Agile Is 2020 a Gold Rush Year for New Scrum Masters? (via Mountain Goat Software) Many businesses need less convincing that Agile frameworks are helpful, so having people to facilitate Agile workflows are in higher demand. Some people may move…
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Radical Candor – Part 10
This week we covered several more sections of Chapter 6 (guidance). Management “Fix-It” Weeks “…a system was created where people could log annoying management issues. If, for example, it took too long to get expense reports approved, you could file…
Professional Development – 2020 – Week 34
Agile Leadership vs. Management (via Leading Agile) Manage the system, lead the people. Instead of telling people how to move faster, remove the blockers that are slowing the system down. Leadership — the ability to motivate and inspire those around…
Radical Candor – Part 9
This week we finished Chapter 5 (relationships — an approach to establishing trust with your direct reports), and started Chapter 6 (guidance). Chapter 5 (continued) Respect boundaries “…a real hug may be the world’s most effective way to show you…
Professional Development – 2020 – Week 33
Agile Agile Project Management with Kanban (via Wade Chandler) Each vertical swim lane is split into active and done. I get that this creates buffers between states, but (1) why not have to-do/doing/done for each state? What not change the…
Radical Candor – Part 8
This week we continued to discuss Chapter 5 (relationships — an approach to establishing trust with your direct reports). Master the art of socializing at work “Sometimes, though, when these events are introduced by management, they can feel both obligatory…
Professional Development – 2020 – Week 32
Agile Setting Up an Internal Coaching Office (via Agile Amped) Takeaways Understand the five levels of listening Understand what modality to use in the Cynefin framework Build new habits to create change When the whole is less than the sum…
Radical Candor – Part 7
This week we discussed the last part of Chapter 4 (driving results collaboratively — telling people what to do doesn’t work), focusing on the last two steps of the cycle. (The complete cycle is listen, clarify, debate, decide, persuade, execute,…
Professional Development – 2020 – Week 31
Career What to Do If Your Boss Doesn’t Like You (via Harvard Business Review) Trust issues: clarify their expectations (e.g., “How could I add more value to this job?”), create an all-out campaign to enhance your boss’s perception, have frequent…
Radical Candor – Part 6
This week we discussed the second part of Chapter 4 (driving results collaboratively — telling people what to do doesn’t work). Specifically we discussed the third, fourth, and fifth steps of the cycle. (The complete cycle is listen, clarify, debate,…