Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 23, 2020

At its core, lean project management is about delivering greater value while minimizing waste. If your goal is to improve your team’s lean project management, resulting in greater efficiency and productivity, you need to take a number of key steps. How to Apply Lean Project Management Methodology. Vincent Van Gogh.

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CEO Insider

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

A small, dedicated team had worked for six months on the project’s many aspects. Training sessions explained the ins and outs of the new system and staff were learning the soft skills […]. The post Shelving a project? The software was ready to go. Publicity for this initiative had been happening for a good while.

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Lead Change Blog

MARCH 30, 2016

If you’re going to accomplish anything big or important—and that’s what leadership is all about—you’ll need systems. Good systems are what we use to accomplish tasks that have to be done, at a certain level of quality or accuracy, again and again. A big project is made up of hundreds, maybe thousands of those types of repeated tasks.

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The Horizons Tracker

OCTOBER 18, 2022

This transformation is largely not reflected in the ranking systems that do so much to assess the work universities do. Their suggestions have already been integrated in the Times Higher Education rankings, albeit in a limited way, and the European U-Multirank system.

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Leading Blog

MARCH 12, 2018

More and more of our systems are in the danger zone, but our ability to manage them hasn’t quite caught up. As systems become more complex, we are more vulnerable to unexpected system failures. These stories told here are a compelling look behind the scenes of why failures occur in today’s many complex systems.

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Let's Grow Leaders

MAY 13, 2015

I’m launching a new project that will significantly propel the LGL mission of growing leaders with the confidence and humility to make a deeper impact on the world. ” And so today, I offer 7 questions to ask before you launch any significant project. 7 Questions You Should Ask Before You Launch a New Project.

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Strategy Driven

JANUARY 13, 2021

Small businesses are more vulnerable because they don’t have enough resources to set up high-tech security systems to keep their data and IT systems safe. These apps enable companies to manage projects and internal teams easily and effectively. Control access to systems. But there are ways around this. Takeaway Point.

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The Horizons Tracker

JUNE 25, 2020

The Healthy Ageing through Innovation in Rural Europe (HAIRE) project aims to work across eight rural communities in Belgium, France, the UK and the Netherlands to explore the role older people can play in revitalizing the communities. If people are cold, they can pick up a scarf, which I thought was pretty interesting and creative.”.

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Let's Grow Leaders

MARCH 21, 2022

Laura, an IT vice president, was excited to spend some time with her teams, hold a few skip-level meetings, and see their new system in action. Psyched to gather a few success stories, she couldn’t wait to tell the CEO how the new system was making things easier for the customer service reps and, ultimately, for their customers.

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Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 9, 2020

Having a clear view and set guidelines are important for a project. Hence, it’s a given to include job costing software for all construction jobs and having regular flow between projects. Building a construction business is not child’s play and requires extensive planning and restructuring of projects.

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Strategy Driven

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

Here are 10 factors worth considering when choosing a roof type for your construction projects. This also involves choosing the right contractor for your construction projects as they influence your decisions the most. Having a good budget with correct estimates shades more light on how much the project will cost you.

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Persuasive Powerhouse

NOVEMBER 28, 2012

Discover the new vision for the world of work and get a glimpse into the power of living systems as models for sustainability, collaboration, and growth. What if the environment above was modeled by a living-systems approach? Creating a Living-Systems Approach at Work. Purchase your copy at www.theappleintheorchard.ca.

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Art Petty

JANUARY 20, 2023

Rethinking the Operating System Needed for Manager Success Late last year, I shared an article at SmartBrief on Leadership, introducing the idea of the Manager's Operating System—a set of core programs or instructions that must be present to create a healthy working environment and support manager and team success.

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Rich Gee Group

NOVEMBER 26, 2023

Regularly communicate how individual roles and projects tie back to the company's purpose. Employee Feedback Systems : Implement systems where employees can provide feedback on how well they think the company is adhering to its purpose. This creates a sense of belonging and purpose in the workforce.

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Strategy Driven

AUGUST 11, 2020

No matter your company or industry, one thing is true: you’re working on projects. And the truth is that these projects don’t always go well. In fact, did you know that 70% of organizations have suffered at least one project failure in the last 12 months? If you don’t have this, your project will likely fail.

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Lead Change Blog

MARCH 20, 2015

This month, COI is undertaking an ambitious Earth Day project titled, KidPower2015 Earth Day Project , with the goal of encouraging COI kids to be leaders in the movement to protect the Earth for future generations. This was the first of three bikes that have become bicycle generators for the KidPower2015 project.

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Mike Cardus

JANUARY 9, 2014

We focused efforts on two projects, we called these “Impact Projects”: Customer Satisfaction. The Time for Patient Care project studied how long it took from the time a patient need is identified until it was addressed and resolved, this was examined across several services offered. Time for Patient Care. What do you think?

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Let's Grow Leaders

JANUARY 31, 2022

I was six months into a new job and my boss’s boss asked me to take on a major project. I worked hard and gave the project my evenings and weekends until it was done. When I returned the completed project to my boss’s boss (ahead of schedule and with better quality than anything he’d seen), he frowned. Celebrate effort.

