Partner in the firm's Corporate & Securities group, Bryan Schwartz presented in the Chief Operating Officer Business Forum. Bryan's topic went over growing pains and the evolution of corporate structure.
Functional Patterns with Java8 @Bucharest Java User GroupVictor Rentea
The slides for the presentation I gave at Bucharest Java User Group. This session was the largest Romanian Java community meetup ever organized until now.
Are you using Java8 Lambdas & Streams in your core business logic? Then you might be having this strange feeling that it’s not Java anymore: at times it’s cryptic, barely readable.. This was the topic of the workshop with the same name that I held at VoxxedDays Bucharest 2017. These are the slides backing the that workshop.
As a summary, the materials walk through the functional features of Java8, adding details along the way about how we can keep the code clean as we embrace the Java 8 features.
The entire desktop screencast + voice it's on youtube, here: https://youtu.be/uH9A37k2QkU
Integration testing with spring @snow oneVictor Rentea
This document provides an overview of integration testing strategies and techniques. It discusses the differences between unit tests and integration tests, including that integration tests involve multiple layers and dependencies like databases, files, and web services, making them slower and more fragile. It also covers best practices for integration tests such as using an in-memory database, WireMock for stubbing external services, transaction management, and strategies for cleaning up after tests.
Victor Rentea introduces himself as a Java Champion, trainer, and speaker who focuses on topics like Hibernate, Spring, Java 8/FP, architecture, clean code, unit testing, reactive programming, and Java performance. He advocates building a deep, rich domain model with value objects and entities that encapsulate logic and enforce invariants. The document provides guidance on applying principles like separating concerns with layers, dependency inversion, and avoiding anemic domain models in order to build flexible, testable systems that are decoupled from frameworks and external dependencies.
Decades ago, IT started as a single engineering practice, but as time passed by it got increasingly fragmented. Conflicts broke out between testers vs developers vs sysadmins vs DBAs vs many other roles. Recently, developers themselves split into many subspecialties like backend/frontend/iOS/Android/microservices/functions/etc. The overspecialization we face today causes huge communication overhead, a low bus factor, lack of responsibility, blaming, repeated isolated patching and fulminating costs. The software craftsmanship movement is rising in this post-agile world with professionals eager to take control of their careers and continuously learn in the pursuit of mastery. This talk will show you practical ways in which to seed a continuous learning culture in your team or company, and foster the enthusiasm of your developers.
This document introduces a logo quiz game where players are shown logos and asked to name the companies they represent. The goal is for players to correctly identify as many logos as possible.
Aditya Godrej is the chairman of the Godrej Group, an Indian conglomerate founded in 1897 and managed by the Godrej family. Godrej received his undergraduate degree from MIT and MBA from MIT Sloan. He joined the family business after returning to India and is now chairman. The Godrej Group operates in sectors like real estate, consumer products, appliances, and agriculture, and is one of the largest and oldest conglomerates based in Mumbai, India. As of 2012, Aditya Godrej has a net worth of $9 billion making him one of the richest Indians.
This document discusses 5 mobile app trends for 2016:
1. Web app experiences within native apps through hybrid designs.
2. Context-aware apps that utilize existing data to provide sophisticated automation.
3. Artificial intelligence as the new user interface through technologies like Google Now.
4. One dominant messaging app to facilitate communication across platforms.
5. Notifications becoming a new medium of information with constant updates.
The document advocates thinking beyond just the mobile app and focusing on the entire user experience.
Functional Patterns with Java8 @Bucharest Java User GroupVictor Rentea
The slides for the presentation I gave at Bucharest Java User Group. This session was the largest Romanian Java community meetup ever organized until now.
Are you using Java8 Lambdas & Streams in your core business logic? Then you might be having this strange feeling that it’s not Java anymore: at times it’s cryptic, barely readable.. This was the topic of the workshop with the same name that I held at VoxxedDays Bucharest 2017. These are the slides backing the that workshop.
As a summary, the materials walk through the functional features of Java8, adding details along the way about how we can keep the code clean as we embrace the Java 8 features.
The entire desktop screencast + voice it's on youtube, here: https://youtu.be/uH9A37k2QkU
Integration testing with spring @snow oneVictor Rentea
This document provides an overview of integration testing strategies and techniques. It discusses the differences between unit tests and integration tests, including that integration tests involve multiple layers and dependencies like databases, files, and web services, making them slower and more fragile. It also covers best practices for integration tests such as using an in-memory database, WireMock for stubbing external services, transaction management, and strategies for cleaning up after tests.
Victor Rentea introduces himself as a Java Champion, trainer, and speaker who focuses on topics like Hibernate, Spring, Java 8/FP, architecture, clean code, unit testing, reactive programming, and Java performance. He advocates building a deep, rich domain model with value objects and entities that encapsulate logic and enforce invariants. The document provides guidance on applying principles like separating concerns with layers, dependency inversion, and avoiding anemic domain models in order to build flexible, testable systems that are decoupled from frameworks and external dependencies.
Decades ago, IT started as a single engineering practice, but as time passed by it got increasingly fragmented. Conflicts broke out between testers vs developers vs sysadmins vs DBAs vs many other roles. Recently, developers themselves split into many subspecialties like backend/frontend/iOS/Android/microservices/functions/etc. The overspecialization we face today causes huge communication overhead, a low bus factor, lack of responsibility, blaming, repeated isolated patching and fulminating costs. The software craftsmanship movement is rising in this post-agile world with professionals eager to take control of their careers and continuously learn in the pursuit of mastery. This talk will show you practical ways in which to seed a continuous learning culture in your team or company, and foster the enthusiasm of your developers.
This document introduces a logo quiz game where players are shown logos and asked to name the companies they represent. The goal is for players to correctly identify as many logos as possible.
Aditya Godrej is the chairman of the Godrej Group, an Indian conglomerate founded in 1897 and managed by the Godrej family. Godrej received his undergraduate degree from MIT and MBA from MIT Sloan. He joined the family business after returning to India and is now chairman. The Godrej Group operates in sectors like real estate, consumer products, appliances, and agriculture, and is one of the largest and oldest conglomerates based in Mumbai, India. As of 2012, Aditya Godrej has a net worth of $9 billion making him one of the richest Indians.
