Badass Agile

We have started our Agile Journey, but I don’t see much improvement.  How do we get better faster?

* Mastery is lifelong.  And the first few steps are usually the most painful.  Remind teams and stakeholders alike that the first few sprints are mayhem.  This is true of individual development as well.  The initial stages are tumultuous, frustrating, as if they were designed to shake off those who are not serious about mastery.

* By adopting a culture of continuous improvement, you will get better.

* Adoption and acceptance will be slow, and benefits accrue gradually at first - patience will be your most important quality

* Don’t expect too much too soon; and stay humble so you keep learning and growing

What Is the ‘Secret Sauce’ of Every High Performing Team?

* They create a culture of extraordinary - uncommon people who are unusually committed to uncommon results

* Build a team that others envy

* But once you’ve decided, you need to act with courage if you expect to build and maintain trust, and truly lead.

What is the single biggest change you can make today to shift your clunky, bureaucratic teams into high gear?

* Stop Planning for Perfection

* Focus on Go

What do legendary leaders have that the rest of us don’t?

* Superhuman Accountability - the refusal to blame others, but rather the acceptance that all of our outcomes are within our ability to change

* This is what allows people to achieve the impossible….they own their outcomes and know the only thing that influences their destiny is THEM

What do legendary leaders have that the rest of us don’t?

* Superhuman Accountability - the refusal to blame others, but rather the acceptance that all of our outcomes are within our ability to change

* This is what allows people to achieve the impossible….they own their outcomes and know the only thing that influences their destiny is THEM

How do we level-up feedback skills to build a super-charged dream team?

* You will have to go first

* You will have to be vulnerable

* You will need to leverage and build trust

* You need to build a sense of accountability and duty

How do we level-up feedback skills to build a super-charged dream team?

* You will have to go first

* You will have to be vulnerable

* You will need to leverage and build trust

* You need to build a sense of accountability and duty

What is the badass’ contribution to Agile at Scale, or any large scale organization?

* The bigger it gets, the more it seeks certainty and safety. There’s nothing theoretically wrong with that

* Scaling will alway be a compromise between predictability and agility

* Try to infuse agile mindsets and principles everywhere you go. That alone has the potential for massive improvement.

* A badass is not strictly agile. A badass is someone tenacious enough to work tirelessly to find the right balance

How do all these podcast episodes make you more badass?

* Integration of all the mindsets and habits are key. We focus on fundamentals

* Each episode gives you some practical implementation advice - use it.

* Review old episodes - as you grow, they will provide deeper wisdom

* As you listen to this checkpoint, decide which areas need work and go back to revisit the appropriate episodes