Agile Pain Relief Notes from a Tool User

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

Tell them that the role of ScrumMaster is as a servant-leader, coach, and facilitator, navigating the dynamics of the team to ensure Scrum practices are followed and value is delivered effectively. Servant Leadership: prioritizing the needs of the team and helping others to perform as highly as possible.

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Let's Grow Leaders

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

And most importantly, what if that sentence had to include a “But”… “She’s a really great person and I love having her on my team, BUT I can’t count on her to meet her commitments.” ” For example, we want to be known for practical, sustainable leadership development for human-centered leaders.

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N2Growth Blog

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

These programs provide a unique opportunity for executives to receive personalized guidance and support in their professional development journey. Through one-on-one coaching sessions, executives can explore their strengths and weaknesses, develop powerful leadership skills, and ultimately achieve their full potential as leaders.

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Agile Pain Relief Notes from a Tool User

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

If your Sprints are merely about ticking off items on a scattered work list without having a shared understanding of why they’re important or what purpose they serve, your Development Team will struggle to keep focus in the short-term and will take longer to become highly effective in the long run. Why Do We Have Sprint Goals?

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Next Level Blog

SEPTEMBER 13, 2010

It’s pretty clear that the boss doesn’t want or see any reason to change and certainly isn’t open to coaching. Here’s one way to do it that can help: Tim Gallwey, the former tennis coach who’s now an executive coach, is the author of a series of books on the inner game. Some people are just not open to coaching.

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Next Level Blog

SEPTEMBER 14, 2010

Following up on the success of his previous book, The No Asshole Rule , Bob is back with Good Boss, Bad Boss. What are your thoughts on what makes a good boss or a bad boss? It’s a great read with more tips, stories and advice than can be shared in the length of one video or blog post.  I share that in this week’s video.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 13, 2010

For those of you not familiar with Kevin, he is a two-time best selling author and the Chief Potential Officer of The Kevin Eikenberry Group , a learning consulting company that has been helping organizations, teams and individuals reach their potential since 1993. It is the walk that people are watching. How does your walk prove it?

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

Furthermore, successful CPOs are exceptional leaders who inspire and motivate their teams to achieve excellence. They understand the importance of developing their team’s skills and capabilities, nurturing a culture of continuous learning and professional development.

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CIO

OCTOBER 7, 2022

IT organizations are shifting to product-based methodologies , in which cross-functional teams made up of both tech and business pros focus on a single product or service offering. Much of a product manager’s job involves ensuring the various functions of a cross-functional team work well together. Great communication skills.

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Next Level Blog

JULY 29, 2010

  When someone brings you bad news, let them know through your spoken language, your body language, your tone of voice that you can't handle the truth. Poor at that.    Kill the messenger.     Thank the messenger and then ignore them. What's your favorite?

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Hacker Earth Developers Blog

SEPTEMBER 25, 2019

A hackathon , also known as a codefest, is typically a day-long coding competition where a bunch of software developers, computer programmers, designers, and others join hands to improve upon or build a new software program. You learn to partition tasks, share a codebase, and get along the process through good and bad as a team.

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Strategic Tech

MARCH 16, 2021

For many people, this is a waste of time; it’s pretentious developers geeking out over unnecessary perfectionism. The same mindset should also be applied to architecture; involve the whole team and challenge the small details. Teams should have access to tools like Miro and be using them extensively.

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Hacker Earth Developers Blog

SEPTEMBER 25, 2019

A hackathon , also known as a codefest, is typically a day-long coding competition where a bunch of software developers, computer programmers, designers, and others join hands to improve upon or build a new software program. You learn to partition tasks, share a codebase, and get along the process through good and bad as a team.

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Accenture

MARCH 24, 2020

Employers are able to attract talent from all over the world, and employees enjoy both the diversity of multinational teams and the flexibility that comes with working remotely. Over the last year, I’ve been privileged to work with Accenture Learning as their Agile Coach. How can you “read the room”? Iterate and learn.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 16, 2010

Started the school a few years ago to teach students who were too poor to attend regular school. John Rego was a Ranger Team Leader in Iraq. He was on the creative planning team for catalyst, works with leadership development of Chick-Fil-A, and is quarterbacking many projects for well known leaders.

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Next Level Blog

DECEMBER 13, 2010

  One of the reasons that boss's sometimes make bad requests is that they're moving at 350 miles per hour and haven't stopped to consider the impact of what they're asking for. Explain how one or more of those alternatives will accomplish the goal as well as if not better than the request. Keep it short. 

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Altexsoft

NOVEMBER 29, 2019

Then, the company gets a primary investment to develop an MVP, launch, and leverage a Product/Market fit , as an Atlanta Ventures’ portfolio company. It includes workshops, ideation labs, hackathons, and special events. Above that, they develop and adopt a plan to draw their first round of users. Participation and Access.

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Next Level Blog

NOVEMBER 29, 2010

Take A Look Leadership Lessons Podcast Leadership Lessons Podcasts : Scott Eblin, executive coach, speaker and author of The Next Level: What Insiders Know About Executive Success, 2nd Edition , talks with top business and organizational leaders.   Times have changed though. . 

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Next Level Blog

SEPTEMBER 15, 2010

In twenty plus years of management work and leadership coaching, I’ve been in the room for a few really great offsites and a lot of really awful ones.   I’m actually working with a couple of client organizations on the agendas for offsites that will happen this week and next.