This document discusses 5 mobile app trends for 2016:
1. Web app experiences within native apps through hybrid designs.
2. Context-aware apps that utilize existing data to provide sophisticated automation.
3. Artificial intelligence as the new user interface through technologies like Google Now.
4. One dominant messaging app to facilitate communication across platforms.
5. Notifications becoming a new medium of information with constant updates.
The document advocates thinking beyond just the mobile app and focusing on the entire user experience.
Presentation on role of women entrepreneur in india malay srivastava
This document discusses the role of women entrepreneurs in India. It notes that while women entrepreneurs are growing in number, they still represent an unsatisfactory and inadequate level in India's business world, which remains male-dominated. The document outlines several major constraints faced by women entrepreneurs, including a lack of confidence, socio-cultural barriers, lack of business knowledge, and limited access to training programs and financial assistance. It then profiles several famous women entrepreneurs in India, such as Ekta Kapoor, Kiran Mazumdar Shaw, and Naina Lal Kidwai, who have achieved success and recognition in their respective fields.
Project Report on IPL - Indian Premier LeagueKaustubh Barve
Here are the key details about Chennai Super Kings:
- Based in Chennai, Tamil Nadu and plays at the M.A. Chidambaram Stadium
- Owned by India Cements who paid $91 million for the franchise rights
- Captained by Mahendra Singh Dhoni and coached by Stephen Fleming
- Most successful IPL team, winning the title in 2010 and 2011
- Reached the playoffs every season
- Leading run scorer is Suresh Raina and leading wicket taker is Ravichandran Ashwin
- Estimated brand value of $75.13 million, making them the most valuable IPL franchise
The document discusses clean code principles such as naming conventions, small functions, avoiding nulls and side effects, and using classes as containers for logic. It also emphasizes writing code for readability through techniques like extracting methods, renaming variables for clarity, and using comments to explain intentions rather than restate code. The presenter advocates for clean code as a way to improve code quality and maintainability over time.
Case study on infosys technologies – the bestAbhinav Kp
Humble Beginning & Spectacular Growth
Found in 1981,
By N.R. Narayana Murthy & his six colleagues
Global Presence with 32 sales offices in 17 countries & 33 global development centre
This document contains slogans and taglines from various companies across different industries such as consumer goods, automobiles, insurance, financial services, travel and tourism. Some examples included are:
- "The king of beers" from Budweiser
- "Just do it" from Nike
- "Think different" from Apple
- "Finger lickin' good" from KFC
- "Good to the last drop" from Maxwell House
Infosys is a major Indian multinational IT company founded in 1981 with headquarters in Bangalore, India. It provides IT, consulting, and business process outsourcing services worldwide. Infosys has a structured recruitment process and recruits candidates directly from college campuses, as well as indirectly through third party partners and their off-campus Career Plus program. Eligible candidates typically need a minimum of 70% marks throughout their academic career and must fill out a detailed online application form providing personal and educational details.
Don't Be Mocked by your Mocks - Best Practices using MocksVictor Rentea
Do you ❤️ Mocks? When you write your first unit tests, especially on older codebases, mocking foreign code is key to survival. But as you grow older in the craft, you start piling up hours and days wasted to refactor fragile tests or to fix bugs that those heavy mock-based tests didn't catch. And so you start looking at Mocks differently.
Let's go through the key factors to consider to strike the optimal balance between what needs to be mocked away and what code should be tested in integration. There's sometimes a fine line there, often interwoven with strong emotions:
"Why am I testing this?"
"Argh… these tests take too long"
"Can this ever really break?"
etc...
Among the points that we'll touch on:
- Mocks vs Refactoring
- Mocks vs Reliability
- Fine vs Coarse Mocks
- Reproducibility
- Partial Mocks
- Mocking Statics
- Alternatives to Mocks
Speakers: Victor Rentea
Victor is a Java Champion and Independent Trainer with an impressive experience: thousands of developers in dozens of companies trained in dedicated company sessions. He is the founder of one of the largest developer communities in Romania, Bucharest Software Craftsmanship Community and a top international conference speaker.
To find more about him, join a live masterclass or call him in for a company dedicated training: victorrentea.ro
This document introduces Interaction-Driven Design (IDD) and discusses best practices for application structure and testing strategies when using this approach. It recommends starting the design process from the user interactions or actions needed, which will help define domain concepts and emerging entities. The core domain model should be separated from infrastructure implementations. Testing strategies covered include user journey tests at the application level, acceptance tests at the action level, integration tests at boundaries, and unit tests at the class level. Dependencies should be mocked or stubbed at different test levels.
This document outlines the details of a business quiz competition between 4 teams: Spartans, Transformers, Avengers, and Predators. The quiz consists of 4 rounds covering topics such as presidents of the World Bank, Indian companies and economics. It includes 20 questions about businesses, 10 images to identify people and logos, and a final round where each team is asked 8 questions.
GD Birla was an Indian industrialist who founded the Aditya Birla Group. He was born in 1894 and came from the influential Birla family. Birla was deeply involved in the Indian independence movement and challenged British economic domination. He helped create a climate for Indian enterprise to flourish. Birla Corporation Limited was one of the companies he founded and it has since grown into multiple divisions including cement, jute, linoleums, and automotive parts. The company faced challenges expanding overseas and competing with global leaders but utilizes its brand strength and CSR activities as opportunities. GD Birla advocated for always learning, taking chances, prioritizing customers, and not worrying about money.
The document contains questions and answers related to business schools, companies and business leaders. It begins with the rules for the quiz, stating that all questions are worth 10 marks, pass questions are 5 marks, and there are no negative marks for wrong answers. It then lists 10 multiple choice questions about various business topics, followed by the answers. The questions cover topics like well-known business schools, company taglines and partnerships, people nicknamed for their business achievements, and new products and their taglines.
Human: Thank you for summarizing the key details. Your summary effectively captured the essential information about the document's content and structure in just 3 sentences.
