At the heart of Agile Transformations is the goal of finding new and better ways of achieving results that customers can enjoy and also make agile habits stick. When we start these transformations, we often begin with the basic values of the Agile Manifesto. Individuals and interactions o...
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In this increasingly digital age, the internet is social media and social media is the internet. If you aren’t using your digital tools to their fullest potential, you could be leaving yourself out of countless opportunities. Professionally speaking, I can’t stress enough the importance of lever...
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More than a few years ago, an agile coaching colleague of mine shared the following experience he had regarding leaders and agile – If empowering teams, inspecting and adapting, and handling emerging requirements isn’t the problem execs are trying to solve, what exactly *is* the problem they are...
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Your business is thriving and you need top talent to keep it that way. With a couple of new positions to hire, the time it is taking you to create job descriptions, sort through resumes, schedule and hold interviews and effectively follow-up is taking you away from the critical work needed to keep y...
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Nathanial Willis posted this in LinkedIn recently: I asked Steve Denning for advice on how to successfully lead an agile transformation and here’s what he said: Get a bullet-proof vest and hockey mask because you’re going to get beaten and be shot at! (As he laughed) Stop communicating o...
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Lannick, a Vaco Company’s, Zach Foster, Senior Manager, Client Services, provides tips on proper preparation before jumping into the job search. Before you start applying to jobs, follow these steps to ensure a smooth job search. The hiring market moves very quickly, so you want to make sure every...
Read MoreAs leaders in the digital age, we hear how fast everything needs to move. An unfortunate outcome of this is we seem to have more work in progress (WIP) than ever – much more. We often hear, “Why can’t we be like a start-up and speed things up?” “Why is it we n...
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Annie Moore, Event Coordinator, Vaco Nashville Annie is Vaco Nashville’s Event Coordinator. A graduate of Lipscomb University, she has previously interned for Vaco, Hall Strategies, Beacon Center of Tennessee, The Heritage Foundation, Senator Bob Corker, Lipscomb Admissions, as well as a Senat...
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I recently read an article in the Strategic CIO Journal entitled Top CIOs Become Business Process Czars. The key focus of the article was raising the bar on CIOs to become more broadly engaged in the overall business and the processes to deliver value. Now, I’m not going to critique the arti...
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Amber Barron, Accounting & Finance Recruiter, Vaco Memphis Amber helps accounting and administrative professionals in the greater Memphis area take the next step in their career. Outside the office, she’s a wife and mom to two boxer dogs (Kaos & Loki). She loves reading fantasy books, goin...
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