Episode 17: Building High-Performing Teams

Join us as we uncover the secrets to creating high-performing teams. Discover how to cultivate a culture where everyone feels empowered to share their ideas and take risks.

🌟 Key Insights:

• Leadership Essentials: Learn about “The Law of the Tombstone,” reflecting on how you want to be remembered, and explore the balance between loyalty and constructive insubordination—knowing when to support your manager and when to respectfully disagree.
• Empowering Your Team: Delve into “The Law of Make Your Own Bed,” which emphasizes the importance of giving your team ownership and trusting their decision-making abilities.
• Comprehensive Testing Strategies: Embrace a whole-team approach to testing and learn strategies to scale agile in large organizations like Zebra. Discover effective methods for agile estimating and planning, including Planning Poker.
• Customer-Centric Development: Understand the importance of early and frequent customer feedback, A/B testing, sprint retrospectives, and the critical role of test automation in your CI chain.
• Celebrating Success: Recognize the value of celebrating successes and acknowledging wins to boost team morale and motivation.

References:

• Accelerate: Building and Scaling High Performing Technology Organizations
• Agile Estimating and Planning
• Succeeding with Agile: Software Development Using Scrum
• Coaching Agile Teams: A Companion for ScrumMasters, Agile Coaches, and Project Managers in Transition
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