How to play delegation poker. The objective of this game is to drive home the idea of delegating decisions and tasks to your team within a controlled environment. It also is a good team collaboration game. Many teams play it without even totaling points. More than anything else it is a conversation topic and a… Read Article →
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I never tried this so far but it sounds interesting: Mapping Organizational Culture
Here´s a nice list with more activities that could also be used for a retrospective. Team Building Exercises – Communication – Six Ways to Improve Communication Skills
The idea “don’t motivate people, stop demotivating them” violates Two-Factor Theory, which says removing things that demotivate people doesn’t mean they will be motivated. They are not opposites. People still want to feel motivated about something. You can create that something. — Jurgen Appelo (@jurgenappelo) January 22, 2018 Source: http://twitter.com/NathalieKarasek/status/955508714383069184
I was searching for a format to tracks the team mood or team morale in every retrospective. 4-5 questions that we track every time so that we see trends and outliers. This can also trigger some discussions. This is what I came up with … Team Mood At the start of every retro I let the team… Read Article →
Useful tool to discuss decisions, viewpoints and to investigate conflict situations. Scales of Agreement Method Overview Cards I was not quite satisfied with the cards provided on the meeting facilitation site [1] so I did a little bit of research and that it what I came up with: ScaleOfAgreement_de+en Source Coaching & Beratung by… Read Article →
In her nice little book about how to become a great scrum master, Zuzana Šochová, tells us how Patrick Lencionis five dysfuncions of a team materialise on a Scrum team. Watch Out for these Symptoms Absence of Trust we know each other for a long time we have no problems with each other working individually team… Read Article →
Stages your brain goes through when an issue emerges. The Responsibility Model Denial Laying Blame Justify Shame Obligation Quit Responsibility Source The Great ScrumMaster: #ScrumMasterWay by Zuzana Šochová
In her nice little book about how to become a great scrum master, Zuzana Šochová, tells us about what makes a team environement toxic. Toxins Blame Defensiveness Stonewalling Contempt Source The Great ScrumMaster: #ScrumMasterWay by Zuzana Šochová
Tuckmans phase model of team building is well known. In her book about how to become a great scrum master Zuzana Šochová tells us how to apply it in a Scrum team context. Tuckman for Scrum Teams Forming Observations & Symptoms team members act as individual specialists they don´t need each other Scrum is hard… Read Article →
After endless discussions the boss makes a final decision but only few people like it. Reaching collective decisions can be painful and the root cause if often thought to be a matter of teamwork or communication. In this HBR article the problem is addressed from a processual point of view. When The Boss is Always… Read Article →
In HBR on Teams one article gives us 4 strategies to handle cultural problems in teams. Heres a short summary of the key points. 4 Cultural differences that can cause destructive conflicts There’s no one right way to tackle multicultural problems. But understanding four barriers to team success can help you begin evaluating possible responses…. Read Article →
Knowing about Leas 5 Level of Conflict is a good start. But then what? In the posting Navigating the Five Levels of Conflict – The Agile Way I found something that might help. Conflict Strategies Here a few key points mentioned in the article: First, Do Nothing “Everything you do for the group is one less thing… Read Article →
Key points of the HBR article about emotional intelligence of groups by Vanessa Urch Druskat and Steven B. Wolff. Regulate Emotions To build a foundation for emotional intelligence, a group must be aware of and constructively regulate the emotions of: • individual team members • the whole group • other key groups with whom it interacts… Read Article →
How to motivate people? I found one answer to this old questions in an HBR article on teams including a checklist for implementing on a daily basis. The progress principle Of all the things that can boost emotions, motivation, and perceptions during a workday, the single most important is making progress in meaningful work. … Read Article →