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Creating a Purpose-Driven Team – Introduction
Agilists believe in the power of self-organizing/self-managing teams. But the tricky part is often keeping team members motivated. In 1943, Abraham Maslow asserted (through his…
Are Agile and Lean The Same Thing?
If you’ve ever attended one of our classes (or are a regular visitor to this Blog), you’ll know that the Center for Agile Leadership (CFAL)…
What Do Agile Communications Look Like?
Why has Agile become the most popular software development approach in the IT industry today? Because it works. But… as I’ve been preaching for years…
Design Thinking and the Agile Leader
Just like Business Agility, Design Thinking (which is also not a new concept) has been gaining a lot of attention recently, and Agile Leaders should…
What is Business Agility?
Watch Rikki’s video blog! “Business Agility” – we’re hearing that expression more and more these days. So is it a new concept… or an old concept…
Agile and The Four Agreements
Granted, the title of today’s Blog sounds like that of a Fairy Tale. And while I would argue that it is NOT a children’s story about…
When Your Vision Statement Lacks Vision
There exists today a very famous cosmetics company whose Vision Statement is composed of 251 words, covering everything from surpassing competitors to increasing shareholder value…
Stop Expecting Corkscrews to File Your Nails
“We don’t see the world as it is, we see the world as we are” – Anaïs Nin. Hence we fight. We fight with our…
Leading Cultural Transformation
Organizational Culture can be best described as the combination of team BEHAVIORS (what people do) and VALUES (why they do what they do). And when…
The Problem with Processes
When I first took the Center for Agile Leadership’s® Agile Leadership Class (back in 2016), I had been an Operations Manager for over 25 years…
You’re Missing GREAT Hires
Let’s say you are the CEO of a large Agile methodology training/consulting company, and you need to hire a President for your relatively new “Agile…
Job Descriptions Limit Everyone
Traditional Job Descriptions are written statements that list (generally in great detail) the duties, responsibilities, required qualifications and reporting relationships of a particular job. But…