I’m going to start 2020 with a bunch of mini little retrospectives. Since my last post referenced increasing visuals, I had to do this on a visual! I’m even going to experiment with a visual that I’ve not used for…
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Blog Retrospective 2020
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I’m going to start 2020 with a bunch of mini little retrospectives. A very long time ago, I gave an update on the experiment of writing this blog. Followed by checking in a while ago. So now it’s time to…
Techniques
Break Until 2020
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I may have a theme starting for my final post of the year…post-it related present: Ready? I must warn you this one is not as earth-shattering but still valuable. Always – ALWAYS – write using a sharpie or marker on…
Book Reviews
Book Comments: #noprojects
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This is a book “review” or really my comments of #noprojects A Culture of Continous Value by Evan Leybourn and Shane Hastie. First, I put review in quotations because I’m no true reviewer. I will share my opinions but they…
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Gratitude Formula
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Building off my appreciation post for Maria, in her session with Nic – they provided a Gratitude Formula that I found useful for leaders. Too often, we want to appreciate and because of time, we are cheap with that gratitude.…
Appreciation
Appreciation Post – Maria Matarelli
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Unfortunately, saying thank you seems to be an after thought more and more. So at least once a month, I will take a few minutes to publicly appreciate someone that has had an impact on me. This round: Maria Matarelli…
Leadership
Big Change in Leadership
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I wrote this question down at a conference this year “What’s the big change in your leadership?”. Unfortunately, I don’t remember why I wrote the question down at the time. I came across this note months later and have lost…
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Superhero Icebreaker
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I’ve written in the past that I have specific requirements/expectations. I thought I would give you one that I do find can be topic neutral and doesn’t seem to have as much of a triggering impact to a wide variety…
Leadership
Trainer vs Coach
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I’ve been seeing/hearing a few posts/emails/discussion on which is better an Agile Trainer or an Agile Coach. I haven’t done a pet peeves post in a while but this one might be close – more of a rant post. Agile…
Book Reviews
Book Comments: The 5 Languages of Appreciation in the Workplace
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This is a book “review” or really my comments of The 5 Languages of Appreciation in the Workplace by Gary Chapman and Paul White. First, I put review in quotations because I’m no true reviewer. I will share my opinions but they are…