Details A scrum master is a leader, but without the traditional authority power that managers hold. To be successful in this role, you need a wide variety of skills. Some say, you wear many hats. In this session, you will learn about, and try on, four of these hats: coaching, mentoring, teaching and facilitating. We'll […]

Title: Psychological Safety Makes Teams Effective Summary: What was your best team ever? How can you describe your dream team? In 2012, Google embarked on an initiative — code-named Project Aristotle — to study hundreds of company’s teams and figure out why some stumbled while others soared. After observing 180 teams across the company, and […]

How often do you see a large group of people, many with exceedingly high pay checks, spending hours and hours in meetings looking for the “perfect” solution for a complex business problem? How often did these plans survive the reality test? Stop looking for a black cat in a dark room with no cat in […]

ABSTRACT Have you ever come to an organization as an Agile Coach, Scrum Master, or Product Owner to find out that you are trapped in n a dysfunctional team? Many strong Agile coaches, Scrum Masters, and Agile leaders have experienced underperforming teams and even organizations. Lack of collaboration, unhealthy competition, and sometimes even open aggression […]

How often do you see a large group of people, many with exceedingly high pay checks, spending hours and hours in meetings looking for a “perfect” solution for a complex business problem? How often did these plans survive the reality tests? It always was bugging me to see how teams, especially leadership teams, spend enormous […]