Being a Biz Analyst

Being a Biz Analyst How to Move Your Career Forward: Always be leading even if not long-term. The funny thing about being a BA is the challenge of using leadership muscles, when the role does not give you consistent opportunities to do so, as you might not work with the same people on a regular basis. Join us on how to move your career forward to develop leadership skills in a role where there is not a lot of opportunity.

If this is you, and you are thinking it would never happen for me, think again! I have seen tonnes of stories of people who transitioned from some of the most odd careers to business analysis, and become massively successful, including yours truly!! Every month we explore one of the following per week: The BABOK talk, Lead with Soft Skills Not Hard Skills, How to Move Your Career Forward, Retrospective. Join us!

Biz Analyst Moments lead with soft skills not hard skills: Own Your Career. The issue with excuses and blaming is that it does not produce value, and even destroys value in most cases. The great thing when you truly own your career is that you always know the next step to improvement. Join me to find out more about ownership and how to take action!

Headed to BA/PM World to speak on October 29'19, and started a new position. Episode on the challenge (published around Aug 1'19) mentioned bin this episode was called: "Biz Analyst Moments Are you up to the final quarter of 2019 challenge".

Biz Analyst Moments Case study: rapid feedback from event attendees to improve experience. Today is the episode we look at a case study, and this week we are using BA Performance Improvements as the theme for the case study. Join us! Free use case template to level up: http://bit.ly/UCpod

Biz Analyst Moments Mindset: Being ethical in the face of requirements...this is definitely going to be a hot topic today as we are discussing ethics as described in the BABOK as an underlying competency. Although, a hot topic, one that I rarely see discussed by the other educators out there. I will be exploring the topic from a point of view of the reality of deadlines, demands of stakeholders, and other pressures that come up in a normal work environment. Also, I will look at how to deal with even that fear of saying something when you are confronted with an ethical issue. Join us!

Biz Analyst Moments The BABOK Talk: BA Performance Improvement, a crucial missed step. How often do we actually take a step back and look at our work, or our capacity to do the work, and ask what is the quality of my work? How often do we ask for feedback from others? If you are like me, very rarely, maybe we find it scary or cannot be bothered as it takes time we do not have. I get it and that is why task 3.5 of the Business Analysis Body of Knowledge, called Identify Business Analysis Performance Improvements is our next focus on The BABOK Talk. Join us!

Biz Analyst Moments Mindset: Visual thinking and comics...Adam, an Archie comic and Business Analysis, I do not get the connection?!?! Don't worry I will explain in the second half of the episode. In the first half, I explain the underlying competency of visual thinking and communication, and the power it has over verbal or written communication. You are not going to want to draw away from this episode, as it is to visually appealing, see what I did there!!!

Biz Analyst Moments Lead with Soft Skills not Hard Skills: ...be a collaborator...don't be a dictator. All to often we forget just how much we need others, and how much they need us. We all to often feel we are not valued, or that people who work for us do not respect us. And maybe that is true, as you are in a dependent relationship with that person. We live in a World that demands interdependence, and yet we act like the World demands dependence. How do we begin to make that switch from dependent relationships to interdependent ones, it all begins with 2 words. Join us to find out what those words are!!! I am so very grateful to all of YOU as listeners, this podcast is not possible without you. So all this month I am giving away templates and training to level up you Business Analysis career! This week is a free template for creating use cases: http://bit.ly/UCpod

Biz Analyst Moments Retrospective: How to handle stress on your Business Analyst career after it has been introduced, and taking ownership for all the effects that result from the stress on your business analysis career. For more on this topic and the best solution listen in!