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How to Be an Effective Consultant on Virtual Projects

Successful Independent Consulting

I did this just recently with someone who was in a PICA workshop with me. When she introduced herself I realized we had similar backgrounds and I made a note to reach out to her after the workshop. Q: Any final thoughts on how to be a terrific consultant in a virtual world?

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How to Use Flow Metrics to See if Your Economies of Scale Offer Value, Part 3

Johanna Rothman

Ignorance of the flow metrics. Luckily, the flow metrics help everyone see where the teams have value and where there is just cost. Flow Metrics Help Everyone See Reality I wrote about the effect of delayed releases in Little’s Law for Any Kind of Product Development: How to Learn How Long Your Work Will Take.

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Leadership Tip #11: Substitute the Word Trust for Empower

Johanna Rothman

Why do managers persist in demanding teams use a “standard” board, or use “standard” metrics, such as velocity? The first morning of a two-day workshop, the taxi picked me up, put all my stuff in the trunk, and then the door closed locking his keys in the taxi—and all my stuff. ” Okay.

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How to Be an Effective Consultant While Working Remotely

Successful Independent Consulting

I did this just recently with someone who was in a PICA workshop with me. When she introduced herself I realized we had similar backgrounds and I made a note to reach out to her after the workshop. Q: Any final thoughts on how to be a terrific consultant in a virtual world?

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LSA Global Delivers APAC Sales Leadership Workshop for Technology Company

LSA Global

Being a High Performing Sales Manager Ensure sales team members are accountable to the defined processes and critical productivity metrics by identifying the sales KPIs necessary to achieve results and ensuring sales team members embrace the plan. Learn more about getting aligned.

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Low Tech Way to Visualize Your Percentile Confidence for Forecasts

Johanna Rothman

He pointed me to this slideshare: Lightweight Kanban Metrics (in German). “ Troy Magennis offers workshops, etc about this very problem. I also offer workshops on this. Part of the article is about forecasts. I was ranting and raving about how to help people see their confidence levels. Don't worry about the language.)

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LSA Global Delivers Sales Leadership Workshop for an Industrial Technology Company

LSA Global

How to Manage Sales Teams to Greater Accountability Ensure all sales team members are accountable for high performance sales metrics and understand the “why” behind how their success is measured, monitored, and rewarded. Learn more about getting aligned.

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