Presentation skills are a critical next step in your career journey. Presentations, facilitation sessions, and executive updates provide a focused opportunity to convey our message to the intended audience and gain their support. Shifting your focus and approach will improve your effectiveness and build confidence through success. Following proven techniques, you can give presentations that […]
facilitation, keynote, meetings, presentation, presenting, soft skills, speaker, storyboard
Your company is preparing for a merger. 40% of positions will be eliminated. Within several short weeks, the world shuts down as another pandemic takes hold. Your manager decides to get ahead by taking credit for your team’s success and blaming you for everything else. You answer your phone and hear, “I’ve been in an […]
Anxiety, chronic stress, cognitive behavioral therapy, Color Code of Awareness, Depression, emotional fitness, Emotional validation, long-term stress, Mindfulness, PTSD, Self-awareness, Serenity, Traumatic stress
What is our business landscape going to look like in the years to come? Come on a journey where we discuss 7 major trends that will impact our companies and employment. Which trends will influence changes and which trends do you think will be disruptive? What will our roles look like when these trends take […]
Disruption, Strategic Planning, Trends
In user surveys by VersionOne each year, over 80% of respondents claim faster delivery, better teamwork, and closer stakeholder alignment. However in quantitative studies, Agile is no better than other delivery methodologies. Wait, WHAT?!!! Why is that? Companies are moving to DevOps, BusDevOps, DevSecOps, SalesBusDevSupportSecRinseRepeatOps (and the list goes on), but few teams can agree […]
agile, best practices, BusDevOps, DevOps, DevSecOps
Do the circumstances make the leader or do great leaders make the circumstances? In J.K. Rowling’s amazing book series, Harry Potter finds himself rejoining the wizarding world only to discover he has a legend to live up to. Each year Harry and friends faced a new series of personal and environmental challenges they had to […]
Harry Potter, leadership, leadership development, Strength finder, teams, Teamwork
We all have dreams and aspirations for something better. A better job, more recognition, experience in a new domain, a happier life, or maybe just a new hairstyle. So I can’t offer much help on hair styling, but I can share some tips and stories on how to exploit your uniqueness to create the very […]
Best pratices, Business Analyst World, Inspirational, keynote, marketing, personal development, professional development, ProjectSummit, ProjectWorld, Value
Your organization is pushing for increased business agility, but what do they mean? It is not about switching to an Agile SDLC. Business agility requires a different approach to responding to and managing change across your organization. It requires teams to think and act differently. In this session, we’ll discuss how the Cynefin Framework will […]
agile, business agility, culture change, transformation, value realization
Are confident with your core skills, but feel you are not getting the recognition you deserve. Maybe you feel trapped in your current role and not sure where transferable skills could take them. What if your annual reviews aren’t reflecting the value you bring to your company every day? The problem isn’t you, but the […]
branding, career, marketing, professional development
