Brooks’ Law About Adding People to a Team

Johanna Rothman

Several people on LinkedIn commented on my post, Want Better and Faster Results? Increase Team Size and Reduce WIP. They wondered if adding more people to a small team would violate Brooks' Law. As with all good questions, the answer is “It depends.” It depends on how your lifecycle manages feedback loops and learning, how collaborative the team is, and how much WIP the team has.

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Strategic Pricing™ – Focus Your Approach

Granite Leadership Strategies

Winning new Government contracts requires that a company pursue them by tracking and chasing more of them if they want to grow the business. From a sheer numbers standpoint that makes sense. But from a strategic business development sense, that may mean more opportunities or a better, more focused approach rather than a shotgun method. From a strategic pricing viewpoint, it means becoming more creative about what you seek and how you structure the pricing, but it also likely means using more

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Why Your Employees Aren't Committed to Your Company Strategy

Organizational Talent Consulting

Great leaders dream of a better future – from business sustainability to growing future leaders, increasing speed to market, or operating with greater purpose. To turn those dreams into workplace realities, leaders set strategies. Unfortunately, many organizations keep strategic plans a secret and don't involve leaders outside the executive leadership team.

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Operations in an Era of Radical Uncertainty

Harvard Business

Operations have always been foundational to competitive advantage, but the nature of this relationship is shifting: Historically, the strategic goal of operations was to achieve scale in order to create a sustainable efficiency advantage. In recent years, winners have focused more on ensuring their operations and strategies were adaptive to changing and unforeseen circumstances, with resilience driving outperformance.

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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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LSA Global Delivers Strategy Session for Hospital Leadership

LSA Global

Redwood Shores, CA – LSA Global, the leading business consulting, coaching, and training firm that helps fast growth life science, technology, and service companies by powerfully aligning their culture and talent with strategy, today announced results for a highly customized Strategy Session for Hospital Leadership to create leadership team alignment and focus.

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But it matters a lot to them…

Seth Godin Blog

To get to the Kebab House Cafe , you’ll need to drive past a dozen fast food restaurants, restaurants you can find off just about any interstate. It’s certainly less convenient to go a few blocks off the beaten path, but the food and service and vibe might be worth it. The thing is, it matters even more to them. The folks that work there, the ones who are building something they’re proud of.

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Does Your Hybrid Strategy Need to Change?

Harvard Business

Companies continue to struggle to design and implement a post-Covid return-to-office strategy that works for employees. To find the most workable alternative, they should focus on four factors: the needs of the work, the needs of the people, how work gets done, and the new managerial muscle required to manage a hybrid workforce.

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4 Ways to Make Work More Meaningful

Harvard Business

Curiosity is not just a medium by which we achieve professional success, it’s also imperative to unlocking purpose and meaning at work. Curiosity about ourselves, our work, and our colleagues is the key to unlocking the significance behind our work. Adopting the mindset of curiosity with the intention of discovering purpose is made possible through four simple practices: crafting your work, making work a craft, connecting work to service, and investing in positive relationships.

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Should I Push To Make My Interim Leadership Role Permanent?

Harvard Business

A senior leader must make a big decision for her career.

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Savings Consultants Are Needed in Today's Market More Than Ever

Savings Consultants are needed in today’s market more than ever. With an increase in expenses, businesses are looking for opportunities to save. Often unknown to businesses are savings in expense reduction, specialized tax savings, specialized savings including medical underpayments, health benefits cost reduction, zero cost processing, and more. Blue Coast Savings, with over 20 years in business, assists Savings Consultants in helping these companies move toward more profitable businesses.

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Create Smart Business Buying Efficiencies With Integrations - SPONSOR CONTENT FROM AMAZON BUSINESS

Harvard Business

Sponsor content from Amazon Business.

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Supporting Decarbonization Efforts in Every Link of Your Supply Chain - SPONSOR CONTENT FROM SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC

Harvard Business

Sponsor content from Schneider Electric.

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