Women in Agile
The Women in Agile podcast is a platform to champion new voices in the business world, because we believe everyone is better off when more, diverse ideas are shared.
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Wednesday Mar 10, 2021
Wednesday Mar 10, 2021
The seventh episode of The Women in Agile Podcast’s Coaching Agile Teams Mini-Series brings you the second part of the conversation where Lyssa Adkins and Leslie Morse explore the pathway to Agile Coaching.
Part 1 of this discussion left off as Lyssa & Leslie were opening a discussion on coaching ethics and the intersection of agile coaching and professional coaching. There is specific focus on how agile coaching is not professional coaching, but that professional coaching is a part of agile coaching.
Highlights from this episode include tips for how to select a good agile coaching mentor or trainer, ways to identify blindspots on early points of the professional coaching journey, guidance on how to know your boundaries as an agile coach, and how Lyssa frames agile coaches as a 21st century leadership position.
Reference(s):
ICAgile Learning Roadmap Agile Coaching Track
ICAgile Learning Roadmap Enterprise Coaching for Agility Track
International Coaching Federation (ICF) Code of Ethics
International Coaching Federation (ICF) Core Competencies
International Association of Facilitators
European Mentoring & Coaching Council
You can learn more about this series of episodes by visiting www.womeninagile.org/cat.
The Women in Agile community champions inclusion and diversity of thought, regardless of gender, and this podcast is a platform to share new voices and stories with the Agile community and the business world, because we believe that everyone is better off when more, diverse ideas are shared.
Podcast Library: www.solutionsiq.com/womeningile
Women in Agile Org Website: www.womeninagile.org
Connect with us on social media!
LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/womeninagile/
Instagram: www.instagram.com/womeninagile/
Twitter: www.twitter.com/womeninagileorg
Please take a moment to rate and review the Women in Agile podcast on your favorite podcasting platform. This is the best way to help us amplify the voices and wisdom of the talent women and allies in our community! Be sure to take a screenshot of your rating and review and post it on social media with the hashtag #womeninagile. This will get you entered to a monthly drawing for a goodie bag of Women In Agile Org swag!
Monday Mar 08, 2021
Monday Mar 08, 2021
Join us for reflections and appreciations as Natalie Warnert and Leslie Morse celebrate International Women’s Day 2021. During this episode of the Women in Agile Podcast, you’ll get insight on the accomplishments and impacts of Women in Agile Org from the President and Executive Director, Natalie Warnert.
The 2021 International Women’s Day theme #ChooseToChallenge is a key aspect of the discussion. You’ll hear Natalie share her aspirations for the future of the Women in Agile non-profit organization as well as offer an invitation to the global WiA community for how they can help fulfill the mission of the organization. Leslie and Natalie also navigate the challenging topic of social injustice, privilege, and the courage it takes to lean into the conversations needed to create space for things to change.
About the Featured Guest
Natalie Warnert is a passionate agile coach and consultant that focuses on enabling product organizations to transform their customer engagement models. She is also the founder of Women in Agile Org and currently serves as the President and Executive Director of the non-profit organization.
Follow Natalie on LinkedIn
Follow Natalie on Twitter @nataliewarnert
Follow Natalie on Instagram @nwarnert
Reference(s)
If you’re interested in getting involved with Women in Agile contact: impact@womeninagile.org
Google Calendar of Women in Agile Local Group Events
“Project to Product: How to Survive and Thrive in the Age of Digital Disruption with the Flow Framework” by Mik Kersten
“The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness” by Michelle Alexander
The Women in Agile community champions inclusion and diversity of thought, regardless of gender, and this podcast is a platform to share new voices and stories with the Agile community and the business world, because we believe that everyone is better off when more, diverse ideas are shared.
Podcast Library: www.womeninagile.org/podcast
Women in Agile Org Website: www.womeninagile.org
Connect with us on social media!
LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/womeninagile/
Instagram: www.instagram.com/womeninagile/
Twitter: www.twitter.com/womeninagileorg
Please take a moment to rate and review the Women in Agile podcast on your favorite podcasting platform. This is the best way to help us amplify the voices and wisdom of the talent women and allies in our community! Be sure to take a screenshot of your rating and review and post it on social media with the hashtag #womeninagile. This will get you entered to a monthly drawing for a goodie bag of Women In Agile Org swag!
