Squadify Connects

This Connect revisits Psychological Safety in the specific context of change. You can remind yourself of Timothy Clarke’s model here: https://psychsafety.co.uk/the-four-stages-of-psychological-safety/

This Connect is about how the brain reacts to stress. For additional research on the ‘amydala hijack’ take a look here: https://www.healthline.com/health/stress/amygdala-hijack
For a deeper understanding of the sort of threats that may be perceived but the brain, check out the work of David Rock: https://www.mindtools.com/akswgc0/david-rocks-scarf-model

This week, we dive deeper into the human aspects of change using the Kubler-Ross change curve.You can find loads of resources here: https://www.ekrfoundation.org/5-stages-of-grief/change-curve/

Change is truly becoming a constant today. Navigating the journey of transformations, restructures and layoffs is difficult for any employee, but requires specific skills and behaviours to understand and lead both yourself and your team through the transition. This miniseries gives you a clear perspective on what change is, how to navigate it, and how to compassionately lead your team through it.

Agile is not just a load of ceremonies and process. All the conditions for team success need to be in place to make it work. Use this simple guide to the 3Cs that is tuned for agile: https://7942349.fs1.hubspotusercontent-na1.net/hubfs/7942349/3-Dec-12-2023-10-07-45-3937-AM.png

So many challenges that teams take on today are new, so a crucial part of our agile approach is learning. Getting good at that will accelerate your team and give you better outcomes.

Some keys to a successful retro: 

• Give everyone a chance to reflect and have a set of points that they then share on a whiteboard or similar so that it’s not just the vocal folks like us that get a say 
• Secondly, keep working psychological safety. One of the best ways to do this is to set the tone, especially for question 2 – what didn’t go so well.  
• You lead the way – call out some things that you could have done better. That will clear the way for others to feel they can do the same. 

 Your team is now really clear on what it's doing and crucially not doing in the month sprint. That lies ahead. This week, we're looking at what happens along the way to make the sprint a success.

 This week we get into action and share the secrets of teams that plan and execute together with total transparency. There are sophisticated versions of this, but as you know us, we keep things very simple and we'll get you started as an agile team in just a few days.

We've talked a lot about getting your clarity as a team really nailed down. And in this episode we'll take it to the next level. How can you maintain clarity of direction and also adapt as conditions change, and as you learn?