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Complimentary Resource – Iteration Planning Guide

Strategy Driven

This guide includes tips for success, pre-agenda planning, a recommended iteration schedule for new teams, and a sample agenda to follow. Copyright 2007-2013 by StrategyDriven Enterprises, LLC. This commitment defines the iteration backlog and is based on the team’s velocity or capacity and the length of the iteration timebox.

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Learning The Keys To Exceptional Execution

Tanveer Naseer

Amar told me in 2013 that some factors have changed since he first published his findings, for example, access to capital is more widespread through crowd-funding, along with a mainstream popularization of entrepreneurship and rise of a global startup ecosystem. Michael is a website designer who works on many high profile online projects.

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How to Complete an Individual Development Plan | Thoughts for the.

Nathan Magnuson

Some examples from all three could include leading a new project, supporting a project on another team (or a joint team), doing a rotational assignment, attending a seminar, joining a professional association or networking group, completing a new certification, becoming a board member for a non-profit in your industry, or reading a book.

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Not Adhering to the Rule of 150

Coaching Tip

Office cliques can affect workplace culture in a variety of ways.according to nationwide survey conducted by Harris Interactive on behalf of CareerBuilder from May 14 to June 5, 2013, among a representative sample of nearly 3,000 full-time, private sector U.S. What do Workers do to Fit In?

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Unconditional Love Can Change the World

Ron Edmondson

His latest project with former American Idol finalist Danny Gokey will be released by NavPress in October 2013. Read a sample chapter of the book HERE. This is a guest post by my good friend Ben Stroup. Ben is a writer and consultant. Unconditional Love Can Change the World. Buy the book HERE.

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How Google Has Changed Management, 10 Years After its IPO

Harvard Business Review

If you only read one piece, make it this one by David Garvin in 2013 , on how Google sold its engineers on management. From early on, Google employees were encouraged to spend a significant portion of their time on interesting side projects, with the idea that some of these projects would become new products. How Google manages.

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Making #GivingTuesday a Movement

Harvard Business Review

With every project, they are spreading the word through their networks, and the connection to #GivingTuesday becomes more valuable. Everyone connected with #GivingTuesday is happy to see excitement growing as our next big day –December 3, 2013 – grows near. The second #GivingTuesday will happen on December 3, 2013.