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    Continuous Improvement

    Effective Over Efficiency

    During a recent training session, I was helping a team brainstorm some ways to improve their team working agreements. One topic that came up was...

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    Team Collaboration

    How to Create the Environment for High-Performing Teams

    “This process is working.” “These numbers are down.” Every organization needs set measures to see how they’re performing relative to goals and...

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    Agile

    Agile Elevates The Way We Do Business

    Need some material to help convince Leadership to move towards Agile? Cue the superhero music, because we got you covered! While doing my daily...

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    Agile

    The Forgotten Role In Agile Transformations

    Managers may not be forgotten in an agile transformation, but their roles and responsibilities may change as the organization adopts agile...

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    Scrum

    Advice For A New Scrum Master

    I was teaching a Project Brilliant Advanced Certified ScrumMaster workshop and asked participants to reflect on a question.

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    Scrum

    8 Roles of a Successful Scrum Master

    You passed your Scrum Master Certification—so, what’s next? Once you have the basics of Scrum down, you have to dig in and get your hands dirty, so...

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    Agile

    If You Give A Millennial An Agile Cookie

    Remember the classic children’s book “If You Give A Mouse A Cookie” where if you give a mouse a cookie, he will ask for a glass of milk. And if you...

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    Agile

    Preventing Allergic Reactions: Navigating the Agile Landscape Beyond Scams, Fads, and Buzzwords

    When I relocated to North Carolina (NC) from Chicagoland in 2018, people warned me that I had to be prepared for not one but three pollen seasons!...

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    Agile

    Agile Leadership - So You Aren’t Playing Darts Blindfolded

    Organizations across many industries are facing new challenges each day. The competition creates products faster and at a lower cost, and time to...

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    Agile

    Agile Transformation - Top-Down or Bottom-Up Support?

    When organizations and teams begin an Agile transformation, there is typically one person or group that is leading the charge. Does it matter if the...

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