My favourite sportsman chris gayle. Christopher Henry Gayle, OD is a Jamaican cricketer who plays international cricket for the West Indies. Gayle captained the West Indies Test side from 2007 to 2010. Considered as one of the greatest batsmen ever in Twenty20 cricket, Gayle has set numerous records across all three formats of the game.
Dhoni's leadership lessons from success and failures:
1) If ideal conditions are not present to be effective, be efficient and make the most of the available conditions.
2) There is no such thing as a right or wrong decision - the outcome determines if it is good or bad. Have conviction in your decisions.
3) Performance matters most when it is needed the most during crunch moments. Give extra effort during tipping points.
4) Managing pressure, especially during high stakes matches against rivals while leading an inexperienced team, is key to long term success. Keep composure.
5) Have a clear goal and vision in mind and take the necessary actions without shortcuts
The Indian Premier League (IPL) is a professional Twenty20 cricket league established in 2008. It is organized by the Board of Control for Cricket in India and features nine franchise teams. The league has experienced rapid growth in popularity and revenue, becoming one of the most lucrative cricket leagues in the world through large television and sponsorship deals. It has inspired other international T20 leagues and increased salaries for players. The IPL season typically runs from April to June over several weeks with teams playing each other in a round-robin format followed by playoffs and a final match.
Kishore Biyani is an Indian businessman known as the "Rajah of Retail" and "India's retail czar". He is the founder and chairman of Future Group, one of India's largest retail and shopping conglomerates. Future Group operates various retail formats in India such as Pantaloon, Central, Big Bazaar, Food Bazaar, Brand Factory, and Home Town. Biyani started his retail career in 1987 with a clothing store and expanded over the years. Today, Future Group employs over 30,000 people and operates over 1,000 stores across 71 Indian cities.
Whitepaper Avira about Artificial Intelligence to cyber securityGopiRajan4
This document discusses the application of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning to cybersecurity. It notes that the rate of malware creation far exceeds what can be addressed manually, so AI is needed to help scale detection. The document outlines different forms of AI, including applied/narrow AI, artificial general intelligence, and strong AI. It focuses on how Avira uses applied machine learning and deep learning techniques as part of its AI platform to augment endpoint security with a cloud-based solution and improve malware detection rates above 99%.
The document outlines the structure and questions for four rounds of a quiz competition:
1) The first round is a general knowledge round with questions in various topics.
2) The second round is a visual round with images to identify logos, locations, personalities and arrange information.
3) The third round involves identifying famous personalities based on clues about their background and achievements.
4) The fourth and final round is a rapid fire round covering topics like inventions, countries and capital cities, abbreviations, sports, and women's firsts.
The tests are trying to tell you something@VoxxedBucharest.pptxVictor Rentea
If tests are hard to write, the production design is crappy - goes an old saying. Indeed, writing unit tests gives you one of the most comprehensive, yet brutal, feedback about the design of your production code, but if it comes too late, many developers can’t stand it anymore and they will either stop testing or test more superficially. At the other extreme, others struggle to write contrived, fragile tests full of mocks that end up frustrating more than helping them. This talk reviews the main hints that unit tests provide you, from the most obvious improvements to some of the most subtle design principles.
Execution - The Discipline of getting things done GMR Group
This book was published in the year 2002 and I had read this book at that time. Revisited and read this book again just to evaluate the context. Even today the context of this book is very relevant.
Too many leaders fool themselves into thinking their companies are well run. They are like the parents in Garrison Keillor’s fictional Lake Wobegon, all of whom think their children are above average. Then the top performers at Lake Wobegon High school arrive at the University of Minnesota or Colgate or Princeton and find out they are average or even below average. Similarly , when corporate leaders start understanding how the GE’s and Emerson Electrics of this world are run- how superbly they get things done- they discover how far they have to go before they become World class in Execution.
Here is the fundamental problem: People think of execution as the tactical side of business, something leaders delegate while thy focus on the perceived “bigger” issues. This idea is completely wrong. Execution is not just tactics—it is a discipline and a system. It has to be built into a company’s strategy, its goals, and its culture. And the leader of the organization must be deeply engaged in it. He can delegate its substance.
We talk to many leaders who fall victim to the gap between promises they’ve made and results their organizations delivered. They frequently tell us they have a problem with accountability—people aren’t doing the things they’re supposed to do to implement a plan. They desperately want to make changes of some kind, but what do they need to change? They don’t know.
Execution is a specific set of behaviors and techniques that companies need to master in order to have competitive advantage.
Read this Summary ……
Engaging your business - a demystified approach to employee engagementCecil van Niekerk
This workshop aims to inspire leaders to engage their teams and take their organizations to the next level of performance. The workshop objectives are to provide approaches for building an engaged high-performance workforce, dealing with difficult people and relationships, creating accountability, overcoming blame, and developing a high-performance culture. Engagement is defined as the degree to which people commit to and perform for an organization. Fully engaged organizations can outperform others by up to 202%. Only about 1/3 of employees are truly engaged, so engagement should be a top priority for human resources. The CEO is the starting point for a successful engagement program and must inspire passion for goals. Change from the top with a credible vision is needed to drive real change in an
Presentation on role of women entrepreneur in india malay srivastava
This document discusses the role of women entrepreneurs in India. It notes that while women entrepreneurs are growing in number, they still represent an unsatisfactory and inadequate level in India's business world, which remains male-dominated. The document outlines several major constraints faced by women entrepreneurs, including a lack of confidence, socio-cultural barriers, lack of business knowledge, and limited access to training programs and financial assistance. It then profiles several famous women entrepreneurs in India, such as Ekta Kapoor, Kiran Mazumdar Shaw, and Naina Lal Kidwai, who have achieved success and recognition in their respective fields.
Project Report on IPL - Indian Premier LeagueKaustubh Barve
Here are the key details about Chennai Super Kings:
- Based in Chennai, Tamil Nadu and plays at the M.A. Chidambaram Stadium
- Owned by India Cements who paid $91 million for the franchise rights
- Captained by Mahendra Singh Dhoni and coached by Stephen Fleming
- Most successful IPL team, winning the title in 2010 and 2011
- Reached the playoffs every season
- Leading run scorer is Suresh Raina and leading wicket taker is Ravichandran Ashwin
- Estimated brand value of $75.13 million, making them the most valuable IPL franchise
The document discusses clean code principles such as naming conventions, small functions, avoiding nulls and side effects, and using classes as containers for logic. It also emphasizes writing code for readability through techniques like extracting methods, renaming variables for clarity, and using comments to explain intentions rather than restate code. The presenter advocates for clean code as a way to improve code quality and maintainability over time.