About our Host
Leslie Morse is an agilist at heart. She was leveraging agile practices and appreciating agile principles long before she even knew what they were. Her agile journey officially started in 2010 and she never looked back. Her career has taken many twists and turns. She led a digital marketing start-up in college, was involved with replatforming Lowes.com while they adopted agile practices, provided training and coaching for agile transformation across a wide array of industries, and now serves as the Product Owner of Professional Development Solutions for Scrum.org. She is a trained and certified in Organization and Relationship Systems Coaching (ORSC) and has been involved in the Women in Agile movement since its original inception at Scrum Gathering 2013 in Las Vegas. You can connect with Leslie on LinkedIn.
Wednesday Mar 03, 2021
Wednesday Mar 03, 2021
The sixth episode of the Women in Agile Podcast Coaching Agile Teams Mini-Series brings you the first part of a deep discussion between Lyssa Adkins and our host Leslie Morse where they unpack multiple dimensions of the pathway to becoming an Agile Coach.
During this discussion you’ll start collecting tips, tricks, and pointers for reflection as you consider forming your own agile coach journey. There are things in here for those new to agile coaching as well as those tackling more advanced topics.
Some of the topics covered in this episode include:
Agile coaching as a discipline or profession versus agile coach as a role or title.
Potential implications of hierarchy within agile coaching roles.
The importance of inner-work and vertical development.
Challenges evaluating the capabilities of those practicing agile coaching.
This episode concludes with Lyssa and Leslie opening a discussion on the intersection of professional coaching and agile coaching. They specifically start looking at the topic of ethics. Be sure to tune in to next week’s episode to hear the conclusion of this discussion.
Reference(s):
ICAgile Learning Roadmap Agile Coaching Track
ICAgile Learning Roadmap Enterprise Coaching for Agility Track
Personal Agility System
William R. Tobert’s work on Action Logics - Best described in this Harvard Business Review article: Seven Transformations of Leadership
Scrum Alliance Path to Coaching program and free resources
Agile Alliance Coaching Ethics Initiative
You can learn more about this series of episodes by visiting www.womeninagile.org/cat.
The Women in Agile community champions inclusion and diversity of thought, regardless of gender, and this podcast is a platform to share new voices and stories with the Agile community and the business world, because we believe that everyone is better off when more, diverse ideas are shared.
Podcast Library: www.womeninagile.org/podcast
Women in Agile Org: www.womeninagile.org
Connect with us on social media!
LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/womeninagile/
Instagram: www.instagram.com/womeninagile/
Twitter: www.twitter.com/womeninagileorg
Please take a moment to rate and review the Women in Agile podcast on your favorite podcasting platform. This is the best way to help us amplify the voices and wisdom of the talent women and allies in our community! Be sure to take a screenshot of your rating and review and post it on social media with the hashtag #womeninagile. This will get you entered to a monthly drawing for a goodie bag of Women In Agile Org swag!
Wednesday Feb 24, 2021
Wednesday Feb 24, 2021
The fifth episode of The Coaching Agile Teams Mini-Series features special guest Kory Stamper. The conversation with Lyssa Adkins, Kory Stamper and Leslie Morse twists and turns through a variety of topics all inspired by the ah-ha moment Lyssa had when listening to Kory’s Women in Agile 2020 keynote. It caused her to take a step back and really look at the words she used in the “Coaching Agile Teams” book. Lyssa had already taken note of how militaristic language showed up in her 2010 descriptions of what it took to successfully deliver value, and Kory’s session opened her eyes to an entirely new set of considerations. Spoiler alert, nothing really changed in the book.
Enjoy the dance between moments of lightness and serious inquiry within this episode. You’ll learn more about parts of speech, be exposed to new vocabulary, and be challenged to get curious about how you use language.
About the Featured Guest
Kory Stamper is a Philadelphia based Lexicographer, Author, Speaker, and Speechwriter. She was the keynote for the 2020 annual Women In Agile conference, has been a prior guest on the Women in Agile podcast series, and is globally recognized as an expert on language and the way it evolves.
Follow Kory on LinkedIn
Follow Kory on Twitter @KoryStamper
Follow Kory on Instagram @harmless_drudge
Reference(s)
“Word by Word: The Secret Life of Dictionaries” by Kory Stamper
Watch Kory’s Keynote from the 2020 Women In Agile Conference (begins at 22:30)
Listen to Kory on the Women in Agile Podcast Series: Why Changing Language is an Agile Process
You can learn more about this series of episodes by visiting www.womeninagile.org/cat.
The Women in Agile community champions inclusion and diversity of thought, regardless of gender, and this podcast is a platform to share new voices and stories with the Agile community and the business world, because we believe that everyone is better off when more, diverse ideas are shared.
Podcast Library: www.womeninagile.org/podcast
Women in Agile Org Website: www.womeninagile.org
Connect with us on social media!
LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/womeninagile/
Instagram: www.instagram.com/womeninagile/
Twitter: www.twitter.com/womeninagileorg
Please take a moment to rate and review the Women in Agile podcast on your favorite podcasting platform. This is the best way to help us amplify the voices and wisdom of the talent women and allies in our community! Be sure to take a screenshot of your rating and review and post it on social media with the hashtag #womeninagile. This will get you entered to a monthly drawing for a goodie bag of Women In Agile Org swag!
Wednesday Feb 17, 2021
Wednesday Feb 17, 2021
The fourth episode of the Coaching Agile Teams Mini-Series wrap-ups the foundation setting context of the series. During this conversation Lyssa Adkins and Leslie Morse do more than share information about the supplements for the Coaching Agile Teams audiobook that are available when you purchase from Audible. Hear them discuss tips and tricks for making book clubs successful as well as get a mini-masterclass on aphorisms. As you’ll learn from Lyssa, aphorisms are an entry point for changing what you believe at the cellular level.
Reference(s):
Buy Coaching Agile Teams: A Companion for ScrumMasters, Agile Coaches, and Project Managers in Transition on Audible
You can learn more about this series of episodes by visiting www.womeninagile.org/cat.
The Women in Agile community champions inclusion and diversity of thought, regardless of gender, and this podcast is a platform to share new voices and stories with the Agile community and the business world, because we believe that everyone is better off when more, diverse ideas are shared.
Podcast Library: www.solutionsiq.com/womeningile
Women in Agile Org Website: www.womeninagile.org
Connect with us on social media!
LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/womeninagile/
Instagram: www.instagram.com/womeninagile/
Twitter: www.twitter.com/womeninagileorg
Please take a moment to rate and review the Women in Agile podcast on your favorite podcasting platform. This is the best way to help us amplify the voices and wisdom of the talent women and allies in our community! Be sure to take a screenshot of your rating and review and post it on social media with the hashtag #womeninagile. This will get you entered to a monthly drawing for a goodie bag of Women In Agile Org swag!
Wednesday Feb 10, 2021
Wednesday Feb 10, 2021
In this episode of the Women in Agile podcast, Jessica Katz joins Leslie Morse for a conversation about how to best accept accountability when you’ve done harm to someone. They dance through a variety of examples, point to blindspots, and provide tips for how you can become more aware of when you’re doing harm and how best to repair relationships where you’ve caused harm. She also shares parts of her story for how she cultivated her skills to be able to do this work well. You can learn more about the Women in Agile podcast by visiting www.womeninagile.org/podcast
About our Guest
Jessica Katz is a trainer, mentor and coach through Liberated Elephant. She is passionate about working with individuals, teams, leaders, and organizations to help people discover and nurture their authentic selves. With this knowledge, Jessica helps them uncover solutions that move them forward on their journey. Her methodology is informed by Agile values, principles, and practices.
Follow Jessica on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeskatz/
Follow Jessica on Twitter: @ElephantTaming
Reference(s)
Book: Nonviolent Communication: A Language of Life by Marshall B. Rosenburg
Book: The Art & Science of Facilitation: How to Lead Effective Collaboration with Agile Teams by Marsha Acker
Book: Humble Inquiry: The Gentle Art of Asking Instead of Telling by Edgar H. Schein
The Women in Agile community champions inclusion and diversity of thought, regardless of gender, and this podcast is a platform to share new voices and stories with the Agile community and the business world, because we believe that everyone is better off when more, diverse ideas are shared.
Podcast Library: www.solutionsiq.com/womeningile
Women in Agile Org Website: www.womeninagile.org
Connect with us on social media!
LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/womeninagile/
Instagram: www.instagram.com/womeninagile/
Twitter: www.twitter.com/womeninagileorg
Please take a moment to rate and review the Women in Agile podcast on your favorite podcasting platform. This is the best way to help us amplify the voices and wisdom of the talent women and allies in our community! Be sure to take a screenshot of your rating and review and post it on social media with the hashtag #womeninagile. This will get you entered to a monthly drawing for a goodie bag of Women In Agile Org swag!
Wednesday Feb 03, 2021
Wednesday Feb 03, 2021
The third episode of The Coaching Agile Teams Mini-Series unpacks a side of Lyssa Adkins you may have never seen before. You hear Leslie Morse comment on the laughter and lightness of the discussion during her opening comments and that comes alive in a real way through the use of metaphors inspired by playground equipment.
