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 a Team”, offers a practical and effective approach to initiating this journey.
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?
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 we spend time “at work“, if we‘re not productive anyway?
How agile can you be, if your budgeting process is still stuck in waterfall land? Sadly, many agile transformations are stopped in their tracks by the budgeting process. In order to fund a "project" (hint: it's most often actually a product development!), companies...
Psychological safety and how we can measure it. 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…
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?
Agile through the world of sports ⚽️: A valuable lesson about perception and culture. Assuming Positive Intent: The Secret Sauce in the agile Playbook.
The Agile Compass by Matthias Orgler Hello [FIRST NAME GOES HERE], this week’s topic is extrinsic motivation and bonuses. But first let me welcome a bunch of new readers hopping over from my “Life of Scrum Master” newsletter. I’m so happy this newsletter is growing and delivering value to all of you ?. Here is what you might have missed in the last couple of weeks: The Manifesto Most Organizations Live By Overcoming Resistance To Change In Agile Transformations The Overlooked Management…
Tuckman’s stages of group development help us to coach agile teams at different stages of their development.
The Agile Compass
by Matthias Orgler
Hello Reader,
in the last two weeks we looked at planning: assessing why we insist on finalizing the plan (and how to stop) and why you shouldn’t pick user stories in Sprint planning (and what to do instead).
This week we’ll talk about an overlooked management strategy that could unlock high performance for you.
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