Managing Agile Teams

Some people say that self-organizing teams don’t need managers.  I beg to differ.  Self-organizing teams do need managers; however, they need a different kind of management than manager-led teams.  In this workshop, we’ll look at the work of managers supporting self-organizing teams.  We’ll look at how to give a team the best chance to succeed and explore tools to help you make the transition from big boss to supportive leader.

Audience: Managers

Pre-requisites: None.

Participants will learn:

  • The critical conditions for teams to self-organize, and how to establish them
  • Methods for establishing decision boundaries with the team
  • How to ensure visibility into the work the team does
  • How to guide the team without dictating
  • Traps and dynamics that prevent teams from self-organizing

Duration: 2 days

This workshop is limited to 15 participants to ensure high-quality interaction, sharing, and learning.

Contact me for more information,

Course Topics

  • Introduction, context and overview
  • Critical conditions for self-organizing teams
  • Observing and tuning the critical conditions
  • Ensuring visibility into the work
  • Creating a decision boundary matrix
  • Using the Guide Quadrants
  • Locking and oscillating dynamics

Contact Me

Phone me: +1 612.239.1214

Email me: esther@estherderby.com

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Agile 2013

I'll be talking about The Language of Change at Agile2013

I'll be speaking on The Language of Change...and how the way we talk about change actually makes change harder.

I serve on the Board of the Agile Alliance, and I also sponsor the conference.

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