Productivity During a Pandemic – Tips for Project Managers

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Making the switch from meeting together, lunch collaboration, team brainstorming, and working closely to an isolated environment working at home is a rough transition. The rules of engagement have changed, the communication is different, the collaboration is stifled, and anxiety, fear, and loneliness set in. The disruption people face in their daily lives was not… Read more »

5 Effective Best Practices for Virtual Team Collaboration

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Nearly half of organizations use virtual teams. This means people in different locations, different time zones, with different communication styles, cultures, and norms working together. The use of virtual teams is even higher for companies with global operations. Despite this, it is rare to see any college course cover the basics of virtual collaboration. So,… Read more »

The Scrum Master Toolkit – A Guide For New Scrum Masters

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At Triumph Strategic Consulting we’re all about making it easier for you to find a job you love at a company that inspires you. This article is a starting point for Scrum Masters and potential Scrum Masters. We cover the skills you need to excel in the role, advice for working with Scrum teams and… Read more »

Should You Ask for a Raise During the Pandemic?

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Are you feeling underpaid or way overdue for a promotion or salary boost, but the pandemic has you worrying if it’s even worth it to ask? You can guarantee you won’t get it if you don’t ask, but timing can play a huge role in how the conversation goes.   While things may seem unpredictable,… Read more »

Top Online Collaboration Tools For Virtual Teams during Covid-19

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COVID-19 may have put most of the world on lockdown and brought many areas of the global economy to a grinding halt. But it has also given rise to certain opportunities – in remote working, for example.   Years before COVID-19 gripped the world, remote work was on a slow but steady climb.  In early… Read more »

Returning to the Workplace After Covid-19? Here Are Some Steps To Keep Yourself Safe

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Are you gearing up to return to the workplace? Slowly but surely, businesses are re-opening and employees are returning to work. As society attempts to resume its course, it’s important to understand that normality might not be that simple. Getting back to work will take some easing into, and will require flexibility with other jobs,… Read more »

The 4 Cornerstones of Implementing SAFe

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Although the research shows Agile implementation is effective, changing the methodology of a large company can be disruptive at best, and catastrophic at worst. The Scaled Agile Framework Enterprise (SAFe) is specifically designed for big companies used to tight controls looking to switch to a more Agile way of working. The four cornerstones of SAFe… Read more »

10 Articles on Servant Leadership

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Servant Leadership

Servant leadership has emerged as a modern movement for the last 40 years or so and continues to gain momentum. Oftentimes leaders who are looking to make changes turn to servant leadership as a way to revolutionize their leadership style, and make positive changes within their team, department, and company. We searched the internet high… Read more »

5 Reasons Why Your Agile Transformation Isn’t Working

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Has your organization started an Agile Transformation just to have it stall? Or perhaps you’ve seen another organization talk about all the incredible benefits they are experiencing as a result of their Agile transformation. Yet, their half-year results aren’t demonstrating any tangible impact from their decision? Here are five reasons why an Agile transition might… Read more »

Transitioning from Project Management to Product Management

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Project management and product management often get confused, and sometimes jobs will be advertised where it’s clear that the role is project management, and the title is Product Manager. Or vice versa! The two roles do have some similarities, and we’ll look at those in just a minute. There are differences though – the job… Read more »