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Next Level Blog

JANUARY 24, 2011

If you’ve got someone on your team who is clearly a star but regularly disrupts the chi and makes life difficult for others on the team, you’ve got a tough problem as a manager. Re-reading that this morning, I’m guessing that some of those reasons came into play with Olbermann’s departure from MSNBC.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 23, 2010

This is a leadership issue in which diversity, and the awareness of it, will play a key role in the development of future leaders. The "safe" bet is to not even debate whether diversity is good, bad or indifferent. I seems odd to me that people promote diversity as a response to racism when in fact, it is a form of racism.

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Next Level Blog

OCTOBER 6, 2010

In a truly innovative move, the new management team rewrote the employee handbook giving the green light to profanity and dirty jokes “because a loose, fun, nonlinear atmosphere is important to the creative process. A coaching friend of mine likes to say that presence begets presence. This dynamic can play out for good or for bad.

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Experience to Lead

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

In the dynamic world of business, leadership feedback stands as a cornerstone for team excellence and organizational growth. Constructive critiques and affirmative recognition pave the way for heightened team morale and a company culture of continuous improvement. What is Leadership Feedback?

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QAspire

AUGUST 30, 2023

This mindset of seeing conversations as a medium to exchange energy helps me immensely when I coach, train and facilitate people and teams. Conversations are the currency of great leadership because they have the power to guide other people’s journeys, foster collaboration, build culture and tackle challenges as a team.

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Next Level Blog

AUGUST 13, 2010

Michael is the author of the bestseller, Do More Great Work , and is the guy to talk to if you want to figure out how to shift your time and attention from the good work to the great work and drop the bad work entirely. Michael’s a great coach and a terrific story teller. How to find and act on your definition of great work.

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Agile Pain Relief Notes from a Tool User

JUNE 1, 2021

A Sprint Backlog consists of a set of Product Backlog Items (PBIs) that the Developers think they can complete in the Sprint, along with the work needed, described in small enough chunks that progress can be tracked throughout the Sprint. Most Scrum Teams simply use whatever their online Scrum tool feeds them for their Sprint Backlog.

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Next Level Blog

JUNE 21, 2010

There were good cops and bad cops to keep you on your toes.   My Wall Street days came to mind recently when I was listening to an executive speak to a group of high potential leaders I’m coaching.  You can learn as much from the bad experiences and bad bosses as you can from the good ones.

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Next Level Blog

SEPTEMBER 17, 2010

You are not a star QB; you are an offensive lineman whose job it is to protect your stars (the team) and create huge "holes" they can run through. Of course, bookmarking the Next Level blog isn't bad advice either. :). Deflect credit, hog blame. Be the boss you always wish you had. Simple and clear!

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Next Level Blog

AUGUST 2, 2010

The result of the poor leadership and management includes mismarked graves, unmarked graves, split graves and at least four burial urns that somehow ended up in a landfill. Since I was out of town, I had missed the investigative piece in the Washington Post last week that detailed decades of mismanagement at Arlington.

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Experience to Lead

MAY 30, 2023

Most of us can say we have worked with a bad boss before. Leadership training can help managers to develop their communication skills, which can enhance collaboration, build stronger relationships and reduce misunderstandings.

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scruminc

APRIL 24, 2020

This post is part of our new ScrumCast series of conversations with thought leaders who have successfully helped transform organizations and empower teams and individuals. Team Member? . They may actually end up being quite often team members themselves or the equivalent. Are they a Product Owner? Scrum Master?

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Agile Pain Relief Notes from a Tool User

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

At the end of a Daily Scrum: the Sprint Backlog should be updated the whole team should understand their current state of progress towards the Sprint Goal the whole team should understand what impediments (or slowdowns) exist Is Daily Scrum the same as Daily Standup or Daily Huddle? But I differ with the Scrum Guide on this.

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CoachStation

MARCH 7, 2016

Finally, it has forced me to think about and clearly articulate answers to the excellent questions that Maddy had developed. To explain this concept, Sinek has developed what he calls the “Golden Circle,”. 1) When developing, maintaining and growing my business, I have focused heavily on the ‘why’. What does that even mean?

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Next Level Blog

AUGUST 11, 2010

Which, finally, brings me to Bob Sutton and a couple of points he makes in Good Boss, Bad Boss. First, he encourages bosses to remember the toxic tandem – that your team is watching you very closely and that it’s really important that you be aware that they’re watching you.

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Next Level Blog

NOVEMBER 3, 2010

That post, which mainly focused on team owner Dan Snyder, went a little viral.    And, of course, he hired a Super Bowl winning coach in Mike Shanahan to lead the team from the sidelines and a five time Pro Bowler in Donovan McNabb to lead the team on the field.   He’s the face of the team. 

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Next Level Blog

AUGUST 24, 2010

Steve’s a coach and former HR exec based in New Jersey. Take A Look Leadership Lessons Podcast Leadership Lessons Podcasts : Scott Eblin, executive coach, speaker and author of The Next Level: What Insiders Know About Executive Success, 2nd Edition , talks with top business and organizational leaders. We hadn’t talked since around May.

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Next Level Blog

OCTOBER 25, 2010

  It's interesting to consider what sort of Act Night you might stage to build the bonds of respect and trust within your team.   For Kenneth Feld, CEO of Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus, it must be hard to resist that feeling.    A different era back then.)  Your comment could not be posted.

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