Blog about team health and everything Agile

7 essential rules for receiving feedback coaching feedback mentoring soft skills team Jun 05, 2022

We talked about a few important rules of giving feedback. Now, what if you are on the receiving side - are there any rules to follow? Absolutely yes! Think of feedback as a precious gift someone is giving you. They carefully selected it, they put some thought into wrapping it nicely and are quite...

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8 Agile antipatterns and how to deal with them agile coaching team team health May 30, 2022

Agile is a very broad concept, and there is no one correct way of being Agile. You have tons of frameworks available, there are different principles that work better or worse depending on the industry, you could have a rather homogeneous team (like in software development) or a very diverse in...

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7 things that negatively impact your team’s health and remedies coaching organizational agility team team health May 17, 2022

Team’s health is often underestimated, but it is extremely important. Healthy teams are motivated, creative and collaborative. They are enthusiastic about delighting the customer and making great products, they help each other and care about the team’s success. On the other hand,...

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11 tips for running an effective daily standup remotely remote work standup team May 03, 2022

Daily standup is the most important meeting for the team as it allows to refine planning daily and address all the issues as soon as they arise. It is also a great way to keep everyone on the same page, engaged and involved in the process.

The problem is that in the remote setup a lot of teams...

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How to use our free Team Barometer to achieve the best results for your team team team barometer team health team workshops Apr 30, 2022

In this blog post I would like to explain in detail what is Team Barometer and how to use it in order to improve your team’s performance.

Completing the assessment is simple: sign up, get an email with the link to the questionnaire, complete it and get a full report delivered to your mail...

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7 essential rules for giving a good feedback coaching feedback mentoring soft skills Apr 26, 2022

It is hard to name any other aspect of professional life where people struggle more than when they are giving and receiving feedback. The nature of these struggles varies - some find it hard to express their thoughts and deliver critical feedback, others take all the feedback too personally and...

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6 reasons you should never use man-hours estimation estimation planning project management story points Apr 22, 2022

If you are not new to Agile, you must have heard already about story points and T-shirt sizes. What is all the buzz about and what is wrong with the good old man-hours, man-days and man-weeks? 

Let’s think about the reasons we need work estimation to begin with. In traditional project...

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