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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...

Taural Rhoden
Dec 18, 20233 min read
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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...

Taural Rhoden
Dec 18, 20234 min read
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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...

Taural Rhoden
Dec 8, 20233 min read
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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...

Taural Rhoden
Nov 23, 20233 min read
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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...

Taural Rhoden
Nov 8, 20234 min read
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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...

Taural Rhoden
Oct 22, 20232 min read
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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...

Taural Rhoden
Oct 18, 20233 min read
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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...

Taural Rhoden
Oct 12, 20232 min read
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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...

Taural Rhoden
Oct 10, 20233 min read
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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...

Taural Rhoden
Oct 6, 20234 min read
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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...

Taural Rhoden
Oct 5, 20233 min read
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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...

Taural Rhoden
Oct 4, 20232 min read
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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...

Taural Rhoden
Oct 3, 20233 min read
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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...

Taural Rhoden
Oct 2, 20232 min read
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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.

Taural Rhoden
Oct 9, 20192 min read
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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.

Taural Rhoden
Oct 9, 20192 min read
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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

Taural Rhoden
Oct 9, 20192 min read
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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.

Taural Rhoden
Oct 9, 20193 min read
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