During this episode, Leslie and Lyssa unpack not only aspects of Lyssa’s journey to produce the Coaching Agile Teams audiobook but also compare and contrast how she is different from what she was 10 years ago when the book was originally released. Enjoy the story of how Mike Cohn invited her to consider writing a book, how the apprentice coaches she was working with reminded her of things to write down, and how theater inspired her take on the way collaboration shows up in her work.
The grounding theme in their conversation seems to be the center point of a merry-go-round and how it doesn’t actually move. They offer several inquiries and moments of reflection within the metaphor and use it to illustrate many concepts. One of which is Lyssa’s story about how she calls on the wisdom of her body as an early signaling system, and the four step process she uses when she feels tension rise and seeks to remind herself she is in a human body that has lots of wisdom.
Some of our favorite quotes from Lyssa include:
When referencing something her coach said to her, “Who are you to question whether or not you’re the person to write this? Get over yourself and get back to writing!”
“It is as important to repel things as it is to attract them. We all have limited time in the world. Time is the one thing we can’t make more of.”
“This doesn’t have to be perfect, it just has to be useful.”
When referencing her absolute belief and come-from place, “At any moment there's a lot going right. What is going right? What is flowing? Do I have anything to add to it?
“I am still learning the same lessons I wrote about 10 years ago, but just in a different octave.”
Reference(s):
Book: Artful Making: What Managers Need to Know About How Artists Work by Robert Austin and Lee Devin
Behind the Scenes with Lyssa, the Coaching Agile Teams Audiobook Journey - The Perfection Monster: https://youtu.be/ZhyWx7NnNxA
You can learn more about this series of episodes by visiting www.womeninagile.org/cat.
The Women in Agile community champions inclusion and diversity of thought, regardless of gender, and this podcast is a platform to share new voices and stories with the Agile community and the business world, because we believe that everyone is better off when more, diverse ideas are shared.
Podcast Library: www.solutionsiq.com/womeningile
Women in Agile Org Website: www.womeninagile.org
Connect with us on social media!
LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/womeninagile/
Instagram: www.instagram.com/womeninagile/
Twitter: www.twitter.com/womeninagileorg
Please take a moment to rate and review the Women in Agile podcast on your favorite podcasting platform. This is the best way to help us amplify the voices and wisdom of the talent women and allies in our community! Be sure to take a screenshot of your rating and review and post it on social media with the hashtag #womeninagile. This will get you entered to a monthly drawing for a goodie bag of Women In Agile Org swag!
Wednesday Jan 27, 2021
Wednesday Jan 27, 2021
The second episode of The Coaching Agile Teams Mini-Series was recorded by Lyssa Adkins and Leslie Morse in August of 2020. During this conversation they explore the inspiration and mission for the mini-series. It is very much an exploratory conversation with moments of laughter counterbalanced with deep and at times vulnerable discussion.
Leslie and Lyssa open their hearts and minds in an invitation to listeners as they call on their desire to normalize what it means to be on the journey to becoming an Agile coach. There is quite a bit of range in their conversation. You’ll have the opportunity to hear them to share fun stories such as one Lyssa recalls about Ron Jeffries at the 10-year anniversary of the Agile Manifesto as well as dig into deeper topics that feel more like coaching sessions between the two of them.
Two of our favorite quotes from Lyssa include:
“So much of what is in [Coaching Agile Teams] is not being done and I believe that if more of it was being done today we would have far less of the problems I continue to hear about - like on repeat. [They encounter] the same problem over and over and over again, and people are expecting Agile to solve it. It is only actually Agile’s job to reveal.”
“Whoa! Hang On! If I’m not solving problems for the team, then what am I doing? And [Coaching Agile Teams] says, here’s what you’re doing.”
Reference(s):
Book: An Everybody Culture: Becoming a Deliberately Developmental Organization by Robert Kegan and Lisa Lahey
You can learn more about this series of episodes by visiting www.womeninagile.org/cat.
The Women in Agile community champions inclusion and diversity of thought, regardless of gender, and this podcast is a platform to share new voices and stories with the Agile community and the business world, because we believe that everyone is better off when more, diverse ideas are shared.
Podcast Library: www.solutionsiq.com/womeningile
Women in Agile Org Website: www.womeninagile.org
Connect with us on social media!
LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/womeninagile/
Instagram: www.instagram.com/womeninagile/
Twitter: www.twitter.com/womeninagileorg
Please take a moment to rate and review the Women in Agile podcast on your favorite podcasting platform. This is the best way to help us amplify the voices and wisdom of the talent women and allies in our community! Be sure to take a screenshot of your rating and review and post it on social media with the hashtag #womeninagile. This will get you entered to a monthly drawing for a goodie bag of Women In Agile Org swag!