Johanna Rothman

MARCH 30, 2021

Maybe a senior manager asks, “When can the customers expect this particular feature?” ” Or your manager asks, “How does this specific architecture work for our product?” That answer might depend on your culture. Assess Your Culture. ” I happen to like reality-based cultures.

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Johanna Rothman

APRIL 13, 2021

You've seen or heard about this problem: Senior leadership says, “Yes we need agility!” ” And the middle managers? The current culture pulls them one way. That's the middle management freeze. The culture changes—or lack of changes—freeze them. They're stuck. But they can.

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Johanna Rothman

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

When managers decide for other people, the managers exert a form of power-over. Instead, I see a manager deciding how other people or a team should work. When managers do that, they remove autonomy from people and teams. When managers use power-over, they deny the team's autonomy and mastery.

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Leadership Agile Exercises Culture 110

Rick Conlow

JANUARY 24, 2023

Servant Leadership is the antidote to toxic workplaces. Unfortunately, toxic offices, plants, stores, and managers abound. Managers of the future will have the people skills to lead highly productive and engaging hybrid work teams. 82% of managers fail. Now, it helps if a company elevates its culture. A record 4.2

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Johanna Rothman

JANUARY 26, 2021

A senior manager, SM, receives an estimate the SM doesn't like. SM asks a “lower” (on-the-hierarchy) manager/leader, LM, to change the estimate. What does that “lower” manager do? In addition, you try to support your senior manager, by not discounting the SM's need for a different result.

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Rick Conlow

OCTOBER 2, 2021

The greatest leadership myth is not just about the American culture. Unfortunately, it’s a phenomenon that has infiltrated leadership thought globally. ” The Greatest Leadership Myth Busted. The greatest leadership myth says it is all about the leader. A Proven Option to the Greatest Leadership Myth.

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Rick Conlow

APRIL 23, 2023

Servant Leadership is an unstoppable force for positive change that can transform toxic workplaces. Current leadership approaches fail to realize employee potential and the connection to business success. Unfortunately, leadership–business owners and executives–tend to look at a toxic culture with a blind eye.

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Consulting Matters

JANUARY 9, 2020

As a consultant - your role is to enhance leadership and organizational capacity. They may support implementation with advice, project management support and process leadership. Coaches on the other hand are more focused on the leaders themselves and helping them improve their personal and leadership effectiveness.

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UPD Consulting

JANUARY 29, 2024

Is ADEI just the latest victim of America’s ever-expanding culture war? Companies that reported above-average diversity on their management teams also reported innovation revenue that was 19 percentage points higher than that of companies with below-average leadership diversity. Yes, no doubt. Act instead on your bottom line.

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Johanna Rothman

AUGUST 12, 2021

Some managers wanted to prevent Bad Things from happening in the organization, so they added policies or procedures. Now, these same managers want business agility. Worse, sometimes, managers add more policies and procedures. I saw that in an organization that had management signoff for changes the technical people made.

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Rick Conlow

MAY 22, 2023

The quote “ The art of communication is the language of leadership” is often attributed to James Humes. This quote punctuates the critical nature of communication to effective and successful leadership. Furthermore, note these statistics: 67%of managers feel uncomfortable with face-to-face communication with employees.

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Clarity Consultants

JANUARY 5, 2022

Along with competitive compensation, a positive, supportive culture featuring a diverse workforce is increasingly viewed as essential. As a result, leaders weren’t necessarily trained in managing a distributed team beforehand, leaving them feeling ill-equipped to guide remote employees and promote success. Contact us today.

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Rick Conlow

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

Leadership is about people-first. Isn’t it time leadership understands this? Aren’t you weary of the steady stream of leadership nonsense you hear from politics, Washington, or the corporate office? Leadership derailment studies show that 82% of managers fail. Do not accept stupid and greedy leadership.

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Johanna Rothman

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

They (the team) feel that the tasks for the sprint are too varied to manage to a single sprint goal. Instead, I see assumptions that reveal a divide-and-conquer, and possibly a command-and-control culture, not an agile culture. Only if that leadership does not exist before spending hours. What should the Scrum Master do?”

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Johanna Rothman

DECEMBER 16, 2021

Angry, Dan fires two people: The person who made the bad deployment and that person's manager. Dan fires that person and the manager, too. Who wants to work somewhere where the senior management fires you for making a mistake—especially when you're overworked and tired? However, blaming doesn't create an effective culture.

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Culture Sports Exercises Management 101

Johanna Rothman

AUGUST 4, 2021

” The managers decided on the first 15 projects within 30 minutes. One of the portfolio managers asked, “How long do you need? That works best when the managers have an overarching goal. However, even if the managers don't have a common goal, most people know the most valuable work. I don't know that we can.

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Rick Conlow

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Servant Leadership coaching your superpower means you elevate people-first. Our partnership with them included servant leadership training. This involved over 200 locations and six layers of management. Employees and customers alike commented positively on the change of culture. It is hard work to be a Servant Leader.

