Johanna Rothman

MAY 16, 2019

I suggested ways to think about more agile budgeting in part 1. Also, see From Chaos to Successful Distributed Agile Teams. You can use incremental funding, incremental budgeting, and lean metrics to manage the project portfolio and adapt. Use the data you need to have a more agile approach. I didn't tell you why.

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LSA Global

JANUARY 22, 2025

To optimize team potential, start by clearly defining the teams mission , goals, roles, success metrics , interdependencies, and expected outcomes.

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Harvard Business

JULY 19, 2017

Many companies are attempting a radical — and often rapid — shift from hierarchical structures to more agile environments, in order to operate at the speed required by today’s competitive marketplace. At Bain & Company, we do not believe that companies should try to use agile methods everywhere. This takes time.

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Epicflow

JUNE 17, 2022

Product portfolio management helps find the most appropriate strategy to gain the desired business objectives as well as evaluate the success of each product or service and make corresponding improvements if necessary. Efficient product portfolio management allows a company to be agile and respond to arising market demands.

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Strategic Planning and Management Insights

MARCH 6, 2023

SME Strategy is a strategy consulting firm that specializes in helping organizations align their teams and operations around a shared vision, mission, values, goals, and action plans. However, without a data strategy , the likelihood of achieving successful outcomes is greatly diminished.

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Epicflow

JUNE 10, 2024

In contrast to traditional project/program/portfolio managers dealing with individual projects/programs/portfolios, the role of a CPO is more strategic, he or she is a member of the executive board and oversees all project-related activities and their connection with an organization’s business strategy. What organizations require a CPO?

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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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Harvard Business

NOVEMBER 29, 2018

A core challenge of management is to ensure that the organization’s priorities, strategies, and metrics are consistently embraced and that any impediments are identified and addressed quickly. Metrics that are reported daily, such as “units at capacity.” CAPTION TEXT HERE/Getty Images.

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LSA Global

OCTOBER 7, 2024

Why Corporate Strategy is a Verb: Driving Focused Action for Business Success Some leaders mistakenly think of corporate strategy as a grand plan conceived during a strategy retreat that is locked in place. This static perspective, however, limits the potential of what corporate strategy can and should be.

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Brimstone Consulting

NOVEMBER 6, 2020

To further scale the company and increase performance and profitability, the private equity firm identified the need to address operational inefficiencies, optimize the organizational structure, and develop a high-performing and agile leadership team. A second level of leaders was developed to support the company’s growth strategy.

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Harvard Business

NOVEMBER 22, 2017

Why is one insurance company deep into an agile transformation while another is experimenting with it only at the edges of its business? For every company wrestling with evolutions in its strategy, success depends as much on matching the operating model to those evolutions as it does on the soundness of the strategy itself.

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Harvard Business

AUGUST 29, 2018

Yet it also gives you an agile way to work: you don’t waste time or dollars when there are no results, and you develop a fast-fail mentality to learn what works and what doesn’t. Take the subscriber-first strategy of The New York Times. Take the subscriber-first strategy of The New York Times.

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Harvard Business

OCTOBER 30, 2017

This research confirms that when it comes to strategy execution, there is a knowing-doing gap. The Gap Between Strategy and Execution. And it comes at a cost that is all too familiar: Most initiatives set up to execute strategy fail to deliver the intended benefits. Insight Center. Sponsored by the Brightline Initiative.

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Kates Kesler

DECEMBER 16, 2013

Very large multi-national product companies need to find creative ways to enjoy the benefits of scale while remaining agile. Agility and scale rarely co-exist in the design of the organizational operating model. So why is it so hard to create networked, agile teams in large, global product companies? The global/local tension.

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Harvard Business

MARCH 22, 2017

The metrics also changed. Today, the ability to measure data and adjust strategies in real-time enables marketing to prove its value to the business in entirely new ways. Marketers are adopting the business practices of entrepreneurs such as lean startup and agile development. The results?

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Harvard Business

OCTOBER 25, 2016

I’ll describe some of Avaya’s specific innovation techniques and strategies below, but again, it’s worth slowing down to emphasize how unusual this attitude adjustment toward risk is. Embrace Agile Methods for Responding to Customers. It takes a major cultural shift in the company. The risk had been managed well.

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Brimstone Consulting

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

Our process enables new leaders to accelerate results by balancing strategy and execution , building trust, and aligning the leadership team and organization. The outcome is an actionable three-year strategy. We partnered with him to develop a strategy, align the senior leadership team, and drive the team to higher performance.

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Harvard Business

JULY 1, 2016

No strategy is static. By tracking a metric, they can sell optimized wait times (elevators as a service) rather than banks of elevators based on price. Transforming a relatively simple idea into a $19 billion windfall, it turns out, was more about solving problems with the tools at hand than inventing new solutions from scratch.

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Harvard Business

OCTOBER 27, 2017

Every CEO or leader knows that strategy design, coupled with excellence in the implementation of that strategy, is central to an organization’s sustainable growth and prosperity. Read more from Brightline Initiative: What Good Leaders Do to Design Strategies That Employees Can Actually Implement.

