I've worked with a lot of teams. Teams made up of individuals, obviously. I've worked with people I respect & those I didn't, and with both respectful & disrespectful people. I have been both too - we all have at some point in our lives. Its still at the...
The True Story of Agile Transformation – Marginal Gains Matter
Agile transformation isn't a single 'ta-da' moment when everything is done. I feel I need to say this up-front. Now I can relax a little and tell you why I am saying it, and how an agile transformation might look after the first bit. The thing is lots of people are...
How to Be Coached Successfully
If you are wondering how it could possibly be difficult to be coached, you are not alone. Surely, you just turn up, listen to the coach, tick off the things you've learned and go back to work? Actually, no. Its not quite as simple as that. At the end of June,...
Patience
This is one of those posts I am writing purely because I find myself giving versions of this same advice time and again! I've touched on the subject before; the importance of taking some time to observe when you first take on a new job or join a new team. Now I want...
Building a Centre Of Excellence – How Do You Know When You Are Done?
I find I have written far more posts than I originally intended for this mini-series about building a centre of excellence! There remains 1 last topic that I need to cover. How do you know when you are done? For anyone who has worked in an agile way before, this will...
Focus Training For Skills Your Team Needs Now
As part of the Building a Centre of Excellence blog post series, I've covered Why is it important? How is it a competitive advantage? How to hire well How to develop your existing team This time I want to talk about team training. Specifically, training the...
Leading the Individuals You Have to Be a Terrific Team
This post is part of a mini-series about building a centre of excellence. So far I've written about why that is important, and the need to hire and retain good talented individuals, and how you can do that better. Next I want dive into bringing out the secret...
How to Hire Well – Building a Centre of Excellence
This post is the third in a series about building a centre of excellence. Last time I wrote about why a centre of excellence is a competitive advantage in business. This time ... I am torn! Should I next talk about developing your existing people, or about hiring...
Why A Centre of Excellence is a Competitive Advantage
Last week I kicked off a mini-series of blog posts about the importance of building a centre of excellence (CoE). In this post I want to explore why you should view doing so as a competitive advantage for your company. First, exactly how is a centre of excellence a...
Why You Need to Build a Centre of Excellence
Over the coming weeks I plan to write a series of posts about building a centre of excellence. I intend to cover some reasons why it is important, how you can set up your own, and discuss some of the things it could help improve in your business. For example, a...