- Agile: It’s only a model
- Keep trying until you find a way that works
- We tried agile, and it didn’t work
- Scrum: The Three Questions
- Self-organizing teams
- The coach knows all
- We’re not ready to try [insert practice here]
- Alignment and communication of requirements
- The value of comprehensive documentation
Year: 2016
My individual coaching assessment guide
As an agile/lean coach and “change agent,” I often find myself working with dozens of individuals at the same time at any given client. I’m not a great fan of “assessments,” but I do need some practical way to keep track of where everyone stands and how they tend to think and collaborate. To do that, I consider the following factors.
Beyond resistance
Do people resist change? The consensus appears to be that they do.
- Changing Minds (many articles)
- Prosci (models, tools, training)
- Harvard Business Review, “How to deal with resistance to change”
- Forbes, “Overcome the 5 main reasons people resist change”
- Human Resources at about.com, “How to reduce resistance to change”
- Small Business Chron, “How to overcome resistance to change in an organization”
- Computer Weekly, “How do I overcome resistance to change?”
- Paycor, “Change management in the workplace: Why do employees resist it?”
- “Overcoming resistance to change – isn’t it obvious?” (Video, script by Eliayu Goldratt and Ilan Eshkoli)
Well, with all that consensus floating around, I guess resistance to change must be a Thing. It’s hard to argue with a million articles that all say the same things.
On the other hand…not everyone sees it that way.
Take a walk in the desert
No one can see their reflection in running water.
It is only in still water that we can see. (Lao Tzu)
A friend of mine was telling me about the new apartment he and his family have bought. The building is under construction, and is located in a prestigious part of a major city. We got into a discussion about choosing where to live. He prefers large cities, and I prefer living far from a city (although I work in cities).
Continue reading Take a walk in the desert