As I took Certified Agile Leadership I in September of 2019, I realized that while I had read the books, I was very much still leading via Command and Control. In a very Agile environment, I was struggling to connect with my employees and really did not like not knowing what was going on in … Read More
There are many advantages of becoming a Certified Scrum Product Owner, but before answering such an important question, let us look at what Scrum is, what the role of a Product Owner is and, finally, what the benefits are of becoming Certified in this job title. If you are a project manager interested in becoming … Read More
Delivering Continuous Value with Business Agility: Every company is a digital company, or it’s on its way to becoming one. You’ll find technology everywhere! Sometimes it helps companies achieve strategic goals, and in other cases, it delivers value outright. Stop to think for a moment: Business operations like logistics and fulfillment run on IT backbone … Read More
The Team must be Co-Located I must admit I was one of the people who suggested we needed our team to be co-located. I have very much been proved wrong over the past 12 months, as teams continually learn new ways to innovate and collaborate virtually. This collaboration is made so much easier with a … Read More
How to Hold Your employees accountable Walk the Talk – When a leader can stand before their employees and say “I made a mistake – and this is what we’re going to do to fix it” it sets a positive example of accountable behavior that employees won’t be afraid to emulate. Define Results and Expectations – Don’t wait for … Read More
Empowering your Team is a lot harder than just saying, “The Team is empowered to make their own decisions.” You have to make sure they’re really empowered, instead of you just saying so without having given them the power to actually make decisions and then acting on their feedback. Are you giving them opportunities to … Read More
One of the things I hear over and over again in our classes is, “My team doesn’t finish the work they commit to in the sprint.”My response is generally something along the lines of, “How are they currently holding themselves accountable to do that…” “Mmmm” is generally what follows. In this three-part series, we’ll explore … Read More
