Facilitating with the focused conversation

Facilitating with The Focused Conversation

I was presenting Building Antifragile Relationships and Teams at Santa Barbara Agile recently and as we worked on ideas for a conflict protocol, we started discussing the common theme of “facts vs. feelings”. I’ll point out that there was not a hard-line view in the group as to one way or another, but it came […]

Bad Standard: Plus-Minus-Delta Agile Retrospectives

Many people dislike the 3 question, plus-minus-delta retrospective. I am one of them. The plus-minus-delta agile retrospective leads to many problems. I say it was never the “standard” in the title, so why are so many people confused? Or…am I the one confused? While co-coaching recently, the other coach and I had a brief exchange about how the […]

Agile Facilitation Training References

Below is a list of references we use and mention in our Agile Facilitation Training. If you are looking for additional information on a topic I mentioned (or one I did not), please let me know – Jake Calabrese. Next Step Ideas Connect with people from the class! What is working? What is not? Share […]

Leading Amazing Teams Training References

Below is a list of references we use and mention in our Leading Amazing Teams training (Agile Leadership – Leading Amazing Teams Training ). If you are looking for additional information on a topic we mentioned (or one we did not), please let us know – Jake Calabrese and Tricia Broderick Next Step Ideas Connect […]

You Don't Need A Cape to Use Agile Superpowers!

Agile Superpowers – Being Agile

Agile Superpowers are feeling skills or attitudes. How can you up your game and tap into your inner wisdom to help your teams and organization? They can be looked at as a space to ‘come from’ when working with others in a team, as a leader, as a coach, or in any capacity that requires you […]

Thoughts on Professional Coaching

I get a lot of questions about coaching – what is it, what do you mean by the word ‘coach’, is it the same as mentoring, is coaching just asking questions… and many more. Who do you coach? I coach people.  🙂   These may be individuals, pairs, couples, teams, organizations, or systems. Can you […]

The Responsibility Process, Context, and Safety

The Responsibility Process™ is a practice (some may argue it’s more or less than a practice) that helps us move towards more self-mastery. Being able to facilitate ourselves is all about emotional intelligence – our ability to recognize and react appropriately in the moment to our emotions.