Michael Nir, President Sapir Consulting Us Email & Phone Number

Boston, Ma, Us

Meet Michael Nir, the President and founder of Sapir Consulting US, renowned for his unwavering passion, creativity, and innovation, Michael is a driving force behind transformative change.With a Masters in Engineering, certification in Project Management, and training in Gestalt principles, Michael's exceptional blend of technical expertise and emotional intelligence sets him apart. He ignites the spark within individuals and teams, empowering them to embrace change, grow experientially and emotionally, and conquer the challenges that lie ahead.As a highly acclaimed author of eleven influential books, Michael's expertise spans a wide range of topics, including influence, consumer experience, and Lean Agile project management. He draws upon his eighteen years of hands-on experience leading change initiatives at esteemed global organizations such as Intel, Philips Healthcare, United Healthcare, DnB, Volvo, JPMorgan Chase, Citi, Unilever, and many others. Through practical insights gained from diverse industries, he equips individuals and teams with the practical skills needed to thrive in dynamic work environments.What sets Michael apart is his ability to connect the dots between human behavior, business systems, and work environments. He leverages unique personal experiences, such as leading groups of adolescents through the desert, observing natural leadership behaviors, and even facing down a 250 lb Grizzly Bear in Alaska, providing him with invaluable insight into influencing powerful personalities and building highly productive teams.Embark on a transformative journey with Michael Nir and discover the extraordinary results that await. Connect with him on YouTube at https://bit.ly/MichaelYouTubeSub and witness firsthand his remarkable ability to inspire, transform, and empower.Unlock your potential. Embrace change. Experience transformation.

New York, Ny, Us

Coach IT and SW teams

Providence, Rhode Island, Us

My engagement is with Citizens Bank, work with other implementing a modern operating model.A McKinsey approach to agile business agilitySenior Agile Coach part an emerging Agile Center of Excellence Responsibilities Include· Create an Agile transformation backlog, stand up an Agile Office, and engage with internal Agile champions on performing an Agile transformation· Provide training to executives, Agile teams, and other stakeholders· Stand up teams including the initial planning and facilitating product visioning, epic creation, backlog creation, estimation, release planning, and iteration planning· Run stand-up meetings to model an ideal stand-up meeting· Run retrospectives using multiple formats to model an ideal retrospective· Evaluate potential candidates for Scrum Master and Product Ownero Mentor Scrum Masters and Product Ownerso Mentor Scrum Masters and Product Owner· Providing subject matter expertise on a wide range of Agile topics including: Scrum, Kanban, Lean, Test Driven Development, Retrospectives, Product Ownership, acceptance test· Doing presentations, lunch and learns, and other “internal PR” to help raise awareness of the benefits and impacts of Agile adoption throughout the organization to create a supportive environment for Agile adoption· Providing targeted workshops on subjects such as: user story writing, backlog management, shippable iterations· World class, crisp and succinct communication, facilitation, training, conflict management, and mentoring skills when addressing the client’s needs and providing experienced-based, pragmatic guidance so that client can be successful in their own context.

Boston, Ma, Us

Teach graduate courses within Project Management degree and certificate program. Courses include (but are not limited to): Foundations of Project Management, Project Management Practices, Project Scheduling and Budgeting, and/or other courses included in the curriculum.

Boston, Ma, Us

Focusing on Anchors of Simplicity, Mainstays of Scalability, Tell-tale Signs of Soakability.=> Simple agile and scrum patterns - driving teams to high performance => Scalable practices across engineering - Product, UX, Developers, QA=> Train the trainers - teaching internal change leaders the Toyota learning Kata

London, London, Gb

Identify team-program-portfolio agile delivery approach based on Scaled Agile, Kanban and Scrum methodsEmpower managers to select and swarm on metrics for successTrain leaders, managers and executives on lean agile principlesCollaborate in a multi national environment with rigid hierarchical management style to successfully adapt agile practicesFacilitate portfolio leadership team discussions on adopting lean agile strategies to reduce infrastructure IT project durations

San Mateo, California, Us

Provide Agile and Scrum coaching and training to wide variety of clients including content development for onsite and remote programs.

Acton, Massachusetts, Us

Identify and facilitate the feature-roadmap agile approach to planningPromote delivery on cadence and sync - program level perspectiveCoach and mentor Kanban approach for none sprinting teamsProvide guidance on agile practices for sprinting teams and the programSupport team members in managerial - individual contributor conflictsProvide best practice input to team structure decisions

Us

Executive Lean Startup Coach and Enterprise Lean-Agile Consultant. Developed and implemented a comprehensive program for implementing Lean agile and startup approach: customer centricity, short feedback loops, developing and validating hypothesis and failing fast,in business and engineering. The program, fashioned after Kotter's XLR8, trains team in lean thinking and empower them to create incremental projects impacting the business, resulting value based features based on validated learning.Develop lean startup training and delivery to executive leadership of UHOne - a UnitedHealth Group; followed by extensive leadership and mid level management training and coaching.

Burlington, Ma, Us

Responsible for championing Agile across Technology and Engineering programs. Help teams adopt Agile values, principles and best practices as part of the Center for Excellence. Work across multiple teams to ensure consistency of approaches while encouraging teams locally to optimize and continually improve through the use of retrospectives. Responsible for determining how to mature agile culture and process as well as continual analysis and planning to ensure agile practices are world class.Responsible for working with Scrum Masters, Product Owners, Development Leads and QA Leads in Scrum and other Agile methodologies such as Kanban and provide ongoing agile training and mentoring on organizational best practicesPrimary Responsibilities: Foster and help facilitate the self-management of teams Partner with multiple Scrum teams to advance Agile skills and improve results for the organization Provide hands-on Agile coaching to teams as well as product owners, ScrumMasters, managers and executives Provide onsite training Encourage performing software development using Kanban, XP and other Agile methodologies as appropriate Continue to learn and implement industry best practices Manage through influence, but without direct management authority. Use capabilities to influence customers and stakeholders, and properly manage divergent expectations

New York, New York , Us

Senior Consultant and Trainer with IIL. He has over 10 years of experience providing training and developing solutions in project management, business analysis and communication skills. Michael facilitates team building and leadership programs integrating Gestalt therapy with body language workshops. He brings to students and clients solid experience in the information technology (IT) and telecommunications industries.

M.Sc., Industrial And Management

Pmp, Pmi

B.Sc., Fluid And Soil Engineering