Category: Scrum Master
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5 Steps to Influence Leadership In Change
5 Steps to Influence Leadership In Change You’re a Scrum Master and you want to influence the culture of the organisation. This will undoubtedly require you to influence leadership to support or champion different ways of working and cultural change. This is a tricky challenge for Scrum Masters and you won’t find these skills in…
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Sound Advice: How to Deal with Poor Listeners
Sound Advice: How to Deal with Poor Listeners How to deal with poor listeners? I recently wrote an article about The 7 Deadly Types of Poor Listening and How to Improve Your Active Listening Skills and one reader asked me: That’s all well and good Geoff but I have a colleague/manager who does all of these! How…
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The 7 Deadly Types of Poor Listening and How to Improve Your Active Listening Skills
The 7 Deadly Types of Poor Listening and How to Improve Your Active Listening Skills Have you ever had a conversation with someone who wasn’t really listening to you? They might have interrupted you, finished your sentences, or been preoccupied with something else entirely. Active listening is a crucial skill for effective leadership but poor…
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From Unloved to Essential: The Scrum Master Recovery Plan
From Unloved to Essential: The Scrum Master Recovery Plan How Scrum Masters Can Reclaim Their Value… by Being more Product Owner. Enter the Scrum Master Recovery Plan. In a world where volatility, uncertainty, complexity, and ambiguity (VUCA) are the norms, I believe the role of the Scrum Master remains pivotal for many businesses. However, to…
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The 3 C’s of Self Managing Teams
The 3 C’s of Self Managing Teams A lot of my work over the years has, to some degree or other, been related to helping support the growth of self-managing teams. In complex environments as leaders we can’t be expected to tell people what to do; it’s almost certainly out of our area of expertise…
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Pruning to Prosper: Lessons from Chilli Peppers to Product Leaders
Pruning to Prosper: Lessons from Chilli Peppers to Product Leaders I’m far from green-fingered and while I love nature, the last time I really did any gardening was getting on for 40 years ago in my grandparents back garden. They used to grow a lot of their own food and I would regularly plant and…
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