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5 Hard Lessons from Failed Agile Transformations (After 17+ Years of Coaching Teams)
After working with over 5,000 professionals and leading Agile coaching programs in dozens of industries, I’m sharing five hard lessons learned from failed Agile transformations to help you avoid common pitfalls. Agile transformations often fail not because of tools or...
How to Facilitate Mindset Change in Teams: Practical Answers to Your Questions
In this article, you’ll discover actionable strategies and creative exercises to help your team shift from a fixed to a growth mindset, based on real questions from readers, experience and proven research. Teams that embrace a growth mindset adapt faster, innovate...
Unlocking Project Success: The Power of Stakeholder Management
Did you know that effective stakeholder management can increase project success rates by 25%? In today’s fast-paced business environment, recognizing and engaging stakeholders is crucial to deliver projects on time and within budget. This blog post will guide you...
How to overcome project obstacles by changing your mindset
Did you know that a shift in mindset could be the difference between stagnation and success? In professional environments, especially project management, mindset significantly influences how we approach challenges, work with teams, and ultimately deliver results....
Why Do Agile Transformations Fail? Unpacking Cultural Clashes and the Role of Psychological Safety
Agile methodologies have gained popularity, promising increased productivity, faster time-to-market, and improved customer satisfaction. However, despite the best intentions, many organizations struggle to implement Agile practices successfully. This article explores...
Are your projects ready to weather the crisis storm?
If you want to identify concrete steps you can take in order to overcome this difficult period, if you want to counteract, through positive action, the crisis-associated stress and anxiety, this article is for you. More than that, I will guide you towards a new...
Q&A: Do I follow my professional ethics, with the risk of losing the client?
There are times when a little grumpiness does no harm and being "politically correct" is anything but correct, like in the situation I want to talk to you about today. A potential client invited me to a meeting about "how we can make this project work" and I assumed,...
Q&A: One of my colleagues is a constant roadblock in my project. What can i do?
Have you ever been in a situation where you are in a hurry to get somewhere and, all of a sudden, there’s a car stopped in the middle of the road, which you cannot pass? And you aren’t the only one blocked either. Everybody is waiting for him to clear the road. Some...
Q&A: What is the most important thing to do at the beginning of a project?
"It's very easy to give advice, it doesn't cost you anything" they say. And if you receive them, especially unsolicited, you tend to reject them at first, even if some of them would actually help you. So, to avoid falling into that particular trap, I prefer to tell...
Q&A: What can I do if a member of my project’s team doesn’t deliver on time?
You know that moment when you check your huge to-do list and realize there isn’t enough hours in the day to do everything, and just then you receive an email with a new important, urgent task? Well... most likely, that guy from your project team who didn't deliver on...