Friction is a good thing. Many of the traditional beliefs about teams work against the potential benefits of teams. J.…
Explore six Agile leader patterns for building successful teams, focusing on perspectives, stability, size, interaction, self-organization, and service.
Trust in your coach’s instincts and experience. “My Agile coach comes into a session and, without the full context, begins…
Help the team with things they cannot control. “What do I do now if I am not managing the teams?”…
It is easy to make an incorrect observation that coaching seems to go against self-organizing behavior. Coaching is an enabler for self-organizing teams.
How steady are you in a storm? The moment of truth is a crucial time for a leader. When the stakes are high and pressure is mounting, how you react is critical.
Resist the urge to move team members to the work. In contrast to Agile leadership values, the basic belief of…
Choose ‘AND’ instead of ‘OR’ During Agile transformations, I often hear managers say, “We have to be careful about experimenting…
Trust the team, and be amazed The self-organizing team—the powerful force behind any great software endeavor. Agile puts people, human…
It is time to recognize managers in the Agile journey. By and large the most common obstacle I encounter during…