Author: Coach Dan
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Coach’s challenge! – Schedule a “Mistakes Meeting”
Schedule your very own Mistakes Meeting! Creating a culture within (and across) a team that encourages people to live and breath the agile values and principles requires trust, and that takes being transparent, having a growth mindset and looking to continuously improve! One way to encourage an agile team culture is to start treating mistakes…
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An agile survival guide for 2021 and beyond
Of the many lessons that 2020 has taught us, I think we can all agree that the most important take away is the importance of being open minded and flexible. It’s hard to imagine a plan or a goal, personal or business related, that was set at the beginning of this year that wasn’t somehow…
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Happy National Train Your Brain Day
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Agile doesn’t make teams better, people do.
Fair warning – Coach Dan is feisty today! Wherever I get in front of a group of people who are newer to the concept of agile and agility, I like to ask them what they think agile is all about. The responses I get are pretty predictable… “Agile is about going faster.” “Agile makes teams more…
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Happy National Avocado Day
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Happy National Lipstick Day
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Leadership: Is Authority in Your Way?
As I created that quote, I wasn’t sure that I really liked it all that much. Felt kind of judgy… maybe a little controversial… I actually “focus grouped” it out to a couple of coaches and other folks to get their opinion and the ensuing discussions were actually pretty interesting and valuable – so I’ll…
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National Refreshment Day
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Happy National Waffle Iron Day
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National Handshake day
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