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  Accelerate Agile Transformation

Organizations undergoing Agile Transformation encounter some common barriers – silos with misaligned metrics, inaccessible customers and a lack of well defined release content up-front, to name just a few.

In most cases, Agile teams and sponsors are not trained to remove these common barriers. A blended strategy of “Hope and Winging It” is probably going to generate mixed results at best, with the possibility of decelerating or even destroying the Agile Transformation.

But it does not have to be so! With the right training, Agile teams can be be equipped with tools to remove these barriers. Learn about our simple frame-work for Accelerating Agile Transformation, with practical techniques you can apply the moment you finish the session!

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  Leverage Personality Type with the MBTI

Quite like the hand we prefer to use for writing, we are all born with certain innate preferences for interacting with the world, processing information, making decisions and implementing our ideas. These preferences influence the situations in which we feel natural, relaxed and confident, and those in which we feel uncomfortable, awkward and strained. For most of us, life is a journey in which we continuously learn and improve ourselves – mastering the skills for which we have a natural talent and increasing out comfort level in other areas where we may not be as gifted.

Without awareness, differences in personality types can easily lead teams to conflict, deadlock and strains. Understanding the unique gifts of each type, on the other hand, helps bring teams closer together and generates measurable business benefits. Use the world's best selling personality assessment - the MBTI to capitalize on the unique gifts of each personality type on your team.

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  Harness Conflict with the TKI

Conflict in the workplace is one of the few guarantees in life, as passionate people with diverse perspectives interact in a high pressure environment. When harnessed effectively, conflicts are powerful, constructive forces that can catalyze an organization’s success. However, if allowed to spin out of control, conflicts can be block or slow down your team.

Despite that fact that most of us manage conflicts on a regular basis, we rarely get any formal training on the subject. Most of the time, we respond to conflicts based on habit, with little insight into what styles we over-use or under-use and why. So, we just "wing it", with mixed results. If we are lucky, we can generate the desired outcome. Otherwise, the collateral damage can exceed the benefits, making us wish we had left things alone. Take charge and steer conflicts with the world's best selling conflict resolution assessment - the TKI.

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  Lead Bold Change with 'Our Iceberg is Melting'

"Change is the only constant"
, Heraclitus (535 BC - 475 BC)


This quote seems so relevant today, that it is hard to believe it is so old. The challenge of our time isn't so much that we are subjected to change. It is that the forces of change are so powerful, unrelenting and fast-paced that it is easy to get completely overwhelmed. Organizations initiate change each day - whether it is rolling out a new process, chasing a new deal, cutting costs, or changing the org chart.

Although a lot of time and energy is invested in these initiatives, research shows that 90% of all change efforts will not meet their objectives. But you don't have to join them. Be part of 10% of all changes that succeeded with the 8 Step process created by the world's most respected voice on Change Leadership - Professor John Kotter from Harvard Business School.

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