Harvard Business

AUGUST 3, 2017

When it comes to creating a more data-and-analytics-driven workforce, many companies make the mistake of conflating analytics training with data adoption. While training is indeed critical, having an adoption plan in place is even more essential. Build certification into your training. Consider training a starting point.

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Johanna Rothman

OCTOBER 27, 2020

Project lifecycles and cultures manage all those risks. And, you can decide if you want to try to change the culture. Solving Deterministic Problems Does Not Require an Agile Approach. And, you might need both, which is why many projects use some sort of iterative and incremental (but not agile) lifecycles.

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Johanna Rothman

MARCH 11, 2021

Worse, most career ladders assume we can assess what a person can do, not on their contributions to an agile team. That means most career ladders don't fit agile teams or an agile culture. Instead of individual achievements, we can reward the types of agile leadership we want to see in agile teams.

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LSA Global

FEBRUARY 25, 2025

Assess To ensure the design was highly relevant to the target audience, their bosses, and the organization as a whole, we conducted the following training needs assessment : Held 360-degree interviews with key stakeholders. Attended a 2-day strategy retreat to ensure alignment and connection to High Functioning Team Training principles.

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LSA Global

JANUARY 22, 2025

We know from people manager assessment center data and new manager training participants that a teams potential is rooted in its ability to collaborate effectively, innovate consistently, and adapt to changing circumstances. Proportionate acknowledgment of individual and team performance fosters a culture of appreciation and positivity.

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Management How To Construction Training 68

LSA Global

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

How to Bridge the Capabilities Gap through the Strategic Alignment of Skills and Organizational Objectives We know from training needs assessment data that most organizations struggle to ensure that their workforce has the skills and motivation to achieve strategic objectives in a way that makes sense to the people AND the business.

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Clarity Consultants

AUGUST 13, 2024

With technological advancements and evolving workforce needs, organizations are constantly exploring innovative ways to improve their training programs. Here are the top L&D trends that are set to shape the learning landscape in 2024: Personalized Learning Paths Gone are the days of one-size-fits-all training programs.

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Trends Training Training Data 147

Johanna Rothman

OCTOBER 15, 2020

Isn't every iterative and incremental approach an agile approach? We often hear agile approaches are a mindset. An agile approach requires a change in culture at the team level, at the portfolio level, and in management. Agile approaches change what we discuss, how we work together, and what we reward.

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Tom Spencer

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

Effective governance can serve as the bedrock of organizational culture, which shapes perceptions, attitudes, and interactions throughout the organisational hierarchy, between departments, and within project teams. Foster an inclusive culture that values different perspectives.

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Government Culture Ethics Agile 88

Clarity Consultants

SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

These strategies foster a continuous learning culture, where employees are encouraged to acquire new skills, share knowledge, and innovate. By embedding learning into the organization’s fabric, companies can remain competitive and agile in the face of change. Robust organizational learning strategies often drive this commitment.

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Harvard Business

MARCH 22, 2018

In Today’s Digital Economy, Agile Practices Can’t Be Limited to Just the IT and Development Realms. By Surya Panditi, SVP and GM, Agile Management, CA Technologies. Agile practices have a vital part to play in the rapid delivery and continuous maintenance of software-driven products and services.

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Johanna Rothman

AUGUST 14, 2019

In Part 1 , I wrote about how “Agile” is not a silver bullet and is not right for every team and every product. This post is about how management fits into agile approaches. Too often, managers think “agile” is for others, specifically teams of people. Team-based “agile” is not enough.

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Johanna Rothman

OCTOBER 20, 2020

The original signatories of the Manifesto for Agile Software Development wanted to solve these specific problems: How can we: Bring more adaptability to software development? If you read these books, you could understand project-based agility. However, many people wanted “the recipe” for agility.

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Clarity Consultants

MARCH 29, 2025

Organizations must now equip their leaders with essential skills such as agility, emotional intelligence, and a forward-thinking mindset to effectively navigate and succeed in an unpredictable future. Job rotations, stretch assignments, and simulation-based training can help leaders develop critical decision-making and problem-solving skills.

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Harvard Business

MAY 18, 2018

Organizations, processes, and cultures will be integrated for weeks and months after the organizations come together, causing disruption and uncertainty. In this environment, change agility needs to be part of the new organization’s and leaders’ DNA. Change agility requires an answer to the question “Why?”,

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Harvard Business

JUNE 19, 2017

If software has eaten the world, then agile has eaten the software world. And there is no shortage of information and advice on how agile should be implemented in your tech organization. For example, a Google search for “agile software development” returns over 14 million results. Related Video.

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Johanna Rothman

OCTOBER 20, 2020

I discussed the origins of the agile approaches in Part 5. In this post, I'll discuss how you can create an agile approach that fits your context. Why should you create your own agile approach? Because your context is unique to you, your team, project, product, and culture. Remember, an agile approach starts with a team.

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Harvard Business

APRIL 20, 2016

You hear a lot about “agile innovation” these days. Teams using agile methods get things done faster than teams using traditional processes. Agile has indisputably transformed software development, and many experts believe it is now poised to expand far beyond IT. They keep customers happier.

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Agile Methodologies Software Development 70

Johanna Rothman

AUGUST 12, 2021

Now, these same managers want business agility. The more we remove, the more agility or improvement we might see. As the teams used agile approaches, they requested more and more frequent deployments. A lot of the friction we see is anti-agility. What culture do you want? What Might You Consider Removing?

