The first thing that entered your mind: You messed up, you made a mistake, I can’t believe you are here, what a waste of time. The first thing that should come out of your mouth: You did well on X, Y needs some work, here’s what we’re going to do to get you there. Your first thought gets out all your frustrations, in your head but is not the delivery your team needs. The person…
I’ve had this conversation with many a person before, but it bears repeating one more time. Someone popularized the concept of a morning SCRUM to get everyone off to the races, ready to go on the day’s work and had some good success with it. And it does work. When everyone is in the office at the same time. When everyone is starting at the same time. When everyone has not yet started the day.…
We all coach, every day. Helping our kids be better. Working with our parents. Getting the most out of our team. Working with our peers. At some point, someone gives you that title of being a coach (maybe believe that you helped them over some mythical hurdle). But therein comes the confusion, because the end goal is never for the coach to become the “great imparter of knowledge”, but really their goal is to learn…
Sprints are meant to roll-over from one to another, backlogs become unpacked, priorities reset, work assigned, new tasks created and the engine revs up for another lap around the track. But what if you don’t know where you are going? How often do you jump into a car having no idea what’s happening or where you are going? Not very often. How do you get your team on board with what is being delivered in…
The Leader of the Stand-Up knows what everyone is doing before the call begins. Very simple, often ignored. Stand-Ups are not about what is in the queue or what is showing red on the Kanban board, it’s about what is coming next and what the team needs to be moving towards. A Stand-Up where everyone repeats what is currently in their task queue is a waste of a stand-up and an interruption to everyone’s deliverables.…