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Recharge to Reach the Finish Line: A Leader’s End-of-Year Strategy

The IIL Blog

This rhythm of exertion and recovery resonates deeply with the cadence of leadership in business. Acknowledging these achievements, as Judy Umlas explores in her book ‘The Power of Acknowledgment,’ can significantly boost morale and keep the team’s energy buoyant as we head into the new year. Sign up here!

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Disciplined Agile & SAFe

International Institute for Learning

To coordinate the teams, SAFe applies cadence and synchronization. Cadence means all teams are aligned to a standard, two-week delivery cycle. The entire ART operates on a common 2-week cadence and begins its 10-week Program Increment (PI) with a 2-day planning event. They are closed books, online, and self-proctored.

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Project Boards and Project Steering Groups: An Introduction

Rebel’s Guide to PM

It’s fine to have a different cadence at different points in the project lifecycle. You might want to have a conference call line open so that people who aren’t present can join the meeting on the phone. When to hold the meetings. You can decide on the best format for your meetings, although the sponsor will have a say too.

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Mastering the (new) Agile Coaching Mindset for the 4th Industrial Revolution (4IR)

International Institute for Learning

Larkland is participating in the panel on Agile at Large Organizations at IIL’s 2022 Agile & Scrum Online Conference. SAFe’s e-book Agile at Scale: Making the Case for Business Agility describes an organization that’s achieved business agility as behaving more like a living organism than a machine.

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Adopting Agile Practices Isn’t Agile Transformation

Leading Agile

When people make such statements, they usually mean that they have trained product owners and a proficient Scrum master, and their team consistently follows the cadence of sprint planning, daily stand-ups, interviews, and retrospectives.

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10 Virtual Team Building Activities to Build Stronger Teams

Workamajig

Great remote teams have the same cadences as their real-world counterparts. It’s one thing jumping onto a conference call and another to bump into someone casually at the water fountain. Ask them to talk about anything that’s particularly important to them, say, a book they love or a gadget they can’t do without. Over to You.

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Cultivating the Kind of Culture Employees Crave

Leading Agile

The Pods meet on an agreed-upon cadence, and everyone in each Pod knows that they can reach out to other Pod members for questions, help, and a friendly voice. Basically, a Pod is a small cross-section of employees with a leader who’s dedicated to mentor and advocate for their pod and provide opportunities for career progression.

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