Decker Communication

APRIL 27, 2022

The executive entered the conference room and shared his theme for the keynote: “Digital Transformation is culture transformation , plain and simple. I want to talk about how developing a digital culture can lead to breakthrough performance and truly transformative outcomes. How wrong we were!

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Career Advancement

JULY 19, 2021

Recently, I shared insights on the most in-demand skills for the future that the leaders of tomorrow’s workforce need to develop. Several key competencies will aid in the development of all of those skills: The ability to think outside of the box, maintaining a healthy curiosity about how to best respond to change.

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HR Digest

DECEMBER 22, 2023

Large companies are adopting a model that views importance of training and development for work as a set of skills instead of relying on roles that require extensive professional qualifications. Our clients tell us that they’re investing in the training and skill development of their people. How are they doing it?

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Chartered Management Institute

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

Ann also met with Titania Woo of The Hong Kong Management Association to discuss partnership opportunities in the region. Furthermore, Ann was delighted to be able to personally present a number of Chartered Managers and Fellows with their certificates. Learn more here.

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The Practical Leader

OCTOBER 28, 2020

Research by Marie-Hélène Budworth, assistant professor of Human Resource Management at York University, shows that managers giving feedback to staff changed their performance 1/3 of the time, had no effect another 1/3 of the time, and actually reduced performance 1/3 of the time. Peak — the peak of the story. How are you doing?

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Strategy Driven

JUNE 19, 2023

One such vital aspect is the utilization of a Performance Marketing Management (PMM) agency. Customized Strategy Development Every business is unique, and a one-size-fits-all approach rarely leads to success. Collaborate with your PMM agency to identify relevant influencers in your industry or niche and develop strategic partnerships.

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HR Digest

APRIL 6, 2023

In today’s fast-paced business world, companies must stay agile and have a competitive advantage to succeed. The role of HR in business strategy is critical, as it can help organizations identify and develop the talent they need to achieve their goals. Why is it necessary for HR to take part in business strategy?

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HR Digest

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

We are slowly witnessing the resurgence of Human Resource Management, with companies actively investigating how HR teams can contribute to business growth. The role of HR professionals extends to people management of various forms and these small teams are responsible for the well-being of such larger cohorts.

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HR Digest

JANUARY 2, 2020

Yiorgos Boudouris, talent attraction manager at GetJobber, suggests asking yourself these revealing questions: Why don’t you enjoy your current role? Marti Konstant, workplace futurist and best-selling author of Activate Your Agile Career, suggests embracing career agility. “An With career agility, you can –.

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Persuasive Powerhouse

SEPTEMBER 19, 2012

Most of the things you can do to show that you value your staff also have a great flip side; they can help them to learn and develop. It’s a great way for them to get a better view of what’s entailed in leading at your level in the organization (and great development for them too).

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Great Leadership By Dan

JULY 21, 2016

On the one hand, you want everyone on your team to be: challenged but not overwhelmed; curious but not confused; agile but not disorganized. On the other hand, there are deadlines to meet; costs to contain; changes and more changes to manage. The client had scheduled a press conference to announce the new product and give a brief demo.

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Succession Software Budgeting Conference 120

Deming Institute

MAY 7, 2018

Guest post by John Hunter , author of Management Matters: Building Enterprise Capability. This webcast shows Sarah Pavelka ’s presentation, Deming and Lean: The Disparities and Similarities, at the 2012 Annual Deming Conference. This is one good tactic to use when introducing new management ideas.

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Lead from Within

JUNE 11, 2018

Show up as the leader and develop leaders within. Great leaders know they need to develop a reputation of being true to their word. Build plenty of opportunities for your team members to learn and grow–whether it’s a class, a conference, or even a reading group or lunchtime seminar series. Be agile and flexible.

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Strategy Driven

APRIL 6, 2020

Academy organizations are companies that invest in the development of their employees. That is why if you want to future-proof your career, you really do need to keep up with technology and keep improving your digital skills whether that means learning how to code or studying for your agile product owner certification.

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QAspire

SEPTEMBER 28, 2010

Home Go to QAspire.com Guest Posts Disclaimer 15 Key Lessons On Managing Change Change, they say, is the only constant. We may not be ‘change management experts’, but having a set of thumb rules always helps when dealing with change (because at some point, we have to face/manage/lead a change). Hope that clarifies.

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Surviving Leadership

JULY 24, 2019

Acacia HR Solutions CEO Sabrina Baker warns against approaching leadership development as a checkbox activity versus a commitment to the growth of their employees. Also from UDemy for Business, Shelley Osborne , Head of L&D, shares tips on how to apply Agile development techniques to learning & development processes.

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Skip Prichard

JUNE 16, 2020

Develop Your Ability to Influence. Great leaders are constantly working to develop their ability to influence and inspire others. Maya Hu-Chan is a management consultant, executive coach, author, and speaker, and founder of Global Leadership Associates. Linda is a manager at a software company. Me neither. Maya Hu-Chan.

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Deming Institute

OCTOBER 8, 2015

Edwards Deming Institute 2015 annual conference: There is No Instant Pudding, You have to Show Up to Disrupt. Everyone in the company needs to be R&D [research and development], even it is just a little bit… We want to be continuously reinventing our companies, our selves and our world. Understanding is emergent.