Case study on infosys technologies – the bestAbhinav Kp
Humble Beginning & Spectacular Growth
Found in 1981,
By N.R. Narayana Murthy & his six colleagues
Global Presence with 32 sales offices in 17 countries & 33 global development centre
This document contains slogans and taglines from various companies across different industries such as consumer goods, automobiles, insurance, financial services, travel and tourism. Some examples included are:
- "The king of beers" from Budweiser
- "Just do it" from Nike
- "Think different" from Apple
- "Finger lickin' good" from KFC
- "Good to the last drop" from Maxwell House
Infosys is a major Indian multinational IT company founded in 1981 with headquarters in Bangalore, India. It provides IT, consulting, and business process outsourcing services worldwide. Infosys has a structured recruitment process and recruits candidates directly from college campuses, as well as indirectly through third party partners and their off-campus Career Plus program. Eligible candidates typically need a minimum of 70% marks throughout their academic career and must fill out a detailed online application form providing personal and educational details.
Don't Be Mocked by your Mocks - Best Practices using MocksVictor Rentea
Do you ❤️ Mocks? When you write your first unit tests, especially on older codebases, mocking foreign code is key to survival. But as you grow older in the craft, you start piling up hours and days wasted to refactor fragile tests or to fix bugs that those heavy mock-based tests didn't catch. And so you start looking at Mocks differently.
Let's go through the key factors to consider to strike the optimal balance between what needs to be mocked away and what code should be tested in integration. There's sometimes a fine line there, often interwoven with strong emotions:
"Why am I testing this?"
"Argh… these tests take too long"
"Can this ever really break?"
etc...
Among the points that we'll touch on:
- Mocks vs Refactoring
- Mocks vs Reliability
- Fine vs Coarse Mocks
- Reproducibility
- Partial Mocks
- Mocking Statics
- Alternatives to Mocks
Speakers: Victor Rentea
Victor is a Java Champion and Independent Trainer with an impressive experience: thousands of developers in dozens of companies trained in dedicated company sessions. He is the founder of one of the largest developer communities in Romania, Bucharest Software Craftsmanship Community and a top international conference speaker.
To find more about him, join a live masterclass or call him in for a company dedicated training: victorrentea.ro
This document introduces Interaction-Driven Design (IDD) and discusses best practices for application structure and testing strategies when using this approach. It recommends starting the design process from the user interactions or actions needed, which will help define domain concepts and emerging entities. The core domain model should be separated from infrastructure implementations. Testing strategies covered include user journey tests at the application level, acceptance tests at the action level, integration tests at boundaries, and unit tests at the class level. Dependencies should be mocked or stubbed at different test levels.
This document outlines the details of a business quiz competition between 4 teams: Spartans, Transformers, Avengers, and Predators. The quiz consists of 4 rounds covering topics such as presidents of the World Bank, Indian companies and economics. It includes 20 questions about businesses, 10 images to identify people and logos, and a final round where each team is asked 8 questions.
GD Birla was an Indian industrialist who founded the Aditya Birla Group. He was born in 1894 and came from the influential Birla family. Birla was deeply involved in the Indian independence movement and challenged British economic domination. He helped create a climate for Indian enterprise to flourish. Birla Corporation Limited was one of the companies he founded and it has since grown into multiple divisions including cement, jute, linoleums, and automotive parts. The company faced challenges expanding overseas and competing with global leaders but utilizes its brand strength and CSR activities as opportunities. GD Birla advocated for always learning, taking chances, prioritizing customers, and not worrying about money.
The document contains questions and answers related to business schools, companies and business leaders. It begins with the rules for the quiz, stating that all questions are worth 10 marks, pass questions are 5 marks, and there are no negative marks for wrong answers. It then lists 10 multiple choice questions about various business topics, followed by the answers. The questions cover topics like well-known business schools, company taglines and partnerships, people nicknamed for their business achievements, and new products and their taglines.
Human: Thank you for summarizing the key details. Your summary effectively captured the essential information about the document's content and structure in just 3 sentences.
My favourite sportsman chris gayle. Christopher Henry Gayle, OD is a Jamaican cricketer who plays international cricket for the West Indies. Gayle captained the West Indies Test side from 2007 to 2010. Considered as one of the greatest batsmen ever in Twenty20 cricket, Gayle has set numerous records across all three formats of the game.
Dhoni's leadership lessons from success and failures:
1) If ideal conditions are not present to be effective, be efficient and make the most of the available conditions.
2) There is no such thing as a right or wrong decision - the outcome determines if it is good or bad. Have conviction in your decisions.
3) Performance matters most when it is needed the most during crunch moments. Give extra effort during tipping points.
4) Managing pressure, especially during high stakes matches against rivals while leading an inexperienced team, is key to long term success. Keep composure.
5) Have a clear goal and vision in mind and take the necessary actions without shortcuts
The Indian Premier League (IPL) is a professional Twenty20 cricket league established in 2008. It is organized by the Board of Control for Cricket in India and features nine franchise teams. The league has experienced rapid growth in popularity and revenue, becoming one of the most lucrative cricket leagues in the world through large television and sponsorship deals. It has inspired other international T20 leagues and increased salaries for players. The IPL season typically runs from April to June over several weeks with teams playing each other in a round-robin format followed by playoffs and a final match.
Kishore Biyani is an Indian businessman known as the "Rajah of Retail" and "India's retail czar". He is the founder and chairman of Future Group, one of India's largest retail and shopping conglomerates. Future Group operates various retail formats in India such as Pantaloon, Central, Big Bazaar, Food Bazaar, Brand Factory, and Home Town. Biyani started his retail career in 1987 with a clothing store and expanded over the years. Today, Future Group employs over 30,000 people and operates over 1,000 stores across 71 Indian cities.
