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Agile Principles On A Post-it Note Let’s keep things nice and simple – simple is good, it stays in the memory, cannot easily be forgotten, no excuses for not following it, can be publicised in many different forms around the organisation and it fits neatly into a succinct and effective social media message. Brilliant! Organisations …
Secrets Of Leadership - 8 Critical Leadership Roles The strategist: leadership as a game of chess. Good at dealing with developments in the organisational environment, giving vision, strategic direction and outside-the-box thinking to create new developments. The change-catalyst: leadership as a turnaround activity. Good with challenging and difficult situations, focusing upon re-engineering and creating new …
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What Does A Successful Management System Look Like? The organisation that you want to work for has got success bottled and is both polishing and refining their current product/service offer, while at the same time developing new products/service offers. Frustrating and guaranteed to make you envious! Unlocking the secrets that deliver success is not that …
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What Personal Managerial Agility Looks Like Managers with the following Agile skills are highly likely to be successful in the organisations where they work – do you have these skills too? People Agility: managers who know themselves well and understand what makes them function, learning systematically from experience, treat others with respect, treat others constructively …
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Am I An Agile Manager? It is not enough to be a capable and adaptable manager – the demands of the job are such that only the most agile person can ever hope to survive and progress. So, what personal agility and skill is needed to rise to this challenge? People Agility: we know ourselves, …
What Are Agile Principles And How Can I Use Them? Agile is characterised by the following: Customer collaboration: taking active steps to systematically find out, and meet, customer needs Changing requirements: continually looking for the next “big thing” in the market and not relying o what you are making/the service you are providing now! Cross …
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How To Use Agile In Everyday Management There is never enough time to do it all: even managers that look like they are totally in control of what is going on require discipline and a very clear focus for getting things done. Too much work and not enough time! At the individual levels we must …
How To Be An Agile Manager Make Agile work for you and your organisation/department by developing the following: Customer collaboration: really find out what the customer wants and what they consider to be important Changing requirements: be aware of what the market is telling you and what the next big issue will be so that …
How Organisations Use Agile For Business Development Make Agile work for you and your organisation/department by developing the following: Customer collaboration: really find out what the customer wants and what they consider to be important Changing requirements: be aware of what the market is telling you and what the next big issue will be so …
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How To Be An Agile Manager In 5 Easy Steps Use peripheral vision. Make it your business to actively monitor trends and innovations and make sure that once you have done this you positively anticipate what is new and plan to use this. Encourage dissent. Always encourage debate and be prepared to have your assumptions …
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