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Agile Leadership

Scrum.org

I had a leadership nightmare. Disliked, questioned presentations make me lose my sleep….”. I keep finding myself explaining what I know to my director so that he can express himself better during presentations…. Especially if we are talking about an organization that has started its transformation process to Agile….

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Productivity: creative versus reactive leadership

Scrum.org

I previously wrote about 5 ways productivity culture kills business agility. A simple tool we can use to understand our relationship to productivity and expand the possibilities is the creative versus reactive leadership lens. And our leadership work is to start pulling back the layers and connecting to who we really.

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Leadership Futures from the Next Generation: Adapting, Empowering, Thriving

The IIL Blog

By Dr. Elissa Farrow March 20, 2024 Leadership futures are where change is not a challenge but an opportunity. As we open our organisations to leadership’s next generation, it’s clear that the future belongs to those who champion collaboration, innovation, inclusion, and adaptability.

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Agile Beyond IT: Lean Thinking

The IIL Blog

By Alan Zucker Agile is a mindset described by a set of values and principles. The base is Leadership, Systems Thinking, and Process Integrity. Lean is industry-agnostic and offers insight into agility. Leadership Leaders play a critical role and appear at every level in the organization. Toyota was a Lean pioneer.

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Beyond Agile presentation this Friday

Leading Answers

On Friday, September 30, I will be presenting a session on Beyond Agile at the HTEC Project Management Virtual Conference. Beyond Agile takes a “Yes, And” approach to hybrid agile. Of course, Beyond Agile does not just add traditional approach elements to agile. You can register here. Yes, And, And”.

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Agile Leadership Myths and how to move past them

Scrum.org

The best Scrum teams that I have worked with were supported by management leaders focused on removing impediments, providing resources, and promoting an agile mindset and culture that supports the Scrum values. Making it more challenging are the agile leadership myths out there that can get in the way of being effective.

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Embracing Agile: A Developer's Journey from Tradition to Innovation

Scrum.org

My transition to Agile and DevOps wasn't immediate. Key Topics: Traditional vs Agile Approaches The Human Element in DevOps Discovering the Power of Scrum Organizational Transformation through Agile The Liberating Nature of Agile Practices Agile and DevOps presented a way to not just work differently but to think differently.