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Agile Bootcamp #1 – To Fail To Plan is to Plan To Fail
Agile Bootcamp: When we were asked if we could help another organisation start their journey to Agil…
The opportunity of IR35 for organisations and start-ups
The recent announcement from HMRC that IR35 and Off-Payroll Tax would come into effect on the 6th of…
Meteors, VUCA, and Business Agility
Meteors, VUCA, and Business Agility: Once upon a time, two-ton wombats lumbered across the Australia…
Predict Success by Finding Problems
Success: Agile was supposed to make things easier. It was supposed to fix the problems of large proj…
Scrum Beyond Scrum
On my professionalisation journey to Scrum Alliance Certified Team Coach, I am collecting badges and…
The 6 Enablers of Business Agility
When I first started my journey as a Scrum Master, I devoured books on how Scrum worked. I learnt al…
Agile Project Management
To say the words ‘Agile Project Management’ in front of Agile purists falls somewhere in the spectru…
The Scrum Framework
The Scrum Framework is an Agile framework within which various Agile methodologies can be both emplo…
What is Project Management?
Project Management, as both a profession and specialised discipline, is relatively young. From the d…
Don’t look back in anger
Continuous improvement is a core agile principle. The retrospective is an important event in all agi…
The Peak of Mount Stupid
This is a blog about coaching; specifically, lean and agile coaching, though it applies to leadershi…
Ways for a group to reach a decision together
Ways for a group to reach a decision: There are always moments in a project when decisions must be m…
Personality traits of an excellent Scrum Master
“Bring it to the team” should be the daily motto of an excellent Scrum Master. Nobody can truly fulf…
How Agile benefits Kanban and XP Development Frameworks
Above all, Agile is about focusing on the customer in the most streamlined way possible. Fundamental…
The Origins of Scrum and Agile
Steve Denning As leadership guru Steve Denning has written, Agile is “not about doing more work in l…
Scrum and the Agile Manifesto
The values and principles of the Agile manifesto are designed to remind you of one thing above all: …
Ethics and morals
Anyone whose profession involves advising others needs to be concerned about ethics. In a more gener…
Feedback: it’s not what you get, it’s what you do with it
When teaching Scrum a large part of the information is around feedback: product feedback, process fe…
Feedback in Coaching
All coaches reading this will probably agree that the following outline, provided by Jonathan Moss, …
Metaphor, Simile and Analogies
Metaphor, Simile and Analogies: Communication in all its aspects is of vital importance to effective…
Challenging and Requesting
A considerable part of a coach’s job is to challenge clients. If they do not stretch, if they do not…
The CLEAR Model
In the early 1980s, Peter Hawkins developed the CLEAR model, and thus slightly pre-dates the GROW mo…
The FUEL Model
The FUEL model is a coaching tool that consists of four components: Frame the conversation: Set the …
The Art of the Post-It®
For years I have watched my husband, John, sticking post-its all over the place while working. I nev…
Hidden Aspects of Communication
Hidden Aspects of Communication: Communication consists of far more than speaking and writing. Most …
Show Confidence: Essential Strategies for Leading with Assurance and ImpactShow Confidence
We hear a lot about confidence in the contexts of business, personal relationships, and just about e…
Body Language
As important as the spoken word is, body language may convey even more information than speech. As a…
A brief overview of Scrum
In this brief overview of Scrum, we introduce you to the Scrum Framework, roles within the Scrum met…
The Trust Equation
Trust relationships are vital to the way we do business today. In fact, the level of trust present i…
Coaching: Face to Face or Over the Phone?
Coaches are often called upon to work with clients who do not live or work in proximity to them. In …
Sprint: the Heartbeat of Scrum
A Sprint, as described in the Scrum Guide, is a time-boxed period of one month or less during which …
Introducing Certified Agile Leader® 1 (CAL 1)
Throughout my years as a Scrum Master, Agile Coach and Scrum trainer, there has been a common and pe…
Empathy in Coaching
Empathy is a quality that is particularly crucial for a coach. As a rule, clients start out as stran…
History of the GROW Model
The GROW Model has become a cornerstone of modern coaching, empowering individuals and teams to set …
Reflecting
Reflecting: As a coach, you cannot afford to misunderstand your clients. Communication between you n…
Active Listening
Active listening is a communication technique that requires the listener to feed back what he or she…
Levels of Listening
For a coach, there can surely be few skills more important than listening. Hearing what your client …
The GROW Model Explained
The GROW model is a solid, time-tested coaching tool that can help coaches ensure efficient results …
What do Agile and Electricity have in Common?
It has been over 20 years since the writing of the Agile Manifesto. Much was, and still is, promised…
The Responsibility Process® in Action
Recently I was lucky enough to spend a couple of days with Christopher Avery renewing my practice of…
Using your Intuition
In the words of Francis P. Cholle, Intuition is a process that gives us the ability to know somethin…
Staying Curious
Staying curious: Curiosity is vital for any coach. It helps us stay interested in our clients and th…
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