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Agile Notes (No. 30)

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This week we continue our re-read of the EXCELLENT Coaching Agile Teams by Lyssa Adkins. We are taking it a chapter at a time - hey! book club anyone? This week Chapter 2: Expect High Performance.

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From Chapter 2, page 22 of “Coaching Agile Teams” by Lyssa Adkins

I feel like this is a crucial first-step in working with ANY team - Agile or otherwise. Set. The. Expectation. For. Greatness. Lay it down. See who picks it up. In 4th grade, my daughter had a teacher that always said, “Shoot for the moon. Even if you miss, you’ll land among the stars.” Expectation setting for 4th graders.

BONUS CONTENT (for all 47!!!!????!!! of you). Wow! I started off trying to be funny there - there is no bonus content - there is just content - but whoa! there are 47 of you now! Anyway - 2 snapshots this week….

From Chapter 2, page 26 of “Coaching Agile Teams” by Lyssa Adkins

The book referenced in the snapshot is Collaboration Explained by Jean Tabaka. It is the second most-referenced book by Adkins. I know because I counted. Yeah - get to know me.

The yellow highlights are from the first time I read this book. The blue are the more recent highlights. If you can get a team developing/continuously improving across each of those areas you will quickly get to a place where you are delivering OUTCOMES versus output. (I read that line somewhere the other day. I LOVE it. I can’t find where I saw it.) Delivering business value versus checking the completed work box.

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