The one thing we all do that kills Agile – Giving Advice (Part 1)
This is the first part in a series of blogs that revolve around one of the strongest and most damaging anti-patterns for Agile, Agile Coaches and Agile Leadership. It is [...]
Shifting into being an Agile Leader – How to leverage the power of Agile as a Leader
I have been playing with some patterns and anti-patterns to support leaders who are shifting into a way of leading that leverages the delivery potential of an agile transformation. Because [...]
Leading for Exceptional Performance
As a leader the thing that I am finally starting to get is simply this... exceptional performance isn’t a repeatable recipe! Exceptional performance happens only when uniqueness is expressed with [...]
Taking Servant Leadership to a New Level – A New Workshop (Finding Your Agile Blind Spot)
I have been working with Servant Leadership as a 3-day immersion workshop for over 2 years. The workshop is powerful as it takes participants into one of the most persistent [...]
Food for Thought – What Are We Really Saying When we Use the Phrase, “Roles & Responsibilities “?
What are we really saying when we start using the phrase ‘roles & responsibilities’ ? This is a phrase that crops up a lot, especially in the beginning of an [...]
Managing Passive Unilateral Control
What happens when as a facilitator you find yourself being challenged by a delegate who is trying their best to control the conversation and force their perspective of what is [...]
Servant Leadership Anti-patterns (If I am not Right, I am Incompetent)
It is often hard to explain the shift out of unilateral control and into Servant or Humble Leadership. I am finding that using anti-patterns helps. This is one that I [...]
Leadership Anti-patterns (Using Servant Leadership to Win)
I had an interesting experience the other day that highlighted an anti-pattern for Servant Leadership that I had not seen before. The context was me expressing a concern around a [...]
Mastery Moment – Servant Leadership Thinking Anti Patterns (Being Right)
There are a number of thinking patterns that compromise Agility and collaboration. One of the more common is the need to be right. Think about it. How often do you [...]
Learning Minute – Supporting Saying No (Agile Decision Making)
One of the aspects of a shift to Agile that is more difficult to live is transferring decision making powers to teams. This is especially so when priorities change and [...]