The Efficiency Expert
Tracie Edwards
Fractional Business Analyst | Solutions Architect | Small Business Founder | Transforming organizations and people through continual improvement
My name is Tracie Edwards and I get to tell you stories about how Business Analysis, coaching and teaching has made people's lives better, and with more than two decades of experience, I have stories to tell!
Let me tell you about Lillian
Lillian began her education and career at a time when women were not always found in the workforce. Yet she exemplifies how business analysis and coaching can profoundly impact people's lives.?
Lillian’s approach focused on optimizing processes, demonstrating some of the core principles of modern business analysis: identifying organizational challenges, understanding the needs of key stakeholders, and discovering opportunities to improve efficiency and productivity. This enabled more effective decision-making, streamlined processes, and improved business outcomes for her client companies.
The combination of rigorous analysis and empathetic coaching, as exemplified by Lillian’s pioneering work, continues to make people's lives better by creating more efficient, productive, and fulfilling work environments.
A BA is Born
I was recently chatting with a group of consultants and thought leaders, each of us sharing how we got our start and what inspired our careers as business analysts. I happened to share that I realized I had been a business analyst from a very young age, having come across Lillian’s story when I was a pre-teen. I was so enthused by it that I found myself practicing how to be more efficient. Whether it was riding my bike to my best friend’s house, doing my homework, or helping out at home, I was a little obsessed with efficiency. But never would I have imagined that the rest of the group was similarly inspired by Lillian.
If you have not guessed already, Lillian is none other than Lillian Moller Gilbreth, the female protagonist of the classic story “Cheaper by the Dozen.” All of us had read the book in our youth, and were inspired by the focus on efficiency, streamlined work, and working smarter, not harder. Imagine our good fortune later on to discover there was a name for such a career: Business Analysis.
Just as Lillian Gilbreth's insights led to more efficient and worker-friendly environments, contemporary business analysts use coaching to enhance skills, expand knowledge, and boost confidence in tackling complex problems. This approach not only benefits individual analysts but also creates a ripple effect throughout organizations
I love to tell stories about how BAs naturally resolve communication silos, solve problems, and how much positive impact results. What I do not tell are the many personal stories about when I come along side of individuals to empathize, encourage and provide resources...these are impactful in a different but no less important way; trust, engagement and motivation is my JAM!
Why do you need Business Analysis in your organization? With the guidelines from the International Institute of Business Analysis, we naturally resolve problems, bring improvement to processes, create new and better software, remove mundane and repetitive processes, improve communication and bring elevation to those around them - the natural results are that trust grows, employee morale / engagement improves, employee retention improves, tribal knowledge is retained, processes speed up, waste is removed, the BOTTOM LINE IS POSITIVELY IMPACTED, and so much more.
Whether it is at work, Consulting, Coaching or Teaching,
WE MAKE LIVES BETTER.?
As a Business Consultant, Coach, Instructor and Speaker, I partner with business owners, Business Analysts, Agile Coaches and so many others to solve life and career problems. In doing so, I have seen their lives AND the lives of those around them change for the better as they gain confidence, knowledge, techniques, resources, and sometimes a certification.
I am thoroughly convinced that when I work to help five people, they can work to help those around them and so on and so on.... there is a ground swell of improvement, we are ALL made better.
YOU ARE EMPOWERED TO BE A FORCE MULTIPLIER TO EVERYONE AROUND YOU.
YOU ARE NOW A FORCE MULTIPLIER!
Do you know of stories where Business Analysis, coaching, training, empathy or shared enthusiasm helped someone? We want to hear YOUR STORY! Join the story and share YOUR stories in the LinkedIn group BA Force Multiplier - I am IN! or contact our founder, Thea Soehren, directly via LinkedIn and we can chat!
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BA Force Multiplier Leaders challenge you to improve the world around you with your interest, empathy, enthusiasm and knowledge, and watch the results.
Who is Tracie Edwards?
Tracie has been a Business Analyst for over 20 years and is the Founder and CEO of Traceability Coaching. She is also the host of Traceability Podcast.
Tracie has worked in various industries, including hospitality, healthcare, logistics, finance, and consulting. She is a Certified Business Analysis Professional, a Professional Scrum Master 1, has a Certificate in Project Management, a Master’s Degree in Enterprise Architecture, and is a Doctoral Candidate in Strategic Leadership.
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Tracie currently serves as the Vice President of Marketing for the Utah Chapter of the IIBA.
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Who are the BA Force Multiplier Leaders?
A group of world-wide Business Analysis leaders who have banded together to bring you this message: Each one of us has the ability to raise the people around us UP through speaking, training, leadership, encouragement and so much more.
We want YOU to become a Force Multiplier for those around you.
I love your storytelling in this insight you shared with us, Tracie! Cheaper By The Dozen is one of our favorites, too, and the way you tied it into WHY we all need BA's was masterfully delivered. You are a BA Force Multiplier Leader Fa Sho!!!
ACBA | AAC | ECBA | Business Analyst & President of the IIBA Ireland Chapter ????
1 个月Thanks for sharing this story Tracie Edwards, it was a great read about Lillian and how you fell into the world of business analysis
Thank you for this great story.