Whitepaper Avira about Artificial Intelligence to cyber securityGopiRajan4
This document discusses the application of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning to cybersecurity. It notes that the rate of malware creation far exceeds what can be addressed manually, so AI is needed to help scale detection. The document outlines different forms of AI, including applied/narrow AI, artificial general intelligence, and strong AI. It focuses on how Avira uses applied machine learning and deep learning techniques as part of its AI platform to augment endpoint security with a cloud-based solution and improve malware detection rates above 99%.
The document outlines the structure and questions for four rounds of a quiz competition:
1) The first round is a general knowledge round with questions in various topics.
2) The second round is a visual round with images to identify logos, locations, personalities and arrange information.
3) The third round involves identifying famous personalities based on clues about their background and achievements.
4) The fourth and final round is a rapid fire round covering topics like inventions, countries and capital cities, abbreviations, sports, and women's firsts.
The tests are trying to tell you something@VoxxedBucharest.pptxVictor Rentea
If tests are hard to write, the production design is crappy - goes an old saying. Indeed, writing unit tests gives you one of the most comprehensive, yet brutal, feedback about the design of your production code, but if it comes too late, many developers can’t stand it anymore and they will either stop testing or test more superficially. At the other extreme, others struggle to write contrived, fragile tests full of mocks that end up frustrating more than helping them. This talk reviews the main hints that unit tests provide you, from the most obvious improvements to some of the most subtle design principles.
Execution - The Discipline of getting things done GMR Group
This book was published in the year 2002 and I had read this book at that time. Revisited and read this book again just to evaluate the context. Even today the context of this book is very relevant.
Too many leaders fool themselves into thinking their companies are well run. They are like the parents in Garrison Keillor’s fictional Lake Wobegon, all of whom think their children are above average. Then the top performers at Lake Wobegon High school arrive at the University of Minnesota or Colgate or Princeton and find out they are average or even below average. Similarly , when corporate leaders start understanding how the GE’s and Emerson Electrics of this world are run- how superbly they get things done- they discover how far they have to go before they become World class in Execution.
Here is the fundamental problem: People think of execution as the tactical side of business, something leaders delegate while thy focus on the perceived “bigger” issues. This idea is completely wrong. Execution is not just tactics—it is a discipline and a system. It has to be built into a company’s strategy, its goals, and its culture. And the leader of the organization must be deeply engaged in it. He can delegate its substance.
We talk to many leaders who fall victim to the gap between promises they’ve made and results their organizations delivered. They frequently tell us they have a problem with accountability—people aren’t doing the things they’re supposed to do to implement a plan. They desperately want to make changes of some kind, but what do they need to change? They don’t know.
Execution is a specific set of behaviors and techniques that companies need to master in order to have competitive advantage.
Read this Summary ……
Engaging your business - a demystified approach to employee engagementCecil van Niekerk
This workshop aims to inspire leaders to engage their teams and take their organizations to the next level of performance. The workshop objectives are to provide approaches for building an engaged high-performance workforce, dealing with difficult people and relationships, creating accountability, overcoming blame, and developing a high-performance culture. Engagement is defined as the degree to which people commit to and perform for an organization. Fully engaged organizations can outperform others by up to 202%. Only about 1/3 of employees are truly engaged, so engagement should be a top priority for human resources. The CEO is the starting point for a successful engagement program and must inspire passion for goals. Change from the top with a credible vision is needed to drive real change in an
Transitions are a critical time for leaders at all levels. Missteps made during the crucial first three months in a new role can jeopardize your success.
In this updated and expanded version of the international bestseller, Michael D. Watkins offers proven strategies for conquering the challenges of taking on a new role — no matter where you are in your career. Watkins, a noted expert on leadership transitions, also addresses today’s increasingly demanding professional landscape, where managers face more frequent changes and steeper expectations when they start their new jobs.
Whether you’re starting a new job, being promoted from within, or embarking on an overseas assignment, this is the guide you’ll need to succeed in your first 90 days — and beyond.
The document outlines 21 steps to develop and reinforce leadership skills. Some of the key steps include working hard, having a positive attitude, learning from mentors, taking public speaking courses, investing in training for oneself and employees, focusing training on human elements, and bringing values like honesty and integrity. The overall message is that developing leadership skills requires continuously working to improve oneself, empowering employees, and fostering a positive work culture and environment.
The document outlines 21 steps to develop and reinforce leadership skills. Some of the key steps include working hard, having a positive attitude, learning from proven leaders, investing in training for yourself and employees, public speaking training, and focusing on developing people to their full potential. The overall message is that successful leadership requires motivating and caring for employees, continuously developing skills, and creating a positive work environment where people feel valued and are able to perform to their highest abilities.
This presentation was made at the Entrepreneur Organization's 2014 Conference in Toronto, Ontario on June 12th, by Behavioral Change Expert, Heather Hilliard. It demonstrates the different stages of development every business goes through - from infancy to adulthood - and shows the types of challenges that entrepreneur's face during each challenge.
The Power of Creative Leadership: How Do Great Leaders Push Through Adversity?
Learning objective: Discuss the use of creativity to motivate employees
Creativity is a core competence of organizations. Good leaders strive to use creativity to improve capacity, manage change and overcome adversity. This seminar will not only arm you with change management strategies, but also examine ways to solve problems and create growth opportunities. New and seasoned leaders seek novel approaches to move teams through adversity, strengthen commitment and performance, and encourage creative problem solving. Join us as experienced leaders share ways to creatively impact and influence positive change and support their people.
At the end of this seminar participants will be able to:
a. Examine specific creative leadership strategies
b. Explore ways to help teams stay inspired and committed
c. Identify specific tools and examples of how obstacles and change can be stepping stones for great opportunities
d. Examine how to motivate teams through change and retain valuable talent
e. Examine top qualities of creative leadership
The document summarizes key themes and issues to be discussed at a family business workshop, including:
1. Reviewing the founder's original vision and whether it remains valid as new generations become involved in the business.
2. Motivating potential successors and examining business processes to determine the best management structure for future growth.
