‘How To Nurture A Team That Flourishes’

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‘How can I become a more intentional work-life leader?’

Nurture the qualities in team members that will help them thrive in their lives and support their self-development, which in turn will aid their performance at work.’

‘Create workplace conditions in which team members can excel.’

‘Recognize that all team members are constantly in a state of transformation, never in a fixed state.’

‘We’re not here to see through each other; we’re here to see each other through.’

Pay attention to the work- and life-factors that affect team members regardless of their job title.’

‘Be fully equipped with a new garden tools to help them do something about the negative effect of work- and life-factors.’

‘To appreciate a team member is to identify their worth and bolster their self-worth.’

Expand your team members’ capabilities laterally across the organization.’

Invest in your team members’ portfolio of skills.’

‘Mature your thinking to adopt a skills-based ecosystem mindset.’

‘When you commit to a culture of well-being, you have signalled to team members that you’re for real.’

Dan Pontefract (2023). Work-Life Bloom: How to Nurture a Team That Flourishes

How To Do Agile Right

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Agile teams believe that customer feedback is better than management hunches for determining which innovation efforts are most important and how best to adapt them.’

Agile teams do not use sprints to make people work harder or faster. They use sprints to get faster feedback real customers (external and internal) about what those customers truly value.’

‘Creating an agile enterprise requires balancing and integrating operations with innovation.’

‘The best way to manage the transition to an agile enterprise is to manage it like any other agile team.’

Effective agile programs adapt to empirical feedback about inputs, activities, outputs, outcomes, and purposes. Few organizations currently have sufficient data to assess their present level of agility or their progress in improving it.’

Teams in an agile enterprise must make decisions quickly. Agile leadership teams can support quick decision making by being inclusive, overcommunicating, coaching, and building learning loops.’

‘Contrary to the popular myth, planning is an essential part of agile. Planning, budgeting, and reviewing must work together in frequent, adaptive cycles.’

Continuously revisit your talent strategy, recognizing that while you will need some new talent, most of the people in your organization are already there.’

Persistent, cross-functional agile teams are the best ways to improve business processes and technology. As teams gain experience and trust with operators, their development capabilities increase and adoption rates accelerate.’

Pace yourself to create pull and build momentum. The sequenced plan needs to include all the elements of the operating model- accountabilities and decision rights, management system, leadership and culture, talent practices, and the like.’

Source

Darrell Rigby, Sarah Elk, and Steve Berez (2020). Doing Agile Right: Transformation Without Chaos