So much has already been written about management techniques for
creating great teams and enterprises. It’s time to go a bit further, and
look into how managers and leaders can build great, high performing
teams and companies by implementing Agile and Scrum by
utilizing practical techniques that aren't process intensive.
In his new book, The Agile Pocket Guide: A Quick Start to Making
Your Business Agile Using Scrum and BeyondPeter Saddington shares
that the philosophy of Agile is to have businesses and leaders
collaborate as much as possible with their teams and clients to build
quality products that ship early and often, while learning and
re-learning as they go. The Scrum approach organizes business priorities
around short team sprints that yield incremental improvement.
In this ever-changing world of uncertainty where job-security and
economic change is the new norm, it is more important than ever to
understand how to effectively create and sustain high-performance teams
within an organization.
All employees desire not to be just a cog in the big wheel of the
corporate machine, but rather a valued, important, and necessary
employee for their company and their team. What methods can leaders
leverage to have powerful teams while at the same time enjoying their
work, their team their employer, and doing challenging and sustainable
work that allows for personal and professional growth?
This is a pocket guide for business owners, entrepreneurs and leaders
looking for pragmatic and efficient ways of increasing team performance
as well as become a great leader themselves. Each chapter is packed with
short and effective methods for improving team performance through
leadership.
Readers will learn such things as:
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How to quickly apply Agile and Scrum techniques for immediate team
performance improvement
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How to improve your leadership skills
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How to be a great leader for an Agile team
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How to optimize your team by identifying and managing employee's
strengths
In addition there are chapters with Saddington's personal experience in:
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Personal Kaizen (Continuous Improvement) and Servant Leadership
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Team Kaizen in Practicing Agile
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Product Kaizen for a Perfect Product Manager
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Cultural Kaizen for Leadership in Dynamic Team Cultures
