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Can Scrum Leadership Thrive Without Authority?

Scrum.org

The conventional view of leadership often revolves around authority and power. But in Scrum, I've come to appreciate a different approach, one that's more about influence and less about traditional authority. Do you believe that effective Scrum leadership can be achieved without traditional authority? Comment below!

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What do you call a Product Owner with no authority?

Kiron Bondale

They usually had someone with the right personality, knowledge and authority, but that individual was stretched too thin. A lack of decision-making authority was reported in more than half of the responses, with knowledge gaps representing just under a quarter. You can’t fulfill the obligations of a PO off the side of your desk.

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Wrike Discover: A PMI-authorized training partner

Wrike

We’re thrilled to announce that Wrike Discover has been officially approved as an authorized training partner (ATP) by the Project Management Institute (PMI)® , the world’s largest project management member association. It’s a win-win learning situation. Ready to get started? Choose your PMI-approved Wrike courses today.

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Quick Take: My Favorite Women-Authored Blogs

LiquidPlanner

When I joined LiquidPlanner as the Director of Marketing toward the end of 2019, I was pleased to find that our blog features many strong, independent, and talented female authors. And with that, here are some of my favorite posts by women authors on the LiquidPlanner blog: 4 Lessons on Knowing Your Worth as a Woman in Tech.

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Monetizing Analytics Features: Why Data Visualizations Will Never Be Enough

Think your customers will pay more for data visualizations in your application? Five years ago they may have. But today, dashboards and visualizations have become table stakes. Discover which features will differentiate your application and maximize the ROI of your embedded analytics. Brought to you by Logi Analytics.

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Influence Without Authority

Bridge the Gap Consulting

You have ZERO positional authority! Influence without authority. Authority comes with a job title. People will dutifully follow their managers or those in authority. Project managers, however, need to be able to influence their project teams without having formal authority. We (almost) never have authority.

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Virtual Leadership: Interview With Author Penny Pullan

Rebel’s Guide to PM

In this video I interview author Penny Pullan about her new book, Virtual Leadership: Practical Strategies for Getting the Best Out of Virtual Work and Virtual Teams , which is out this year. Jeff Furman, author of The Project Management Answer Book, has just. If you prefer to read a transcript, that.

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Use Discovery and Delivery to Experiment Our Way to a New Normal

Speaker: Johanna Rothman, Management Consultant, Rothman Consulting Group

Join Johanna Rothman, author and consultant, to consider these options for your products and organizations: How to use the idea of working to create change rather than manage change in planning. Instead of planning for either discovery or delivery, we can use experiments—for all our work. How delivery differs from discovery in practice.

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The Credential Everyone Wants: The PMP Certification

million PMI PMPs awarded by PMI, the world’s leading authority on management. The Project Management Professional (PMP)® Certification is one of many professional credentials that is awarded by the Project Management Institute (PMI)®. Currently, there are approximately 1.4

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Design Hacks for Non-Designers: Ask Expert Laura Klein

Speaker: Laura Klein, Principal at Users Know and Author of UX for Lean Startups

Laura—principal of Users Know and author of Build Better Products and UX for Lean Startups—has over 20 years of experience helping companies innovate responsibly and improve their product development processes. Learn a few really common user experience design mistakes and how to avoid making them.

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Realign Your Vision – 3 Ways The PMO Can Drive A Successful Business Transformation

Speaker: Peter Taylor, Speaker/Author, The Lazy Project Manager

In this webinar, Peter Taylor, Author of The Lazy Project Manager, will explore the three key areas that a PMO can focus on to drive successful business transformation: Leveraging large-scale collaboration within your organization.

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Meet Your Goals with a Practical Product Strategy

Speaker: Nils Davis, Principal, NPD Associates

Join Nils Davis, author of The Secret Product Manager Handbook, as he explains how you can get your team aligned to a practical product strategy. For example, if you want grow your revenue, your strategy may be to enter a new market - and you may decide to make your product stand out in that market by adding analytics.

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Dealing with Difficult Stakeholders: Tips for Product People

Speaker: Roman Pichler, Product Management Expert and Acclaimed Author

Join Roman Pichler, product management expert and acclaimed author, as he shares tips to help you more effectively deal with difficult stakeholders and techniques for constructively resolving conflict. In this talk, Roman will explain: Why product managers often experience conflict and why conflict resolution skills are important.

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The #1 Reason Why Sales Coaching is Critical to Your 2022 Sales Success

Speaker: Tim Hughes, Co-Founder and CEO of Digital Leadership Associates

Join Tim Hughes, Author of Social Selling – Influencing Buyers and Changemakers and Co-Founder/CEO of Digital Leadership Associates, as he details how investing in sales coaching will teach your team how to navigate social media and, ultimately, lead them to greater sales success.