Nothing ever gets done without a decision being made somewhere. Whether that’s what you’ll eat for breakfast or which corporate strategy to follow, action follows decisions.  In a typical hierarchical model, most “important” decisions are made by those higher up in the organization. The level of decision-making decreases dramatically the lower in the org you go.

What would it look like to have distributed decision-making? What if a Sales person could make decisions on discounts to potential customers? What if a line manager could make purchasing decisions on contractors? What if a front-end Developer could make decisions on UX?

➡️What do you think needs to happen for this to be successful?

What you’ll get in this session:

Have you been to an open space and remember how the facilitator’s held that space? Open space facilitators create a space that promotes safety, collaboration, empowerment with little direction and very simple laws. We invite you to explore how open space concepts can improve how we lead our teams.

You bring a team together, give them some work, and yet they don't meet the organization's or manager's expectations. They fail to deliver, fail to jell, and fail to perform. Why? Before a team can be high-performing, they must first come together as a team. Come get real world, specific ideas on how to properly kick off a team, setting them up for success for themselves, and the business.

Our industry exploded with tons of newly certified scrum masters. HR folks go through 50+ applicants to find a good scrum master. New Scrum Masters are challenged gaining experience. How can we help new scrum masters become great and how can we help HR find them? Simply, it takes a community to raise new ScrumMasters. Let’s explore how to use communities in and outside of our organization.

Join a panel of Agile Coaches for a discussion as to what we've seen, both the good and bad, in organizations they've been coaching. And, what you can do about it, no matter where you are in your organization. Plus, bring your own questions to ask this panel, and take from the experiences of coaches including Glenn Waters, Ellen Grove, Omar Bermudez, Jesus Mendez, John Tobin, and Michael Kaufman.

The White Bead Corporation is looking for Above Average Employees for expanded production. On the job training provided. Earn bonuses! The White Bead Corporation is a proud producer of shiny, perfect, white beads. We work hard to meet our customer’s exacting demands and won’t settle for anything less than perfection. We need Willing Workers who are Above Average Employees to handle this rigorous task in an inspiring environment. Apply within.

Come watch, and participate, in the classic experiment made famous by Dr. Deming. Let’s explore the link between typical management techniques, human factors and overall quality.

Have you been to an open space? Did you remember how the facilitator’s held that space? Truth is, open space facilitators are very similar to servant leaders. Each create a space that promotes safety, collaboration, empowerment with little direction and very simple laws. We invite you to explore how to apply the open space concepts to Servant Leadership and our Agile Teams.

You bring a team together, give them some work, and yet they don't meet the organization's or manager's expectations. They fail to deliver, fail to jell, and fail to perform. Why? Before a team can be high-performing, they must first come together as a team. Come get real world, specific ideas on how to properly kick off a team, setting them up for success for themselves, and the business.

You have a brand new team.  You inherit a pre-existing team, but one person seems a little unproductive.  Your team is in shambles.   You're a newly-hired manager and walk in on day one and want to impress your new underlings.  You're a Product Owner and just came back from a great session with the customer, ready to tell the team.

What do all of the above scenarios have in common?  You are looking for ways to inspire and motivate your team members into action.  You want to drive them towards a vision you have.  Or you need to find a way to "deal with" that one "bad apple" in the team, so the whole team can be that much more productive and effective. 

But how do you do this??   Come and listen, and experience first hand, some simple experiments that will help you figure out how to inspire and motivate your team members.

Are you stuck?  Have a problem you just don’t know how to resolve? Need to find some clarity?  We all go through the same process when beset by problems.  Most of us just aren’t aware of it and so don’t know how to get out of it.  Let’s have a conversation about taking ownership of your problem and finding real solutions. Come learn about the built-in process going on in your head and how you can leverage that to owning what you want, living with freedom, power and choice.

As a bonus, you'll walk away with one small but powerful gift, guaranteed to work!

The White Bead Corporation is looking for Above Average Employees for expanded production.  On the job training provided.  Earn bonuses!  The White Bead Corporation is a proud producer of shiny, perfect, white beads. We work hard to meet our customer’s exacting demands and won’t settle for anything less than perfection. We need Willing Workers who are Above Average Employees to handle this rigorous task in an inspiring environment. Apply within.

Come watch, and participate, in the classic experiment made famous by Dr. Deming. Let’s explore the link between typical management techniques, human factors and overall quality.

The White Bead Corporation is looking for Above Average Employees for expanded production.  On the job training provided.  Earn bonuses!  The White Bead Corporation is a proud producer of shiny, perfect, white beads. We work hard to meet our customer’s exacting demands and won’t settle for anything less than perfection. We need Willing Workers who are Above Average Employees to handle this rigorous task in an inspiring environment. Apply within.

Come watch, and participate, in the classic experiment made famous by Dr. Deming. Let’s explore the link between typical management techniques, human factors and overall quality.

Are you curious about agile and agility? Are you just starting out and have more questions after your “boot camp” training?  Bring your questions and build the content of the discussion in real time.  I’ll demonstrate agile practices in a highly interactive workshop using your own content.  No two workshops are the same, because the list of questions are always different!  You, the audience, will build the backlog (content/questions), I will estimate them, and then you prioritize the backlog.  I’ll go in 10-minute “sprints” taking items off the backlog, answering your questions and addressing your content. AFter, we’ll have a review and a retro.  We’ll get as many “sprints” in as we can before our time is up.  You walk away with your questions answered, and a “live” demo of what agility looks like in practice.

Every guru, philosopher, and management leader out there says the first step to Leadership is taking Responsibility.  But none of them tell you how!  We will explore the research-driven approach that provides clear steps on how to take Responsibility in any situation – work, home, or life.

This Workshop is targeted to all team members who wish to explore and expand their Leadership capabilities.  While initially believed to be targeted at managers and those in “leading” roles or positions, it will become clear that anyone can exhibit leadership, regardless of their role, by demonstrating responsibility in their own actions.

Every guru, philosopher, and management leader out there says the first step to Leadership is taking Responsibility.  But none of them tell you how!  We will explore the research-driven approach that provides clear steps on how to take Responsibility in any situation – work, home, or life.

This Workshop is targeted to all team members who wish to explore and expand their Leadership capabilities.  While initially believed to be targeted at managers and those in “leading” roles or positions, it will become clear that anyone can exhibit leadership, regardless of their role, by demonstrating responsibility in their own actions.