Your Leadership is Critical Now
Why is it first now important for your leader team to lead change? Likely, because your organization has failed to prepare them as leaders in some, or many ways. But…
Read moreVision is King
Organizations with highly motivated and engaged employees know that vision is king. The quick-win, distracting rush of employee survey action plans, and events with catchy names are fun, but they…
Read moreValue & Meetings, part 2
Part 2 of 3 in a blog series on value: An excerpt from Permission to Lead, book2 of The Dominant Gene series. Main character Joel, an IT director at Watzka…
Read moreGreat Leader, Agile Leader
All great leaders are not Agile leaders.* But all Agile leaders are great leaders. *At the highest level, an Agile leader is fearless; not afraid to serve others, to learn…
Read moreMindfulness: No Yoga Mat Required
Mindfulness is the best, free tool we all have access to. All you need is time without distraction. If you haven’t the time for Mindfulness, Then perhaps you are entirely…
Read moreThe Only One to Change
Why be the only one to change? Because you are the only one to change. Meet Joel, main character in Reveille, a business novel about the journey to becoming an…
Read moreA Wake-up Call to Agile Leadership
Meet Joel, an IT director at Watzka Legacy, the technology arm of a large, American corporation. Vice President Lora informs Joel and two of his peers that they must commit to…
Read moreConfident Teams Make Confident Customers
My youngest daughter and I were in the Sea/Tac airport, getting ready for our Southwest Airlines flight home to Milwaukee. We had a great vacation, and I an adventurous time…
Read moreRespect for People: Being all-in
During a recent retrospective, an Agile transformation team was discussing if they needed to post how many days were left in the sprint. Was it enough to post the dates…
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