How To Develop People Skills?
How To Develop People Skills?Developing people skills, often referred to as soft skills or interpersonal intelligence, is less about innate charisma and more about the consistent application of specif...
30 Jul 3min
Scrum Needs Leadership Support - Mike Cohn
Scrum Needs Leadership Support - Mike CohnOne of the biggest mistakes leaders make is treating Scrum or agile as something isolated to the teams.The teams will be agile.The teams will do Scrum.The tea...
29 Jul 2min
What Do Product Managers Do All Day?
What Do Product Managers Do All Day?If you read a typical product manager job description, the role sounds very polished.Define vision.Own the roadmap.Drive strategy.Work cross-functionally.Deliver im...
28 Jul 4min
Lagging Behind? Metrics and Reporting Matter
Lagging Behind? Metrics and Reporting MatterAsk any team what metrics they track, and you’ll get some version of the same list…Velocity.Story points completed.Burndown.Sprint goal hit rate.Maybe defec...
27 Jul 4min
Happy Pioneer Day!
Happy Pioneer Day! Pioneer Day is a July 24th holiday that commemorates the arrival of the first group of Latter-day Saint (Mormon) pioneers into the Salt Lake Valley in 1847, and it matters to Americ...
24 Jul 7min
7 Principles on Building Trust From Ted Lasso
7 Principles on Building Trust From Ted LassoA few weeks ago, I found myself watching Ted Lasso, and what started as entertainment became something else entirely: a masterclass on what makes teams act...
23 Jul 7min
Focus Requires Saying Not Yet ~ Mike Cohn
Focus Requires Saying Not Yet ~ Mike CohnMany Scrum problems are really focus problems.Organizations try to do too many things at once. They have too many initiatives, too many urgent requests, too ma...
22 Jul 4min
How to Give Clear Direction as a Leader, Without Micromanaging
How to Give Clear Direction as a Leader, Without MicromanagingGiving clear direction is difficult. Honestly, we prefer that the people we talk to “just get it.” We go a step further, convincing oursel...
21 Jul 4min