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Change Starts Here

MARCH 22, 2018

A change manager was struggling to gain support for change management activities because the project was deemed a “no-brainer.” ” In other words, the project owners felt that the new system was such an improvement over the current way of doing things that no one could possibly have a problem with it.

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Curious Cat

JANUARY 10, 2023

Here is an example of improvement made possible by expanding the view of the system (and viewing the results from the perspective of the customer instead of just looking at internal process measures). I was working to improve the processing time for court orders of child support (in the retirement system for the USA federal government).

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Strategy Driven

JUNE 5, 2019

In today’s business environment, project managers are now recognized for their critical role in keeping essential business functions running smoothly. As such, there’s been a corresponding boom in demand for workers with project management skills. Change Management. Business Expertise.

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Change Starts Here

OCTOBER 30, 2019

At any given time, there are many different projects going on in most organizations — IT is implementing a new collaboration platform, while HR is implementing a new performance management process, while finance is rolling out a new time and expense system… Each of us has limited change capacity — the level of attention, time, …

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Let's Grow Leaders

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

You’ll know this happens when you spend more time on the organization system than you do on your actual work.) The project may require a team. You can help your team maintain focus and a manageable workload by suggesting “Let’s get this done before we take on that new project.” Can your team rely on you?

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The Practical Leader

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

She wearily said it was their unfocused frantic pace of activity. “We have lots of projects, goals, and priorities. When you and your team add new projects, objectives, or to-do activities, do you prune older projects, objectives, or activities to make room? I asked about the biggest challenges facing their team.

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Let's Grow Leaders

JANUARY 3, 2019

To be more productive, embrace the secret of every time management system. You want to be a productive leader, but your to-do list has more tasks, projects, and goals than you can possibly achieve. The never-ending list can feel overwhelming. Leadership means […].

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Strategy Driven

AUGUST 9, 2019

Too many business projects can negatively affect your performance unless you learn how to manage them properly. Organizing your business projects doesn’t have to be a bore. Even if you get help, if you don’t know how to organize your projects properly, you won’t experience progress. Communicate Frequently.

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CEO Blog

MAY 3, 2016

I have previously blogged about the Pomodoro system. A friend asked me what tricks I might have to make the Pomodoro system work better. 5 - although technically the system is 25 minutes then 5 minute break then 25 minutes, I usually do 25 minutes then 35 minutes of "catch up work" like email. It is simple. No emails or calls.

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QAspire

JULY 15, 2011

Our career is about what projects we initiated/handled/led and what difference did the project deliver. Project is a new eco-system, a new playground where we play and thrive as professionals to deliver our best. [.] We live in a time when our career is not just a sum total of years we spent in the industry.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 26, 2023

In the aftermath of a very public system failure or a project going significantly over-budget, a key question that’s often asked is: “Why didn’t anyone bring this to our attention?” Ultimately, the success of a technical project requires that issues are escalated as they arise.

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Coaching Tip

MARCH 13, 2011

But the key question is: Will Project Oxygen help a grown-up Google get its start-up mojo back? PROJECT OXYGEN started with some basic assumptions. Once they had some working theories, they figured out a system for interviewing managers to gather more data, and to look for evidence that supported their notions.

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The Horizons Tracker

JUNE 17, 2019

If people are afraid to put themselves forward for fear of seeming needy or being rejected, then many great projects, partnerships, and endeavours will never occur. The authors make heavy use of game theory to underpin the matching markets inherent in their system. ” Game theory of matching.

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Leading Blog

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

Have a digital nervous system. Create a project structure. Foster a learning orientation, including an ongoing analysis of prior projects, workflows, and results and outcomes.

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N2Growth Blog

APRIL 19, 2024

Moreover, artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning are vital in ensuring economic stability as they are no longer just a support system but an integral part of strategic financial planning.

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Leading Blog

DECEMBER 7, 2021

If someone asks you what you think about a project and you say, “My interpretation is that it sucks,” you may be honest, but you’re not being respectful. So, instead of saying that the project sucks, share what values are at stake and what concerns you have. You’re not projecting a toxic interpretation of events onto other people.

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Leadership Freak

AUGUST 17, 2017

Systems and processes are essential, but people get things done. The shift from focusing on yourself to noticing others is essential to successful management. A managers performance is elevating the performance of others.… … Continue reading →

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The Horizons Tracker

DECEMBER 14, 2023

The research team collaborated with Norwich Foodbank centers, which operate under the Trussell Trust, to implement a pilot project known as the ‘Making a Difference’ initiative. ” Based on the outcomes of the project, the team hopes to expand the scheme nationwide, making it accessible to food banks across the country.

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Coaching Ourselves

OCTOBER 26, 2021

CoachingOurselves is excited to announce our newest module by authors Otto Scharmer and Eva Pomeroy titled Awareness-Based Systems Change: Planting the Seeds for Change. The key leadership challenge of our times is to cultivate creativity, innovation, and leadership capacity at all levels of our systems.

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