3. Ensuring company values and the skills/ambitions of the next generation are aligned with the business's direction.
4. Discussing the founder's plans for partial retirement or exit and succession planning both within and outside the family to ensure continuity.
The document provides guidance to business leaders on working for the business rather than in the business. It describes three CEOs who are immersed in operations and outlines three solutions: 1) decide if you are a leader or manager and focus on vision over control, 2) make timely strategic decisions by involving your team, and 3) hold employees accountable to improve performance rather than being liked. Following these steps will allow leaders to focus on vision, engage employees, and enhance company value.
Five Critical Management Derailers: Symptoms and Remediesassessmentedge
This document discusses five common management derailers that can cause managers to fail: 1) poor interpersonal and communication skills, 2) inadequate leadership skills, 3) resistance to change, 4) inability to deliver expected results, and 5) inability to see beyond their functional silo. For each derailer, symptoms of managers at risk are described as well as remedies to help managers avoid failure, such as clarifying goals, understanding management styles, providing feedback, and ensuring a focus on new priorities during change.
The document discusses 15 leadership skills for career success. It outlines skills such as empowering employees, being selfless, thinking critically and creatively, making quick decisions, developing more leaders, embracing humor, leading through change, embracing versatility, leading through influence rather than authority, developing trust, taking initiatives, attentive listening, raising emotional intelligence, being resilient, and bouncing back from mistakes. Mastering these skills can help one become an inspiration to others and achieve career success as a leader.
Why do front-line managers fail and what can be done to avoid failure? We polled our experts to identify our top five most common management derailers. They are:
1. Poor interpersonal and communication skills
2. Inadequate leadership skills
3. Resistance to change
4. Inability to deliver expected results
5. Inability to see beyond their functional silo
The document discusses five common management derailers and provides remedies to prevent them:
1. Poor interpersonal and communication skills - understand root causes of conflict, provide feedback on communication style.
2. Inadequate leadership skills - clarify goals, understand team members, provide feedback from multiple sources.
3. Resistance to change - understand appetite for change, focus on new priorities, help see benefits of change.
4. Inability to deliver results - clarify expectations and goals, understand goal orientation, track progress.
5. Inability to see beyond their functional area - clarify role in organization, include in cross-functional teams, establish cross-functional goals.
Many small and medium sized enterprises [SME] owners already know what needs to be done to grow their business but lack the time and/or resources to bring about the necessary changes.
Others may simply be reluctant or restrained by tradition to make a shift.
Change is difficult.
This series attempts to help answer the question, "How will owners [like me] make the necessary changes to aggressively grow their business in 2014 — and beyond?”
The Retail Leadership Team is responsible for the performance of a $1B retail brand. In interviews, members identified several areas of strength, including clear goals and accountability. However, issues were also noted, such as an overfocus on operations versus strategy, siloed working styles, and lack of customer focus. Overall, while results are improving, the team is struggling to achieve goals and does not always function effectively as a unified team.
Beating The Bear Market With Engaged EmployeesMark Hirschfeld
1. The document discusses how maintaining employee engagement can help companies beat a bear market. It provides strategies for keeping employees motivated and productive during an economic downturn.
2. Five key differentiators are identified that successful companies focus on: setting a clear direction, open communication, career development, recognition, and well-being.
3. Engaged employees are linked to better business outcomes like customer loyalty and retention, lower turnover, and higher productivity. Maintaining engagement can improve a company's bottom line during difficult economic times.
Partnership gets a lot of lip-service: we want to be loved for what we’re doing now, we want them to change, not us, we want them to give it to us; we don’t want to earn it….What it really takes to be partners? What kind of skills and knowledge partners got to have and what behaviours they have to be engaged in?
You might feel the signs of broken business relationship, but it is hard to diagnose. If you observe that between you (or your organization) and you business partner there are occasions of interpersonal conflicts, “us and them” mentality, defensiveness, finger pointing, non-constructive criticism, there is a good chance that you relationship need repair. You can fix them, if you follow the right steps.Business Relationship Management is partially art and partially science. First, you need to earn trust in the eyes of your partner and prove your credibility and second, you need to develop right competencies of yours and capabilities of your organization.
The document discusses how many companies struggle to keep their commitments over time due to "commitment drift." Despite best intentions, businesses often forget or break promises under pressure to meet quotas or during periods of constant change. This can undermine trust with customers, employees and other stakeholders. The article provides seven strategies to help companies avoid commitment drift and reliably keep their promises: 1) Make fewer, better commitments; 2) Track key commitments; 3) Ask for commitment from others; 4) Connect groups to avoid contradictions; 5) Focus on processes, not heroics; 6) Understand prior commitments when taking new roles; 7) Continually check for internal contradictions. Reliable promises create value by building confidence, but many companies
This document discusses employee engagement and distributed leadership. It emphasizes that leadership development should focus on improving employees rather than just the leader. Distributed leadership relies on dialogue between levels, shared purpose, and empowering employees. Engagement increases when employees feel involved, recognize the company's purpose, and have opportunities to learn and grow professionally. Effective communication must be continuous, compelling and credible to influence employees.
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This document summarizes a webinar on managing workforces legally in 2022. It covers Covid-19 workplace policies including mandatory vaccination requirements. It also discusses federal developments like independent contractor standards. Other topics are restrictive covenants, criminal history discrimination laws, and data privacy acts. The webinar provides an overview of recent laws and guidance for employers to consider in developing compliant employment policies.
This document provides suggestions for different types of content that could be included in a client newsletter during the COVID-19 pandemic. These include: short articles on trending legal topics or explaining a specific legal issue; a brief video answering a question about working or living during the pandemic; summaries of interesting articles, podcasts or TV programs; highlighting content produced by clients; reporting on client successes in adapting their businesses to the pandemic; answering common client questions; and sharing personal stories and experiences during the pandemic that clients can relate to. The content is meant to be informative, engaging, and provide value to clients during this period.
