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Stop Spinning Your Team’s WheelsIt’s Time to Revisit Your Working Agreements

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Good Morning!!

What if...

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… your team were this awesome!@AlexKanDu#LeanAgileUS

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From Uh-oh to Ta-da!@AlexKanDu#LeanAgileUS

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Getting the gig

Becoming the team’s coach@AlexKanDu#LeanAgileUS

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Meeting the team@AlexKanDu#LeanAgileUS

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Just like that it was

all over!

My Uh-oh moment@AlexKanDu#LeanAgileUS

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Learning Moment 1: Your Top three Observations@AlexKanDu#LeanAgileUS

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Pair with a NeighborIntroduce yourself

Discuss your TeamWrite down Opportunities & Challenges

Top observations

● Time Zones● Agile Mindset● Clarity● Hidden Impediments● Lack of Shared Ownership

● Cultural Barriers● Engagement● Communication Technology● ScrumMaster Role● Timebox

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Feedback is a gift!@AlexKanDu#LeanAgileUS

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Feedback is not always a gift!@AlexKanDu#LeanAgileUS

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“Trust is knowing that when a team member does push you, they're doing it because they care about the team.”

Patrick Lencioni

Building trust@AlexKanDu#LeanAgileUS

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“When Alex tried to break down the barrier of the ‘lead’ being the team spokesman to give everyone a voice, we realized just how much our offshore teammates are giving up to avoid upsetting us, the client” Product Owner

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The Aha moment

The team opens up@AlexKanDu#LeanAgileUS

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Scrum values helped us find our North Star

CourageFeel safe to speak your mind

Strict vegas rules

FocusBetter Clarity

Timeboxed Meetings

OpennessEveryone Speaks

Communicate Reality

RespectConfirm UnderstandingMute Self When Silent

CommitmentBite What you Can Chew / Stop Starting Start Finishing

Resolve Impediments Quickly

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Ta-da! Working Agreements that matter

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Outcomes summary

Commitment

Engagement

Meetings

ScrumMaster role

Impediments

Shared ownership

Clarity

Retrospectives

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Lessons Learned@AlexKanDu#LeanAgileUS

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Build respect & trust

Prompt & be patient

Be human first

Psychological safety

Overcome cultural bias

Learn from your journey

Leverage scrum values

Evolve working agreements

Learning Moment 2: Create YOUR North Star@AlexKanDu#LeanAgileUS

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Create Your Team’s North Star

Aligns Observations to Scrum Values

Use your Team Star to Improve

Let’s Practice! Draw your Team’s North Star@AlexKanDu#LeanAgileUS

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Focus

Openness

Courage

Resp

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Commitment

Add your Top Three Observations@AlexKanDu#LeanAgileUS

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Top Three

Focus

Openness

Courage

Resp

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Commitment

Add Two Opportunities per Scrum Value@AlexKanDu#LeanAgileUS

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Focus

Openness

Courage

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Commitment

Top Three

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Use your Team North Star to Retrospect@AlexKanDu#LeanAgileUS

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Commitment

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Summary@AlexKanDu#LeanAgileUS

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Create Team Star

Leverage Scrum values

Evolve Working Agreements

Create safety in the team

Strength in Diversity

Learn from the Journey

“To improve is to change, to be perfect is to change often”

Winston Churchill

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Immortal Words

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