Taural Rhoden
An Abuse of Power
“I’ve had it! Enough!” Jeska shouted. I sat back in my chair, shocked at the sudden outburst. “The absolute nerve. I’ve had it.” She...
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Taural Rhoden
- Dec 18, 2023
- 4 min
Practicing isn’t Really a Thing in Business
With 162 games a year American Major League baseball has the most games per season of any major sport. Time not spent competing during...
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Taural Rhoden
- Dec 8, 2023
- 3 min
On Character and Discipline
Several years ago, I had a colleague, Thomas, who decided that he wanted to run a marathon. Like many of us would do, he researched a...
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Taural Rhoden
- Nov 23, 2023
- 3 min
How Teams Think and Communicate Is a Critical Success Factor for High Performance
This is the second article in a series where I explore a concept that I call Functional Team Fitness. The concept is analogous to...
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Taural Rhoden
- Nov 8, 2023
- 4 min
The Agile Paradigm is Relevant for Transformation Teams Within Large Corporate Environments
I doubt that the 17 engineers who met for a weekend in Snowbird, Utah in 2001 and who eventually produced the Agile Manifesto would have...
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Taural Rhoden
- Oct 22, 2023
- 2 min
An Introduction to Functional Team Fitness
Functional fitness relates to a person’s ability to perform real life movements, rather than isolating specific muscles. Programs like...
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Taural Rhoden
- Oct 18, 2023
- 3 min
Why Teams, Not Leaders, Are the True MVPs of the Business World
We love a hero story in business. You have heard the story about a singular genius who leads a company to glory or the persistent...
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Taural Rhoden
- Oct 12, 2023
- 2 min
How I am Incorporating Generative AI into My Workflow
A r ecent report by BCG delves into a study contrasting Generative AI-enabled consultants against their traditional counterparts. After...
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Taural Rhoden
- Oct 10, 2023
- 3 min
Your First Steps in Managing a Budding Salesforce Centre of Excellence
You’ve just been hired to a new role, something with a juicy title like Chief Customer Technology Officer and the heavy weight of...
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Taural Rhoden
- Oct 6, 2023
- 4 min
Transformation Equation Modelling, an Introduction
Years ago, I stumbled upon an article discussing the use of mathematical formulas to encapsulate some of science's most profound...
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Taural Rhoden
- Oct 5, 2023
- 3 min
A Salient Shift
The Salient Shift: Tech Leadership's Rising Role in Business Success My work in business consulting early in my career often converged at...
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Taural Rhoden
- Oct 4, 2023
- 2 min
Escaping the One-Size-Fits-All Methodology Trap
I call the beginning of my professional career my “baby consultant days”. Although I’d just crossed into my 30’s and had a decade of...
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Taural Rhoden
- Oct 3, 2023
- 3 min
We Over-Index On Leadership
Several years ago, I worked as a director in a tech consulting firm, where our mission was to provide innovative tech solutions to our...
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Taural Rhoden
- Oct 2, 2023
- 2 min
Authenticity Imperative: Unmasking Genuine Intent in Transformation Projects
Several years ago, I led a digital transformation project for a prominent university while working at a renowned tech firm. The game...
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Taural Rhoden
- Oct 9, 2019
- 2 min
Success is a Team Sport, Especially in Business
Many of the most successful companies today are organised around teams rather than classic hierarchies. Success is a team sport.
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Taural Rhoden
- Oct 9, 2019
- 2 min
Enabling Top Performance, Easier Said than Done.
It seems that the quintessential challenge in trying to improve team performance is knowing how to enable good ideas into best practice.
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Taural Rhoden
- Oct 9, 2019
- 2 min
Team Performance Enablers
To that end, there are four team performance enablers, a useful collection of practices, tactics and techniques, that we know will drive bet
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Taural Rhoden
- Oct 9, 2019
- 3 min
Leadership Matters, But So Does The Team
Engaging the right people to be part of the team is as critical as having a good leader, perhaps even moreso.
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