Topics include the following:
- issues related to COVID-19 in the workplace, including paid leave rights and benefits, return to work standards, and work-from-home arrangements
- Supreme Court decisions on sexual orientation discrimination, - Age Discrimination in Employment Act and Equal Pay Act
- new regulations under the Fair Labor Standards Act
- expansion of employee rights and employer obligations under Illinois Law
- upcoming anti-harassment training deadline
- legal requirements taking effect in the second half of 2020 and in January 2021
- the impact of a California court’s decision regarding gig workers
- and more…
This document provides an employment law update covering developments in several areas:
- Overtime regulations remain unchanged from 2004 levels while the DOL solicits public comment.
- Several states and localities increased minimum wages in 2017.
- Courts are split on whether sexual orientation is protected under Title VII, and the EEOC takes the position that gender identity is also protected.
- The EEOC provides examples of discrimination based on gender identity.
- Guidance on independent contractor status and joint employer standards were withdrawn by the DOL in 2017.
- Changes are expected at the NLRB under the new Republican majority.
- Several states passed laws strengthening pregnancy accommodation requirements in the workplace.
With fall comes the hustle and bustle of getting back into routines and wrapping up projects before year end. However, we at Levenfeld Pearlstein always look forward to fall because that means it's time for our annual Back to School: Employment Law Update. Join us for an informational webinar to review developments over the past year and discuss tips to keep your workplace practices current in the coming year.
TOPICS:
• Update on overtime regulations and standards
• New paid sick and family leave requirements and possible federal action to bring consistency
• Changing standards for independent contractor and joint employer status
• Is sexual orientation protected under Title VII?
• Legalized medical and recreational marijuana and what they mean for employment decisions
• Developing standards for enforcing non-competes/non-solicits and their interplay with social media
• The changing face of the NLRB and what it means for union and non-union employers
• Expanding pregnancy accommodation obligations
• and more...
This document provides a summary of an employment law webinar that took place on September 15, 2016. It discusses updates on several topics, including the new overtime regulations which raise the salary threshold for exempt employees to $47,476 annually, requirements under the new Defend Trade Secrets Act, reasonable accommodation guidelines from the EEOC, joint employment standards, and wellness program regulations. The webinar also covered arbitration agreements and class waivers, litigation developments, and Affordable Care Act updates.
The document discusses proposed changes to the Fair Labor Standards Act regulations that would increase the minimum salary threshold for exempt employees. It is expected that the final regulations will be issued in 2016 and will likely increase the minimum guaranteed pay to $970 per week or $50,440 annually. For organizations, the key steps are to identify employees currently classified as exempt who make less than the new threshold, analyze options to raise salaries or reclassify as non-exempt, and develop a communication and implementation strategy. FAQs and consistent messaging will be important to address employee questions and concerns through the change process.
This document summarizes five key employment law issues for accounting firms: 1) Transition planning while avoiding age discrimination claims, focusing on when partners are protected and potential issues with transition agreements. 2) Technology in the workplace, specifically social media and "Bring Your Own Device" policies. 3) Determining whether workers are properly classified as independent contractors or employees. 4) Recent developments in restrictive covenant agreements, noting proposed changes in Massachusetts and case law in Illinois. 5) Legally compensating employees.
Audited Through the Courts: The Troubling Trend in Flase Claims Act, Class Ac...Levenfeld Pearlstein, LLC
Powerpoint from the 16th Annual Illinois State and Local Tax Conference held Sept. 17, 2015. The presentation, given by Levenfeld Pearlstein, LLC Partner David Blum and Adam Beckerink of Reed Smith LLP, was titled "Audited Through the Courts: The Troubling Trend in False Claims Act, Class Action , and Municipal Litigation"
This document provides a summary of an employment law webinar discussing recent and upcoming changes. It outlines proposed changes to overtime regulations that would raise the minimum salary for exempt employees. It also discusses issues like unpaid internships, joint employer standards, independent contractor classification, Affordable Care Act reporting requirements, and other National Labor Relations Board developments. The webinar aimed to bring employers up to date on the current employment law landscape and help them prepare for new regulations and standards.
Whistleblower and Class Action Lawsuits in Sales Tax: Dammed if You Do, Damne...Levenfeld Pearlstein, LLC
This presentation will discuss recent cases including decisions/settlements that have never been reported as well as best practices/strategies to minimize an area in which even the most conscientious of taxpayers are at risk.
Having been an “early adopter” of the series LLC, we wanted to share some insights into where it is appropriate and (more to the point) inappropriate to use series organizations.
Our view is that the series company is a potentially complicated solution in search of a need that rarely exists.
Despite the apparent attractiveness of series organizations, on balance, there are usually more reasons to avoid them rather than to use them. This presentation will demonstrate a few.
This presentation describes why professional service firms choose an ESOP to implement their goals, including the goal of providing employee ownership, and how ESOPs are implemented by the firm with or without outside financing.
Partner in the firm's Corporate & Securities Group, Steven Weiss, presents 'Planning for a Liquidity Event' at AM&AA 2014 Summer Conference with Roger Schoenfeld from Cross Keys Capital.
“Evolve: Capturing Opportunities in Today’s Market” was the theme of Alliance of Merger & Acquisition Advisor’s (AM&AA) 2014 Conference. This presentation discusses preparing for a transaction, understanding the M&A process, choosing advisors, and more.
The Loan Agreement is the road map of most loans. Banks and lawyers start out with a Loan Agreement that is usually favorable to the Lender. Some parts of the Loan Agreement may be negotiable. This webinar will discuss the various provisions of a Loan Agreement and how to negotiate the negotiable provisions.
The document discusses preparing for a loan by outlining the key steps and documents involved. It recommends determining the borrowing need, guarantor risk tolerance, lining up professionals like accountants and attorneys, and preparing financial documents like balance sheets, cash flow statements, and tax returns. The document also suggests preparing management information like bios of principals and officers, and shopping the loan with a broker, bank, or SBA lender. The webinar aims to discuss how to be properly prepared to provide lenders the information they need to evaluate a loan request.
This presentation, "Alternative Financing," hosted by Financial Poise is a part of a webinar series on business borrowing basics. This session focuses on "hard money" lenders and other alternative financing sources who serve borrowers unable to obtain conventional financing.
Buying or Selling an ESOP-Owned Company: How to Execute a Successful Transaction. The presentation includes a recent case study of the sale of a large ESOP-owned company, discussion of intricacies involved related to an ESOP, and how to execute a successful transaction.
