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Aug 5, 2025 - From the Preface The first questions you might ask yourself when thumbing through a book on management are, “Who are these people? Are they for real? Or...

Jul 24, 2025 - Create ease and expertise as you manage your product development and software projects. Learn to focus on what matters most.

May 9, 2025 - Distributed agile teams have a terrible reputation. They don’t deliver “on time,” and too often, they don’t deliver what the customer needs. However,...

Oct 28, 2025 - Is Independent Consulting Your Next Role? You've been successful inside organizations, and now it's time to extend that success to potential clients....

May 9, 2025 - Hiring a person for your team is the single most important decision you can make. It has long-lasting impact, whether you are the manager or a team member....

Dec 13, 2021 - What makes a great heroine? Not the cape. Not their weapons or their physical attributes. Great heroines act. In this mystery-oriented collection, Johanna...

Jul 11, 2025 - Johanna Rothman's longer fiction. Links to her newsletter and shorter fiction.

Lead and serve others with ease when you learn to become a modern manager and manage yourself.

Dec 20, 2025 - This is Johanna Rothman's November 2025 Pragmatic Manager newsletter. The Unsubscribe link is at the bottom of this email. I've been working with...

Aug 5, 2025 - Winner of the 2008 Jolt Productivity award. Woo! Manage It! Your Guide to Modern, Pragmatic Project Management This book is a reality-based guide for modern...

May 24, 2022 - Suspect your coworker of working against the company? Mischief—or worse—follows that person around. You need a corporate spy. Traditional spies stand...

With Agile software development moving from the fringes to mainstream to enterprise-wide, a dilemma with many contradictions emerge - how do you scale Agile?...

Nov 24, 2025 - I've been diligently working on my Kickstarter for Effective Public Speaking. I have learned a ton about graphics, creating an inviting Kickstarter, and...

Aug 5, 2025 - I write nonfiction about all aspects of managing product development. I've recently branched out into fiction. Since I like to read most of the genres, I...