Management Is Not Synonymous With Leadership! What is well known today is this; “Many of the senior management team in many organizations are amazing managers. However, they are very poor leaders.” As one Leadership trainer said recently. “these managers could not lead 2 of their “people” down the hallway to the water fountain if their …
Upside-down agile. Now that is an interesting statement. So, what do I mean by that? Well, let me explain it this way. This is a term that I have coined from what I have experienced in my many years of being immersed in the Agile Arena! Upside-Down Agile is “Failed Agile”! Organizations in their attempt …
Look behind you. Are you being followed? I use this statement as an introduction for a reason. In today’s society it might sound a bit “creepy”, but if you think you are a leader, this is the best way to check out if you really are one. If you have no one following you, you …
When I begin my executive presentations, this is one of the questions that I ask the Executive Team. “Why do you persist in asking your I.T. teams to predict your organization’s future, when it is an impossible thing to do?” “Then you wonder why, when they deliver the product 2 years later, it does not …
Agile will always fail if the foundation of Agile is ignored! And always means always! And, what is this foundation? Let’s talk about it. Lets first of all look at this word Foundation. Now it is an interesting word. The Merriam-Webster defines Foundation this way: “a basis (such as a tenet, principle, or axiom) upon …
The Scrum Master role. As you read through Facebook groups, the Facebook pages, blog posts, RSS feeds, Instagram,etc., that deal with the subject of the Scrum Master, there are so many different perspectives of the real role of the Scrum Master. In my numerous discussions with individuals who carry the title of Scrum Master, I …
