Do your clients struggle with meetings? Do you find that groups and teams within your organization lack focus, cannot arrive at action items, and fail to really get anything done in meetings? Now that many of us in many more remote meetings, that misery is only amplified. There is a better way - earn engagement with good meeting design and proper facilitation! We will explore my proven “5 Ways of Distributed Meeting Design” and discuss key principles of facilitation that will help you design and execute your next meeting in the virtual space with ease.  This conversation will equip you with ideas to tackle the way your organization meets, address the way it works, and start to change the culture toward one that is more collaborative and engaged.

As an external agile coach consultant, for many years I was able to maintain a solid stance of neutrality and objectivity toward client challenges. Now, as an embedded, full-time agile coach, I play by a different set of rules.  I strive to be a catalyst for change and challenge the status quo, but I still need to be mindful of internal politics in the interest of self-preservation. Having experienced agile coaching engagements as both an external consultant and an internal employee, I will share some of my insights. I will also explain how an internal coaching capability is vital to achieving enterprise agility. 

As an external agile coach consultant, for many years I was able to maintain a solid stance of neutrality and objectivity toward client challenges. Now, as an embedded, full-time agile coach, I play by a different set of rules.  I strive to be a catalyst for change and challenge the status quo, but I still need to be mindful of internal politics in the interest of self-preservation. Having experienced agile coaching engagements as both an external consultant and an internal employee, I will share some of my insights. I will also explain how an internal coaching capability is vital to achieving enterprise agility.