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Clarity Consultants

JULY 20, 2023

Organizations that foster a learning culture gain a competitive edge in today’s rapidly evolving business landscape. Here are six essential components to consider when building an organizational learning culture. Here are six essential components to consider when building an organizational learning culture.

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Culture Training Training Conference 97

Johanna Rothman

MAY 4, 2021

You might have heard about the Basecamp culture changes last week. I’m sure you heard about Google’s culture problems several years ago. These problems are issues of culture: specifically what we can and cannot discuss. See Practical Ways to Manage Yourself for more information.). Absolutely.

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Rick Conlow

APRIL 23, 2023

Servant Leadership is an unstoppable force for positive change that can transform toxic workplaces. Current leadership approaches fail to realize employee potential and the connection to business success. Unfortunately, leadership–business owners and executives–tend to look at a toxic culture with a blind eye.

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Leadership Training Training Resources 86

Effective Managers

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

Key Strategies for Building and Maintaining Strong Client Relationships Effective client relationship management is crucial for the long-term success of any business. Understanding Client Relationship Management What is Client Relationship Management?

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Harvard Business

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

Curiosity is a powerful practice to infuse into a company’s culture. But managers often limit their definition of curiosity to simply a way to get information. Curiosity, though, can be a more expansive practice — it is a force for connection. But they need to do so intentionally.

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Harvard Business

OCTOBER 19, 2023

Managing extended R&D projects comes with its unique challenges, with even the popular agile method struggling in such contexts. Drawing from a recent significant build at Lattice, an HR software startup, three key factors emerge as essential for success in managing large projects.

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CaseInterview.com

MAY 26, 2023

Management consulting is an industry that offers assistance with this kind of high-level decision-making and problem-solving. Management Consultants help businesses make strategic decisions that directly impact the entire company. What is Management Consulting A lot of people ask me, “What is management consulting exactly?”It’s

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LSA Global

DECEMBER 2, 2024

The People Leadership Fundamentals workshop results were: 98.2% To set people leaders up for success, they wanted to establish proficiency with the fundamentals of leadership. The post People Leadership Fundamentals for Technology Managers appeared first on LSA Global. Job Relevance 98.4%

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Johanna Rothman

JANUARY 6, 2022

Tim didn't have much time to manage paying people by value at their various levels. Engineering management, including the directors and first-level managers, knew about the salary problem. Tim's management used power-over, not power-with to decide. The managers, because they are in a terrible position.

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LSA Global

DECEMBER 5, 2024

What Has the Greatest Impact on Organizational Culture? Our organizational alignment research found that cultural factors account for 40% of the difference between high and low growth companies in terms of revenue growth, profitability, leadership effectiveness, customer loyalty, and employee engagement.

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Leadership Planning with Liz Weber CMC

JUNE 21, 2022

Clarify Your Culture First appeared first on Weber Business Services, LLC. Before you start any strategic initiative, clarify with your team the role the project plays in supporting your organization’s mission, and how […]. The post Starting a Strategic Initiative?

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Culture Strategy Strategy Strategy& 111

Johanna Rothman

JANUARY 6, 2023

Several people on social media have denigrated the terms “project manager” and “program manager.” ” These people claim there is no need for either role in an effective team, especially an agile team because the team can manage its own deliverables. Facilitating the team's collaboration.

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Rick Conlow

DECEMBER 20, 2021

As a result, managers and companies are desperate to recruit and retain employees. A nasty company culture and oppressive management behavior reduces employee performance and drives them away. A nasty company culture and oppressive management behavior reduces employee performance and drives them away.

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Harvard Business

JUNE 22, 2023

This is an environment that will demand — and reward — high-performing leadership teams. Based on his conversations with more than 100 clients across industries, PWC U.S.

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Johanna Rothman

APRIL 13, 2022

Do the work—and create and refine the culture as you do. But let's circle back to the start and address the manager's role in team building. Managers Create the Environment for Effective Teams. Management teams might not have projects, as such.). As a manager: Explain what you see to the team in question.

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Consulting Matters

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

Meg's impressive journey to the top and her insights on leadership and personal development are truly enlightening. Growing up with a father involved in the space program and an education in marketing, Meg’s roots have significantly influenced her perspective on leadership.

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Rick Conlow

AUGUST 4, 2021

Consequently, 82% of managers fail and 85% of employees are sadly disengaged worldwide. Adam Grant, management researcher and professor at the Wharton School of Business, shows in his book Give and Take that servant leaders are more productive and more highly regarded by employees. Servant Leaders are Better than Great.

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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. When it comes to tracking your strategic goals, it's crucial to focus on the data that matters.

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Harvard Business

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

A conversation with Eccles professor Jay Barney on research about retooling culture.

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LSA Global

DECEMBER 9, 2024

The Top 7 Steps to Create Leadership-Driven Performance We know from leadership simulation assessment data that exceptional leaders drive exceptional performance. Exceptional leaders dont just set the pace; they cultivate a high performance culture that helps people to perform at their peak.

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