Embedding Agility from the Inside – Shifting Focus from the Present to the Future Now
When you work in Agile Transformations you start to notice trends - things that happen regardless of the organisation. One of these is how internal talent is activated and leveraged. What do I mean ? Well a Ways of Working [...]
Delivery Culture Anchors – Safety, Ghosting and Feedback
The REAL Effect of Ghosting People | Simon Sinek - YouTube It's a tricky balance working on shifting from here to something over 'there'. Tricky because until you know your starting point it is hard to pick first steps. If [...]
Connections Drive Delivery Cultures
I was having a conversation with an amazing life coach around the different value people place on relationships and how that impacts delivery. We got to talking about delivery approaches that focus on relationships as a product of the tasks [...]
The Agile Delivery Engine : Actively Creating Cultures of Collaboration (Leveraging Harmony)
A long title, so let me try and unpack. One of the noticeable differences in an agile delivery culture is how the people inside that system interact and the word that describes this is collaboration. One of the ways to [...]
Creating Powerful Delivery Cultures – Escaping the Blame Trap
I am fascinated with one question, what does it take to create exceptional performance ? What makes one team, one individual succeed in this and another not ? Having held the Guinness World Record for the Deepest dive by [...]
Anchoring Agile Coaching in a Coaching Brand
Over the years I have been looking for the 'thing' that makes some coaches stand out from others. The more I look, the more I find a couple of things that seem to be consistently present. The first I have [...]
The ONE thing that Kills Agile – Giving Advice (Part 2)
This is the 4th and last 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 also a key element in the Coaching Levers [...]
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 also a key element in the Coaching Levers - Lever [...]
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 like it or not, one of the most significant limitations [...]
Lever 7 : Activate Agile (1)
This is part of a blog series on 7 Levers that co-create a powerful space for coaches to really be impactful. For all the levers, see the 7 Coaching Levers overview blog post. This blog covers an introductory view of [...]