Decision Making Patterns for Teams
Change can happen within the borders of a team, as well as among teams of team. In all cases, it helps to have a clear process for how decisions will be made along the way. There are many patterns for […]
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Catalyzing Growth through Coaching
I serve in many roles: father, brother, life-partner, uncle, employee, team member, subordinate, peer, manager. Depending on the situation (and my level of awareness, which by the way always needs a bit of fine-tuning…) I move in and out of […]
Play Time… What is it Good For?
Try this experiment: Give your teams time and space to play. That’s it. Don’t expect something shippable. Don’t plan to judge their output on the basis of business value. There will be no “right or wrong.” There will be no […]
Take 5 and Show Some Appreciation
How long does it take to say “Thanks….” – to express your appreciation, regard, recognition, and encouragement to a team member for something they’ve done? What the person has done doesn’t have to be a huge thing. In fact, it could be […]
Six Steps Towards Self Learning Teams and Organizations
One of the 12 principles behind the Manifesto for Agile Software Develop is: At regular intervals, the team reflects on how to become more effective, then tunes and adjusts its behavior accordingly. This adjustment of behavior can take many forms: from stopping […]
Personal Maps – Getting to Know the Whole Human Being
Years ago that I had a bit of fun on a train commute. Remember those? Trains, planes and automobiles to get to work… Mind you, I was in the “quiet car,” so it was not a raucous karaoke kind of […]
Clean Feedback Wraps – Ideal for Breakfast, Lunch or Dinner
Feedback – it’s the breakfast (lunch and dinner) of champions, yet it’s not always easy to successfully deliver (or hear) constructive feedback. So instead of a praise sandwich, try a feedback wrap! The post Clean Feedback Wraps – Ideal for […]
Stop Giving Answers… Ask Powerful Questions Instead
Sometimes tangential ways of attacking problems can be more interesting than the direct head-on approach. Powered by WPeMatico
Webinar Series: Adaptive Leadership
Join me for a series of live-online conversations exploring the most crucial adaptive leadership question of the day: “What, if anything, about the way people are leading today needs to change in order for leaders to be successful in a […]
Moving Motivators: Learn What Makes The Team Tick
When’s the last time you explored the intrinsic and extrinsic motivations that drive you and your teammates? One of the easiest and definitely most fun ways to do so is to play Moving Motivators! The post Moving Motivators: Learn What […]