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How To Lead High-Performance Teams the Agile Way

“The strength of the team is each individual member. The strength of each member is the team.” — Phil Jackson I’ve had a unique privilege of leading high-performance distributed teams at Microsoft for more than 20+ years. I was lucky to be in an organization for a decade whose driving philosophy was “leverage the best …

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Kanban for High Performance Teams

Kanban for High-Performance Teams

“Kanban is not a silver bullet, but it is an arrow in your quiver that can help you build high-performing teams.” – Jim Benson If you are an Agile project manager or an Agile program manager, or aspiring to be, one of the best project management tools you can add to your toolbox is the …

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Growth Mindset

Growth Mindset: Cultivate Your Resilience, Motivation, and Achievement

“It’s not that I’m so smart, it’s just that I stay with problems longer.” — Albert Einstein Your mindset holds the key to realizing your potential. Your mindset is your way of thinking, and your way of thinking can limit or empower you, in any number of ways. According to Carol Dweck, author of Mindset: …

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E-Shaped People

E-Shaped for High-Performance

“The best T-shaped people are comfortable being a master of one trade, but also a jack-of-all-trades.” — Tim Brown, CEO of IDEO When it comes to high-performance, some people argue for “I”-shaped people. Others argue for “T”-shaped people. But there is a great argument that the key to high-performance is actually to be an “E”-shaped …

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Anatomy of a High-Potential

How can you become a real game changer individual? Great question. Dr. Jay Conger has a must see presentation on The Anatomy of a High-Potential: The Anatomy of a High-Potential I’m always on the hunt for insights and actions that help people get the edge in work and life. This is one of those gems. …

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