How to give feedback that works
How to actually change behavior with feedback: make it sincere, specific, and selective. Learn how in this article. Access this content with a premium subscription This pos...
Agile coaching and Scrum
Practical guidance for Agile Coaches, Scrum Masters, Product Owners, facilitators, and teams.
Slow Down to Speed Up: Why Observation is the Secret Weapon of Successful Agile Coaching
Observe Before You Advise: The Secret to Smarter Agile Coaching with Chesterton’s Fence. In agile coaching, it’s tempting to dive in headfirst—implementing new frameworks, reor...
Unlock Agile Velocity: Boost Your Team and Avoid Costly Mistakes
Understanding and Mastering Agile Velocity 1. Why Velocity Matters in AgileAgility is all about flexibility, adaptability, and delivering value to customers quickly. But to mak...
Real lessons on teamwork from the Marshmallow Challenge
Ever thought that a marshmallow could teach you a thing or two about building effective teams? Tom Wujec, a designer and innovator, presented a fascinating TED Talk in 2010 whe...
How To Build Trust And Vulnerability In Teams With The Personal History Exercise
Agile coaches often face the challenge of nurturing trust and openness within teams. The Personal History Exercise, as presented by Patrick Lencioni in “The Five Dysfunctions of...
The Benefits of Setting Impossible Goals – Why Great Leaders Aim High
We all laugh when Elon Musk misses yet another audacious goal. But is he just a deluded lunatic billionaire or is there more behind him consistently missing his goals? Flying Ma...
Why you should know the Ball Point game – and how to facilitate it
Every Agile Coach or Scrum Master should know this game! It’s the standard we use to ease people into the world of iterative development, especially Scrum. You likely played it ...
Are your Daily Scrums wasting your team‘s time?
The Daily Scrum is an often loathed Scrum practice. But it certainly wasn’t invented to waste your team’s time – so what are we missing? Why are some teams not getting value out...
Boost productivity: Manage your energy, not your time! ⚡️
Did you know: The average worker is only productive for 2 hours and 53 minutes a day? That’s a jarring 30% of an 8 hour work day. What happens the rest of the day? And why do w...
Don‘t ignore the hidden preconditions for Scrum
Are you sure you’re using Scrum correctly? Does your Scrum team fulfill the preconditions? Prerequisites of ScrumWhen it comes to implementing Scrum, people often talk about sp...
Boost Your Emotional IQ Every Day: Why Daily Check-Ins Are Great
Why are emotional check-ins a boost for productivity? Imagine it’s Monday morning, and you’re gearing up for the first video call of the week with your distributed agile team. ...
How to Improve Your Retrospectives in 7 Steps
Retrospectives are the most important event in all of Scrum. That’s not just me saying this, that’s Ken Schwaber, the co-inventor of Scrum. Yet Retrospectives easily turn into p...
Why Your Sprint Retrospectives Fail and How to Make Them Inspire Real Change
Avoid the Pitfalls: Guide to Effective and Efficient Sprint Retrospectives Over two decades of working in agile environments, I’ve witnessed countless sprint retrospectives fal...
How To Measure Psychological Safety In Agile Teams?
Think of the best team you’ve ever been part of. What made it stand out? Was it the easy way everyone shared ideas, or maybe the comfort of speaking up without fear of being shu...
Efficiency or Effectiveness - What Will Give You the Competitive Edge?
Today I want to give you an article you can pass on to doubting managers. It talks about a company‘s competitive edge in the 21. century: is it efficiency or effectiveness? ...
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