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Miles Anthony Smith

AUGUST 7, 2018

What is the number #1 book you recommend for learning how to become a better leader (boss/manager or leading self)? To succeed, a leader must learn to balance their relationships, time, strategic efforts and personal development. It is all about being a multiplier of talent vs a diminisher.being a magnet and developer of talent.

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Deming Institute

SEPTEMBER 12, 2016

This is similar to Deming’s ideas on management, I don’t believe their is a recipe to follow. Design the overall management system to give people that need to think deeply (makers, creators…) large blocks of uninterrupted time. The various traits (frequency, length, detailed agendas or not etc.) Solicit Feedback.

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Organization Objective Document Conference 28

Deming Institute

FEBRUARY 15, 2016

The SME deck is to be developed in two months, with weekly two hours meetings, on-line or face to face depending on the location of my clients. 3) Be agile by delegating tasks and trusting your team. 14) Create a structure in top management that will push every day on the above 13 points. Edwards Deming Institute conference.

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Harvard Business Review

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 Review

DECEMBER 31, 2015

He wants to increase his capacity to learn, to spot and understand developments inside and outside of the firm. ” To sustain success, you must develop learning agility. What is Learning Agility? Learning agility is the capacity for rapid, continuous learning from experience. Ask for feedback.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 15, 2012

David Bogaerts and Jael Schuyer are process improvement experts (" Lean Master Black Belts " and "Agile coaches") in the IT and operations group at ING , a leading bank based in the Netherlands. Building on their team successes, they created an "Agility capture team" of senior IT leaders to address larger issues. How are they doing it?

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 6, 2017

Employee burnout is a common phenomenon, but it is one that companies tend to treat as a talent management or personal issue rather than a broader organizational challenge. It manifests itself in endless rounds of meetings and conference calls to ensure that every stakeholder is heard and aligned. Weak time-management disciplines.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 8, 2017

It’s your job as a manager to make work meaningful for the members of your team. And what we found in our interviews was an interesting reinforcement of our prior work on employer branding and agile talent. Variety: Development, seeking new opportunities to learn and grow professionally. ” You and Your Team Series.

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Waldroop Agility Advertising Project 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 7, 2015

And coaching or mentoring approaches have great merits for personal development, but are hard to scale. They allow managers to suspend normal rules in an acceptable way and they provide an effective audiovisual medium for absorbing ideas. Strategists learn to manage and steer complex systems—without the costly risk of bankruptcy.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 10, 2013

To sustain a competitive edge, your company''s new business development engines must similarly fire on all cylinders at supersonic speed. Just as agile product development methods, such as Scrum , use process and tracking tools to set and track execution rhythm, so must the organization''s leader measure and monitor to ensure useful output.

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The Horizons Tracker

SEPTEMBER 8, 2019

Hackathons have grown in popularity almost in parallel with the growth in the agile software devevelopment methodology that they’ve sprung out of. Five teams descended on London for 12 hours of intense activity as they endeavoured to pull together useful applications from the cloud-based clinical data management system Medidata Rave.

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Productivity Products Software Participative 57

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 15, 2016

It’s also a popular construct in agile project management. These aren’t all-out, late-night, stack-of-pizza-boxes-on-the-conference-table types of affairs that only work for fledgling internet companies though. We’ve seen firsthand, again and again, how they help teams get more done and move faster.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 15, 2013

This conversation has generated a lot of interesting conversation via blog comments, emails, and face-to-face interactions at conferences and meetings and has revealed a few more insights that should factor into our evolving thinking. The CIO must understand and execute on the differences among leadership, governance, and managing.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 20, 2013

The traditional tools of management — strategy and planning — are no longer sufficient. Doctrine is the military's mechanism for managing the fog of war, pushing decision-making closer to the ground while providing the lines to guide decision-making and action. When developing doctrine, focus on principles not policies.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 27, 2011

Last year I was at an HR conference where someone asked "What is YouTube?") In this volatile climate, the new watchword for business is "agility." Do you know the ROI you receive from investing in salaries, bonuses, or development? Does your CHRO blog, tweet, have RSS feeds, and know what cloud computing, SaaS, and YouTube are?

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Metrics Human Resources Attrition CEO 14

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 26, 2016

As Carlos Guerrero walked to the whiteboard where the app development team had gathered for its daily stand-up, he noticed that Larry Berman was absent again. Carlos tried to focus on what Irina, one of Larry’s developers, was telling him about the current agile sprint. He just carried on. “Hit me with your updates.”

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 25, 2018

Not long ago, I asked 100 CEOs attending a conference how many of them were currently involved in a significant business transformation. More recently, we worked with the senior team of a large consumer product company which had been severely disrupted by smaller, more agile online competitors selling their services directly to consumers.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 11, 2016

Our research at the Agile Talent Collaborative reinforces findings from Accenture and other consulting and research firms: the use of freelancers — or agile talents as we call them — is growing, and for reasons that go well beyond cost efficiency. Developing Tomorrow’s Leaders. Insight Center.

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Agility Development Workshop Incubator 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 13, 2013

Soon after arriving at PBS, I called the digital team into a conference room and announced we were ripping up everyone’s annual performance goals and adding a new metric. The product manager? Our development team went Agile. Properly managed, it’s a healthy tension. Others began taking risks.

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