Illustrated Agile
Throughout our coaching journey, scenarios are encountered when we will be called upon to have an uncomfortable conversation. It’s not if it will happen, but when it will happen. There’s a good chance it happened to you already today. Someone is not allowing others to speak. Someone else is dominating the airspace of their team […]
One of the things I am often asked about is how should we assess the performance of a coach. Some days I wonder this about myself…“Am I living into my full potential? What kind of impact am I really having?” To answer this question, it’s important to first define the North Star of what a […]
A couple of weeks ago, I experienced what Alexander would describe as a “terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day” of coaching. I know I am exaggerating…it probably wasn’t as bad I thought but it felt awful to me. I stumbled on words. And the words I was able to speak fluently didn’t feel like […]
The success or failure of leaders are often measured with quantifiable metrics – stock price, shareholder value, revenue, expenses, sales, profit – to name a few. In a capitalistic system, focusing on results-based metrics are an important dimension to remaining a viable enterprise… …but something seems to be missing. While preparing for a presentation later this […]
Perhaps you are thinking of becoming a Scrum Master or Agile Project Manager and wondering where to start. Maybe you are currently working as a Project Manager and your organization is moving to Agile. Would you like to develop the additional skills and competencies to become an awesome Scrum Master in your new role? And […]