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Policies Leadership Guidelines Agile 131

Harvard Business

MARCH 7, 2017

Susan Fowler, a former site reliability engineer at Uber, recently wrote about her “very, very strange year at Uber,” characterized by a pervasive culture of alleged sexual harassment. But must employees, investors, and other constituents accept harmful employment cultures in fast-growth organizations until a crisis occurs?

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Harvard Business

DECEMBER 17, 2018

.” Our solution – one transferable to other organizations pursuing innovation – has been to create an agile network of volunteer ambassadors and coaches throughout the company who have taken collective responsibility for making innovation happen and steering our organizational culture in the right direction.

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Company Agile Training Training 132

Johanna Rothman

AUGUST 15, 2019

I started this series asking where “Agile” was headed. This part is about how people want a recipe, The Answer, for how to get better at “Agile.” ” Before we can address what an answer might be, your need to know your why for an agile approach. Can “Agile” deliver on that?

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Harvard Business

JUNE 27, 2016

” Many of us now work in constantly connected, always-on, highly demanding work cultures where stress and the risk of burnout are widespread. Since the pace and intensity of contemporary work culture are not likely to change, it’s more important than ever to build resilience skills to effectively navigate your worklife.

Energy 132

Energy Agile Survey Training 132

Johanna Rothman

JUNE 9, 2022

A senior manager said, “We give our resources everything they could need: technology, tools, even some training. ” These managers have created a resource efficiency culture, not a flow efficiency culture, as in the image above. In contrast, a flow efficiency culture watches the flow of the work.

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Johanna Rothman

AUGUST 17, 2017

Education and training. Of these, it makes sense to change the compensation and rewards approach, recruitment and hiring if the organization wants to create an agile culture. It’s possible to create a more agile approach to education and training. Agile HR is not about standups or boards. Recruitment.

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Harvard Business

JANUARY 2, 2017

It’s about creating an agile organization that can detect what type of change is essential and respond quickly with the most competitive solution. Consider the challenge companies face in the rapidly changing market for power train compressors. But taking full advantage of it requires significant cultural changes.

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Harmonious Workplaces

DECEMBER 12, 2023

Its significance can make or break successfully “refreezing” those changes into a workplace’s culture (Lewin), especially in a business landscape marked by rapid evolutions. Flexible Organizational Culture: A culture that promotes openness to new ideas and approaches fundamentally fosters success.

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Harvard Business

JULY 24, 2018

Fast-iteration methodologies are a prerequisite, because talent tech has to be tailored to specific business needs and company context and culture. The job of leaders shifts from mandating change to fostering a culture of learning and growth. Leaders must foster a culture of learning. Let’s look at these one by one.

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Epicflow

APRIL 19, 2024

User training and adoption. This includes educating users on how to use Epicflow effectively: conducting training sessions/workshops or providing online tutorials to familiarize users with the software’s features and functionalities. We’ll dwell on the team training and onboarding in a separate section. User adoption.

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Software Resources Training Training 130

Johanna Rothman

SEPTEMBER 24, 2020

We hear about agile teams, in the form of product or feature teams. ” If we want business agility, managers need to work in teams—maybe even before we think about product or feature teams. Middle managers manage the project portfolio, identify new opportunities, and gather data for training across the organization.

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Strategic Planning and Management Insights

MARCH 6, 2023

McKinsey & Company discovered that data-driven firms are 23 times more likely to acquire customers , six times more likely to retain them, and 19 times more likely to be profitable than their counterparts without a data-driven culture. However, not all management training programs are created equal.

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LSA Global

JUNE 13, 2024

Building a Culture of Change Agility When it disrupts established routines and comfort zones, organizational change typically faces stiff resistance. Leaders play a critical role in fostering a culture of change agility that views change as an opportunity rather than a threat.

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LSA Global

DECEMBER 2, 2024

Communicating with Impact Explore communication essentials training best practices about how to engage with others effectively through clarity of ideas, connection with your audience through enhanced listening and questioning skills, and a clear and actionable path forward. The People Leadership Fundamentals workshop results were: 98.2%

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Leadership Management Training Training 68

LSA Global

APRIL 11, 2024

A Guide to Boosting Organizational Change Agility: The Top 6 Best Practices Most leaders understand that organizational change is both a constant and a necessity. Change management consulting experts define agility as the capacity of an organization to anticipate, respond to, and capitalize on internal and external changes.

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LSA Global

AUGUST 21, 2024

The highly customized training programs aligned with the corporate strategy to accelerate EPS growth and expand margins while leveraging new and current assets. Job Relevance 98% Satisfaction 148% Knowledge Gain 95.4% Job Relevance 98% Satisfaction 148% Knowledge Gain 95.4% Learn more about getting aligned.

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Harvard Business

MARCH 22, 2017

This program gives employees across all disciplines and levels tools to educate them on the company, its culture, products and services, and how they solve its customer’s needs. Marketers are adopting the business practices of entrepreneurs such as lean startup and agile development.

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Marketing Agile Fashion Sales 135

Harvard Business

NOVEMBER 29, 2018

The model has been used in other industries and has parallels to the “teams of teams” approach in the agile method of operating that has become so popular. But the scale at Intermountain Healthcare, where more than 2,500 huddles occur every morning, makes it especially illuminating and instructive.

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