Empathy in the Air
Is 2015 the year for you to expand into a leadership role? Are you focused on becoming a better leader this year? As you head back to the office, consider adding “Develop a sense of empathy” to your...
View ArticleWhat Does a Great Team Feel Like?
Are you part of a Team in the workplace? Odds are the answer is “yes”. Do you observe other Teams in your organization doing inspiring work and wonder how they do it? We talk a lot about the...
View Article4 Secrets to Great Agile Leadership
Are you considered a leader in your organization? Do you spend your day at the top of the tower or in the trenches? Our best Agile leaders navigate an organization and fuel connections that lead to...
View ArticleAre You a Manager or an Enabler?
Are you a Manager that believes in the power of Scrum? There is a difference between thinking, believing and knowing. Don’t miss out on a huge opportunity to become the next market leader in your...
View ArticleAre Your Leaders Promoting Courageous Communication?
Have you ever been in a meeting where you felt afraid to share a difficult and truthful statement? Was “the obvious” in the room the whole time, but no one would speak up and talk about it? If so, then...
View ArticleMy personal “Stop doing” list
In his book Good to Great, author Jim Collins asks the reader: Do you have a “to do” list? Do you also have a “stop doing” list? He goes on by saying: Those who built the good-to-great companies,...
View ArticleAgile Leadership Lessons From My Dad
Father’s Day offered an annual moment for me to reflect on the journey of a humble and influential man whose life was tragically cut short in 2002 – my Dad. Although it has been a number of years since...
View ArticleScrum: Who are the Key Stakeholders that Should be Attending Every Sprint...
The Scrum Guide requires that the Product Owner ensure that “key stakeholders” attend the Scrum Sprint Review, but who are these “key stakeholders”? According to the Scrum Glossary, a stakeholder is “a...
View Article5 “Secrets” of a Great Agile Leader
Are you considered an authoritative “leader” in your organization? Do you spend your day at the top of the tower or in the trenches? Real Agile leaders abandon the top of the tower and thoughtfully...
View ArticleThe 5 Traits of Real Agile Leadership
Inspiring Lessons From the Life Journey of Mr. Warrick Dunn __________ As many of us in the USA prepare for the big college football rivalry weekend, let’s take a moment to learn about Agile leadership...
View ArticleThe Most Powerful Word in the Workplace
As we approach the mid-year point in our jobs, I often find that knowledge workplaces have a tendency to slow down a bit and lose some steam – even the ones that leverage Scrum. Early-year milestones...
View ArticleWhat Does This Retweet Tell Us About Agile and Scrum?
If this post resonates with you, please consider spreading the message so we can educate and inspire others. I invite you to ‘Follow’ my professional journey through LinkedIn and Twitter. ~~~ I must...
View Article5 Beliefs That Predict Enterprise Agile Success
Agile approaches, including Scrum, are empirical approaches to delivering software and business value. It is ironic, then, that the biggest impediment to adopting an Agile approach is the culture of...
View ArticleFreeze The Pond Versus Take The Hill – Two Metaphors For Enterprise Agile Change
Organizations who don’t understand why they want to become Agile also often take the wrong path to get there. Agility requires empowering teams and helping them make decisions on their own, learning...
View ArticleThe Product Owner as Steward
In the Professional Scrum Product Owner course, we teach that high performing Product Owners are entrepreneurial. They not only act with the business in mind, they have the authority to make important...
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