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Johanna Rothman

JUNE 9, 2020

In the agile and lean communities, we talk a lot about transparency. This image is the transparency principle we used in From Chaos to Distributed Agile Teams. And, a much more agile organization. What do agile managers do? That includes any interim measures, including cycle time metrics. People Solve Problems.

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Brimstone Consulting

JUNE 17, 2020

We have been working with leaders to achieve accelerated results and (re)build a stronger, more agile organization, by taking their team through the Senior Team Alignment Process (STAP). The process is agile, fast, flexible, and time competitive.

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Harvard Business

NOVEMBER 9, 2016

what this produces for the business and for shareholders — the critical outcome metrics by which the organization will be judged. 5 Strategy Questions Every Leader Should Make Time For. Nor is it something that leaders should do only once a year, at the strategy offsite or at the start of the strategic planning round.

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Harvard Business

NOVEMBER 13, 2017

Large enterprises have been responding to these developments for some time, mainly by applying the methods of startups such as lean experimentation, design thinking, and agile development. Use New Metrics. As such, it is deadly to hold them to standard big-to-bigger growth metrics. Develop a Portfolio Strategy.

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Kates Kesler

JULY 24, 2020

Talent problems are result of organization design decisions related to organization strategy and broader organization design issues. The Star Model provides a holistic view of to look at the diversity opportunity and it starts with strategy. Metrics and Rewards. The focus on “fixing” a talent problem comes too late.

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Kates Kesler

JULY 22, 2020

Talent problems are result of organization design decisions related to organization strategy and broader organization design issues. The Star Model provides a holistic view of to look at the diversity opportunity and it starts with strategy. Metrics and Rewards. The focus on “fixing” a talent problem comes too late.

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Harvard Business

NOVEMBER 22, 2016

However, many are not equipped to confront the legion of new, more agile competitors—and run the danger of becoming the losers in that war. Are your metrics set up to gauge whether the content you generate delivers the outcome the customer expects? Tomorrow’s IME Landscape. What are the main causes of inaccurate content?

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LSA Global

DECEMBER 1, 2021

Strategy without Action Is Just Wishful Thinking Despite the time and effort leaders put into crafting a clear business strategy , one of the most distressing statistics, is that, according to a recent IBM survey, 90% of strategies fail to meet expectations. Where did things go wrong from strategy to action?

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Harvard Business

MARCH 28, 2017

This revealed five essential leadership and organizational capabilities: discipline and focus, agility, connectivity, openness and transparency, and empowerment and alignment. Digitally sustainable organizations are agile: They think fast, decide fast, execute fast, fail fast, learn fast, and scale fast. Discipline and Focus.

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LSA Global

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Do You Need to Implement Strategies for Executive Teams to Stay Aligned? That is why strategies for executive teams to stay aligned are paramount. What Happens to Strategies When Executive Teams Do Not Stay Aligned Successfully designing and executing a company strategy is not easy.

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LSA Global

AUGUST 25, 2020

Is It Time to Pivot Your Sales Strategy? Are you and your sales team agile enough? You will find out just how quickly you can pivot your sales strategy and your sales team when a crisis occurs. Do you need to pivot your sales strategy or sales approach? 3 Steps to Pivot Your Sales Strategy During a Crisis.

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LSA Global

DECEMBER 3, 2019

A Common Problem When Leaders Disagree on Strategy. After massive investments of time and money, too many companies report failing at strategy execution. What’s Causing the Disconnect between Strategic Planning and Strategy Implementation? Six Tips on Moving Forward When Top Leaders Disagree on Strategy.

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LSA Global

APRIL 15, 2024

Developing an effective sales strategy requires a deep understanding of market dynamics and the ability to adapt to evolving trends. Let’s delve into the intricacies of constructing an effective sales strategy that makes sense to your people, your customers, and your business as a whole.

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LSA Global

APRIL 15, 2024

Developing an effective sales strategy requires a deep understanding of market dynamics and the ability to adapt to evolving trends. Let’s delve into the intricacies of constructing an effective sales strategy that makes sense to your people, your customers, and your business as a whole.

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LSA Global

JANUARY 27, 2025

To build a high-performing team, leaders must take a thoughtful approach to defining and communicating roles across three levels: Level 1: Team Strategy Level 2: Team Culture Level 3: Team Talent Lets look at each level. Encourage open communication and change agility to ensure seamless coordination between different roles and functions.

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Kates Kesler

JUNE 11, 2014

Our sports-apparel CEO had the right idea in challenging his team to think about the organization and ask: are we fit for growth, given our strategies going forward? At a glance, the study revealed these themes: There is no common pattern for a ‘best organization design’ regardless of size, strategy, or industry. a) Agility.

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Progressus

OCTOBER 19, 2023

These forces encompass digitization, the adoption of data-centric business strategies, the ongoing recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic, and more. Digital Agility: Technology enables greater adaptability in response to changing conditions, helping firms accelerate digital transformation and optimize various aspects of their operations.

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Johanna Rothman

JUNE 4, 2024

And given the plethora of “agile” coaches, too many managers have relinquished their coaching roles to these (supposed) agilists. The people with the least organizational knowledge make strategy decisions. Instead, managers are supposed to coach people. That serves no one in the organization. (I

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