High impact interpersonal skills and frameworks to amplify your, and your team's, performance
In this advanced workshop we demonstrate a combination of experiential activity and theory in practice.
The session will help attendees identify how to accelerate Agile effectiveness through advanced interpersonal dynamics by observing that the key link between just doing Agile and successfully being agile is understanding how Agile works in a human systems perspective.
We will provide an introduction to concepts and behaviours that attendees can explore to improve the effectiveness of Agile practices and activities within their own unique situational context.
Attendees will take away a working knowledge of key practices and the practical skills to apply change with their teams immediately.
Outline/Structure of the Workshop
Why am I talking about this
An opportunity for self reflection
An overview of some high performance teams research, and some focusing on contemporary ways of working
Arresting and exploring cognitive bias
Creating shared communication templates
Some easy techniques for helping value flow
Further reading and recommended research
Learning Outcome
A workshop on how advanced interpersonal skills are aligned to the best practice adoption of Agile behaviours
Target Audience
Anyone wanting to get some insights into individual and team performance - to find your edge.
Prerequisites for Attendees
This will be a workshop that draws on my experience working with individuals, teams and leadership groups over the last 20 odd years, across multiple sectors.
Prerequisites are a growth mindset, curiosity about people and performance, and a willingness to engage in self reflection.
Also, I can be critical of out of the box agile practices in my presentations, so be prepared for some controversy 
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Joel has almost 20 years experience helping organisations get the most out of their people and processes. He has a reputation for challenging the status quo to drive capability improvement and organisational learning. He has particular expertise in overcoming the difficult issues and complex dynamics that can prevent organisations from optimising their performance.
schedule Submitted 3 years ago
Recent Activities
Call for Proposals CLOSED
Ended on Sep 22 '19 11:59 PM AEST
This year's theme is "Find your edge."
Please see this page for videos and audio from our information session from our Melbourne event as an example of how it's done.
Interpret the brief widely. Pitch us your ideas.
Be as detailed as possible in your submission, as this will help you to refine your idea in your own mind, help the content curation team select your session, and allow people who are coming to LAST to decide that they want to come and participate in your session/s.
Don't forget, you can edit your session and adjust the idea in the coming weeks, so don't think that you've only got one chance.
What are we looking for?
We are looking for people with great stories, ideas, tips and tricks to share. Create a talk or workshop to inspire attendees to try something to advance the Canberra Lean, Agile and Systems Thinking community and finish the day proud to be part of the community.
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Yes. Don’t miss out on the early bird offer. Don’t miss out on getting a ticket. If you are selected as a speaker, we will refund your ticket.
Need more info?
LAST is a conference designed to be a platform for cross-discipline collaboration and the development of professional skills and knowledge. The conference is rooted in the lean and agile movements, but has a broader remit than just those domains. The theme of the conference centers around helping people level up in their professional capabilities. We are looking for talks or workshops that inspire attendees to try something to advance the Canberra Lean, Agile and Systems Thinking community and finish the day proud to be part of the community.
We encompass software and product development, user and customer experience, leadership and management, organisational design and strategy, project management and process improvement, innovation and creativity.
By coming together and sharing our knowledge and experiences with each other, we all learn to be better at work and can continue to grow and help others. You can draw from a variety of fields and experiences to contribute content.
People that come to LAST come from all walks of life and contribute together to grow the capabilities of the Canberra community. Together we make all of us better.
Interpret the brief widely. Pitch us your ideas.
Be as detailed as possible in your submission, as this will help you to refine your idea in your own mind, help the content curation team select your session, and allow people who are coming to LAST to decide that they want to come and participate in your session/s.
Don’t forget, you can edit your session and adjust the idea prior to the event, so don’t think that you’ve only got one chance.
As we are focused on the local community, we don’t expect people to travel from interstate or overseas to participate, although you are welcome if you choose to come. LAST is an event with low registration prices, we need to keep overheads low. Therefore, we generally do not reimburse travel and accommodation or pay a fee to session leaders/speakers.
We are not only looking for talks/presentations, but you could also run a workshop, play a game or do a lightning talk.
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Looking for some inspiration? Have a read of this blog post, for a first timers view of presenting.
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