From the Field
Weekly notes for managers stuck in the Vise, teams tired of mistaking motion for progress, and anyone who’s sat through a meeting wondering where the energy in the room just went.
What if I get it wrong…?
We’ve all heard that question (or some variant) in our head – often delivered in that ominous tone that our brain reserves for occasions when it truly wants to undercut our self-confidence – “OMG – what…
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Excerpt – How Much Autonomy Should Teams get from Their Agile Leader?
As I was doing some exploring this weekend, I came across a great article that resonated with me on so many levels. I’m sharing an excerpt of the content here with you along with some thoughts…
Read more →Report: New Capabilities Leaders Need…
In the spirit of growth and learning – I spend time every week exploring new ideas, reading and learning about agility and leadership. I came across a report published by McKinsey and Company in October of…
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Beware! Zombies Approaching!
This agile coach was investing some time in himself this weekend and came across an article that warned of a topic he is aware of, and indeed himself has experienced- Zombie Agility! Now I know what…
Read more →Thankful – not just today – but every day!
As we approach this holiday season (and despite the fact that my personal backlog keeps getting longer instead of shorter) I feel compelled to take a moment and share a list of things for which I’m…
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Coach’s Challenge – Do you control your commanding?
So first and foremost – kudos if you got past that horrible pun of a title. I’m (obviously?) thinking about the concept of command and control, and how as agile managers we can sometimes struggle with the…
Read more →When are we “agile?”
I hear the questions all the time – “How long will it take for us to be agile?” “How do we know when we are agile?” “When will we be done transforming to agile?” Honest coach’s…
Read more →You get what you measure…
Yesterday I was driving to meet a partner coach for coffee (yes I left my house…) and I heard a story on the radio that got me thinking about agile team metrics and how we use…
Read more →How do YOU define AGILE?
I received the best email from an agile marketer yesterday (if you want to see it, look to your right…) It came at the perfect time and made me feel proud to be working with these…
Read more →What’s stopping you?
Every single one of you reading this post is at a different stage in your agile journey. Some of you have been on agile teams for a year or more. Some of you are about to…
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