Accenture

OCTOBER 29, 2018

Experienced Agile coaches and consultants have regularly observed that the greatest impediment to transforming organizations is transforming the mindsets of its members. It is easy to train Agile practices such as Scrum and get people started working in teams. The coach would reply, “No Martin, you really don’t want to do that.”

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CO2 Business Leadership

APRIL 19, 2018

Our goal in conducting these client interviews is three-fold: We encourage self-reflection, and these interviews provide clients with a chance to consider why they sought coaching, what the process has meant to them, and what they might do next. As coaches, we want to learn more about what we do well and why, as well as how we can improve.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 13, 2010

If you’re game to test your leadership ability read on to take the exam… The examination is broken down into 10 sections, each worth 10 points. If you believe you possess a fully developed competency in a section give yourself 10 points. Section IX: Team Building. On with the exam… Section I: Character.

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 12, 2010

Where Dan lost me was on point #4 – Teams Decide by Consensus. In recent months I have observed a decent amount of politically correct discourse on the topic of team building and equality. The gist of the argument seems to be that for teams to be productive, employees have to feel “empowered&# by having an equal voice.

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 20, 2010

Poor Communication Skills : Show me a leader with poor communication skills and I’ll show you someone who will be short-lived in their position. Any leader is only as good as his or her team’s desire to be led by them. Bottom line…unproven leaders come with a high risk premium.

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Marcus Blankenship - Podcasts

MAY 28, 2020

According to Doody, the key is to stop thinking in binary terms of “good” and “bad” outcomes and optimize for learning, instead. Thinking of outcomes as a spectrum rather than “good” or “bad” (5:13). Understanding the long game (16:23). Good” and “bad” are subjective terms when it comes to experimentation (32:39).

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The Empowered Buisness

OCTOBER 1, 2013

Old style’ skills and competencies job descriptions are poor predictors (or motivators) of future success. If a role is “too big” for an employee – ie: they lack the skills to succeed, then it is essential to teach, coach and train your employee so they can achieve their goals.

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N2Growth Blog

JUNE 14, 2010

Few things are more critical to your efforts in increasing your revenue growth and corporate sustainability than understanding the value of disruptive innovation. “Me Too&# companies fight to eek out market share in an attempt to survive, while disruptive companies become category dominant brands insuring sustainability.

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Marcus Blankenship - Podcasts

APRIL 30, 2020

In this episode of Programming Leadership, Marcus talks with Rich Archbold, vice president of engineering at Intercom.io, about developing an inclusion and diversity plan for his company. He says that this responsibility falls largely on managers, who are the most important factor in an employee’s growth and development.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 16, 2010

Does the company purchase an off-the-shelf solution, utilize an ASP (Application Service Provider) solution or embark upon developing a custom application? Oh, and what about development methodology? I could go on ad-nauseum with this line of thinking, but I’m sure you get the point by now.

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Gitprime

AUGUST 15, 2019

As engineering managers and leaders, our job of course is to help our teams deliver value to the organization and its customers. Yet from a higher level, our role is to ensure that both engineers and teams continue to grow and develop. People need to grow and develop skills in order to move within the framework.

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James Shore

OCTOBER 9, 2020

This is a pre-release excerpt of The Art of Agile Development, Second Edition , to be published by O’Reilly in 2021. Visit the Second Edition home page for information about the open development process, additional excerpts, and more. Agile teams achieve organizational success by focusing on delivering value and decreasing costs.

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Marcus Blankenship - Podcasts

JULY 9, 2020

In this episode of Programming Leadership, Marcus and his guest, Rich Mironov, discuss the all too common disconnect between developers and those on the marketing side of organizations. How Rich helps marketers/sales develop a more useful frame for engineering (10:01). Where does product management fit between sales and development? (26:31).

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N2Growth Blog

APRIL 28, 2014

Chair, Organizational Development, N2Growth. E xecute your mission as the end game. Leading organizations and teams to respond using the best tactical approach will determine if the organization can really deploy the needed projected force with the ability to move freely by means of sufficient sustainability for prolonged operations.

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Marcus Blankenship - Podcasts

JULY 9, 2020

In this episode of Programming Leadership, Marcus and his guest, Rich Mironov, discuss the all too common disconnect between developers and those on the marketing side of organizations. How Rich helps marketers/sales develop a more useful frame for engineering (10:01). Where does product management fit between sales and development? (26:31).

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Terry Starbucker

NOVEMBER 29, 2009

by Starbucker on November 29, 2009 “It’s the most powerful thing there is&# – John Wooden John Wooden is a basketball coaching legend – in his 27 years at UCLA, his teams had a winning percentage of 81%, and they won a unfathomable 10 NCAA titles. Thank you for the post, Terry. He puts others first.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 3, 2010

you could create a video on this and present Jason Oiler How to handle a team member who is your most talented and intelligent but who also has a horrible attitude. Few places offer the potential for huge impact like a focus on creating organizational change that is healthy and sustainable. Sounds like an interesting event and line up.

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TechFides Blog

OCTOBER 29, 2020

At CIO Suite, Kent’s team (2 resources) offers four core services: IT Solutions Health Check Fractional CIO Services (i.e. In their focus on that one effort, they’re trying to develop a way of measuring the intelligence of a building, something like a standard, like LEED standards in the energy sector.

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Storm Consulting

DECEMBER 7, 2017

Essentially it’s because they are associated with levers that allow managers and teams to focus on the smallest thing that will really make a difference. Release rate is an ‘in your face’ measure and surely, if teams are failing to deliver code to production, then they are failing to meet their primary purpose. A Trailing Indicator.

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Datica

JULY 1, 2019

It will be important for the team to be able to determine the potential peripheral effects of redesigning workflows. Take a lesson from successful professional sports teams that require impeccable cooperation and efficiency to win games. Teams don’t just show up to games and expect to click on all cylinders.

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N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 24, 2010

Even if a company lucks its way into a good culture, I would suggest that it will not be sustainable without being part of the core business strategy. But if culture is developed outside of strategy, if it’s not driven by strategy, then said culture can become a very dangerous intoxicant.

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