This presentation by Russell Shapiro provides an overview of an accounting firm agreement, including the process, provisions, governance, retirement, payment period/payment limitations, life insurance, payment protections, compensation, withdrawal/dismissal, restrictive covenants/purchasing clients, firm capital, income partners and amendments.
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Industrial Tech SW: Category Renewal and CreationChristian Dahlen
Every industrial revolution has created a new set of categories and a new set of players.
Multiple new technologies have emerged, but Samsara and C3.ai are only two companies which have gone public so far.
Manufacturing startups constitute the largest pipeline share of unicorns and IPO candidates in the SF Bay Area, and software startups dominate in Germany.
Profiles of Iconic Fashion Personalities.pdfTTop Threads
The fashion industry is dynamic and ever-changing, continuously sculpted by trailblazing visionaries who challenge norms and redefine beauty. This document delves into the profiles of some of the most iconic fashion personalities whose impact has left a lasting impression on the industry. From timeless designers to modern-day influencers, each individual has uniquely woven their thread into the rich fabric of fashion history, contributing to its ongoing evolution.
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Storytelling is an incredibly valuable tool to share data and information. To get the most impact from stories there are a number of key ingredients. These are based on science and human nature. Using these elements in a story you can deliver information impactfully, ensure action and drive change.
How are Lilac French Bulldogs Beauty Charming the World and Capturing Hearts....Lacey Max
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The APCO Geopolitical Radar - Q3 2024 The Global Operating Environment for Bu...APCO
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2. What does a company look like when it is
growing successfully?
• Leadership Team is a Cohesive Group
- Knows strengths and weaknesses on the team
- Engage in constructive ideological conflict
- Accountable to each other for behavior and actions
- Commit to group decisions even if disagreement
• Create Clarity
- We know why the company exists - purpose
- We know how to behave – corporate citizenship
- We know what to do – clear responsibilities
- We know how the company will succeed -
- We know what is most important now - priorities
- We know who must do what for the company to succeed
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3. What does a company look like when it is
growing successfully? (continued)
• Communication
- Strategic communication to multiple channels with appropriate
consideration to multiple generations in the workforce relative to
clarity of purpose
• Reinforce Clarity
- Sustain health by doing the following well:
- Hiring
- Managing and creating systems that support improved
performance
- Rewards and recognition
- Employee dismissal
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4. Key is to “fit” organization structure with size
• Common and almost unavoidable issue with growth
• Each growth stage provides different challenges and leadership skill
• Most people who start businesses are salespeople – not oriented
towards organizational plumbing
• Growing pains are often a unsuccessful “scale-up” and warning
signal for financial difficulty
• Typically after rapid growth or sales spike - infrastructure has not
been changed to adjust to new size and complexity
• Conventional wisdom - products or services are the key source of
competitive advantage
• A persuasive body of research indicates that long-term competitive
advantage is found in the organization’s infrastructure, especially in
operational systems, management systems, and culture.
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5. Symptoms of Growing Pains
• Leaders of the company behave as if they have all the answers
• People feel there are not enough hours in the day.
• People spend too much time putting out fires.
• People are not aware of what other people are doing.
• People lack understanding about where the company is headed.
• There are too few good managers.
• People feel “I have to do it myself if I want it to get done.”
• Most people feel meetings are a waste of time.
• Plans are made, there is little follow up, things don’t get done.
• People feel insecure about their place & future in the company.
• The company has growth in sales but not in profits or efficiency.
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Adapted from Flamholtz, Growing Pains (2007)
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7. The Pyramid of Organizational Development
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Adapted from Publication dated March 2007 in Management Online Review, www.mgtsystems.com
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8. Moving from Entrepreneurship (Stage II) to
Professional Management (Stage III)
Choices or Compulsion:
• Salesman/CEO/Entrepreneur grows and becomes an operator
• Bring in talent and change the organizational structure
• Sell the company/be acquired
• Death by a thousand cuts
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Challenge: Going from an entrepreneurship to an entrepreneurially
oriented, professionally managed company.
10. Top Ten Reasons Leadership Ignores Growing Pains
1. View that management people add cost to the bottom line without recognition of
revenue potential.
2. Personal Status – choosing status as “leader” over getting results for the company.
Would rather surround himself or herself with “yes” people.
3. Afraid of change and would rather assume people just need to work harder.
4. Using the “family environment” excuse rather than building a performance driven
environment.
5. Desire harmony - uncomfortable holding others accountable – would rather be
popular.
6. Confusion between creation of “bureaucracy” and becoming an entrepreneurially
oriented, professionally managed company. Cannot distinguish between the two.
7. Chaos is the leadership system of choice rather than planning and management
systems – a control issue – a desire to be needed.
8. No interest - entrepreneurial owner has no interest coping with managerial problems
and organizational plumbing.
9. Would rather “do” than “plan”. Concerned about being in an area where they are
learning new skills. The “answer man” syndrome.
10. Unable to admit that he or she needs help to get to the next level.
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11. Effects of Unresolved Growing Pains
• Pains that affect the bottom line
- Increased employee dissatisfaction
- Increasing customer dissatisfaction
- Lowered productivity and inefficiency
- Increasing isolation of employees or departments
- Lack of ability to make early course corrections
- Loss of opportunity for improvement – “slugging through mud”
- Lack of cohesion and teamwork
- Failed communication across the company
- Frustration and enjoyment of work is sucked out of the company
like a vacuum – low energy
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12. Silos and Political Turf Wars
• Cause of Silos:
- Lack of leadership to focus on groups accomplishing goals for the
company rather than their department
• Diagnosing Silo Issues
- Resource allocation wars
- “My people issues”
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14. QUESTIONS
1. A common refrain among business leaders is that you get the company you deserve.
If your company or companies are killing you, whose fault is that – the employees or
the leader?
2. Priorities of leaders change the longer they run the company. If you don’t continue to
reinforce the fort, will the fort continue to protect you from exposed financial
setbacks?
3. It will cost money to build structure in the short term and this will come out of profits.
How much money can you afford to lose by not making the correct investment in
operational structure?
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