Women in Agile

How to Set Up an Environment for Diversity - Jeffrey Davidson | 1916

Jeffrey Davidson is an executive and Enterprise Transformation Coach and Consultant. He has enabled personal development for thousands of individuals over the course of his career. We dive into the question of how to go about teaching leaders to cultivate diversity within their teams. 
Davidson takes two approaches: Asking blunt questions and taking simple steps. For example, he may ask leadership, “How many women are on the teams and what kinds of roles do they have?” to get them thinking about their organization’s diversity. He also helps them realize that “in every meeting, every person there has a voice, every voice has value, and some people need a few extra seconds or few extra minutes to respond. Just because some people talk a lot doesn’t mean they should, and just because some people don’t want to talk doesn’t mean you should allow them to never talk.” 
Accenture | SolutionsIQ’s Leslie Morse hosts. 
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.
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Exhaustion Is Not a Status Symbol - Melissa Boggs | 1915

Melissa Boggs is the Chief ScrumMaster at the Scrum Alliance where she co-leads the largest Agile constituency in the world. Hear how she’s had to learn to stand up for herself as a woman in leadership.  Boggs says the best advice she received was that she’s not just standing up for herself, but for other women as well because she’s a role model for them.  
You’ll also learn how she manages work-life balance. Melissa Boggs’ words of wisdom: 
“Exhaustion is not a status symbol.” 
Accenture | SolutionsIQ’s Leslie Morse hosts.  
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.
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Making a Cultural Connection as a Coach - Aruna Chandrasekharan | 1914

Aruna Chandrasekharan is a transformation strategist with more than a decade of experience in the Agile space and 25 years in information technology. She shares her experiences as a coach who is both female and Indian. 
Chandrasekharan says as a woman, she can get away with humor a man can’t, and she can get to the softer side faster. But she says it’s a double-edged sword, because she also experiences bias and prejudice as a woman. 
Being of Indian heritage also has advantages in working with all-Indian development teams. She shares tips for working with a team from a different culture: 
Show an interest in their language and culture. Show them that you have done your research in the culture, and that you’re willing to show them what you’re learned. 
If you have a peer coach from that culture, go and talk to them. 
Accenture | SolutionsIQ’s Leslie Morse hosts.  
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/podcastWomen in Agile website: https://womeninagile.org/
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Allies Don’t Sit on the Sidelines - Chris Murman | 1913

Agile coach Chris Murman is an active blogger, conference speaker, board member of the Agile Uprising Coalition and a recognized ally for women in the Agile community. But what is an ally? According to Murman, it’s someone who intentionally chooses to make room for people that society hasn’t always made room for. He shares his stories of awareness and becoming a coach that naturally led to him being a strong proponent for women, minorities and other voices that aren’t always well represented.
Murman rallies for others to get involved, to not stand idly by: “You can’t sit on the sidelines and call yourself an advocate: you have to do something – where am I giving my money, where am I giving my time, what do my words say?”
Chris Murman’s Words of Wisdom for allies
“Just show up – you don’t need to know anything or prepare anything. Be prepared to engage, be curious.”
“Men often don’t understand the privilege we’ve gotten, or maybe they don’t want to see it.” Ask yourself, “What have I received that I didn’t necessarily earn?”
Accenture | SolutionsIQ’s Leslie Morse host.
Learn more:
Agile Uprising podcast – agileuprising.libsyn.com/
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/podcastWomen in Agile website: https://womeninagile.org/
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Making Work Suck a Little Less - Philiy Lander | 1912

People spend most of their working lives at work, and Philiy Lander thinks that “It really shouldn’t suck.” As an Agile coach, she dedicates her life energy to making the work place a better place. Two ways she does that are simple yet poorly practiced in today’s busy world: asking questions and actually listening to people. 
Lander shares her growth through the TenWomenStrong program, in particular she has been striving to be clear about her boundaries. She shares a story of working with a very difficult leader that helped her stretch grow in terms of emotional intelligence and self-awareness. 
Philiy Lander’s Words of Wisdom: 
There is great strength in vulnerability. 
The true strength of a leader is being unapologetically “you.” 
Accenture | SolutionsIQ’s Leslie Morse hosts. 
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
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Imposter Syndrome and Finding One’s Authentic Self - Billie Schuttpelz | 1911

Billie Schuttpelz is an Agile coach at Accenture | SolutionsIQ who is known for her work on conquering Imposter Syndrome, something she has struggled with. A stage actor and advocate for therapy and visualization, Schuttpelz invented an alternate reality called “Oops Land” where people have the safety and permission to fail and also to be their authentic selves. This is in stark contrast where she often she feels she lives: in Perfect Island.  
Schuttpelz personal development journey has helped her take back power over her own life, which has sometimes felt lacking purpose. She shares stories of her Imposter Syndrome workshops, as well as her process going through the Shine program fromTenWomenStrong, and the Organization and Relationship Systems Coaching (ORSC) program. 
Billie’s Words of Wisdom: 
“What if instead of finding my purpose, I find myself... It leads me to fulfilling my purpose?” 
“People are the most innovative when they’re operating in their authentic voice... We shouldn’t focus so much on innovation. We should focus on getting our people to their authentic selves, and the innovation will come out naturally.” 
Accenture | SolutionsIQ’s Leslie Morse hosts. 
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/podcastWomen in Agile website: https://womeninagile.org/
Connect with us on social media!LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/womeninagile/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/womeninagile/Twitter: https://twitter.com/womeninagileorg

A Community of Women Can Really Make Things Happen - Shayna Atkins and Renny Atkins | 1910

In this special episode, we combine two conversations with a father-daughter duo Renny and Shayna Atkins. You’ll first hear from Shayna, a product management consultant and Agile coach who launched her own consultancy at a young age. Shayna believes in the importance of community support and has a team of women and a sisterhood around her. Her father taught her “not to play small”, a piece of advice Shayna has clearly taken to heart. Learn how she stays on top of the technology trends, brings woman leaders together, and how she unplugs to recharge.  
We end the episode with Renny who dives into the parent-child relationship, his support for Shayna, and the Women in Agile community.  
Accenture | SolutionsIQ’s Leslie Morse hosts. 
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 website: https://womeninagile.org/
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Infusing Product Management with Agile Principles and Practices - Ellen Gottesdiener | 1909

Ellen Gottesdiener, a product coach, author, and CEO of EBG Consulting, shares her wisdom about marrying product management with Agile principles and practices. She speculates a future where there will be a “blending of disciplines where you don’t necessarily have a business area and a technology area”, just one product team with interdisciplinary team members. Her piece of advice to product people: Have strategic awareness of your product in the marketplace or “big view”, and get rid of junk in the backlog.
Gottesdiener also takes us down the memory lane to the beginnings of the Agile Conference – she has attended every one of them since Salt Lake City. She reminds us of the women who have had a large impact on the Agile community from the very beginning.
Accenture | SolutionsIQ’s Leslie Morse hosts.
- Reach Ellen Gottesdiener: ellen@ebgconsulting.com- Find out more about Women in Product: www.womenpm.org/
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/podcastWomen in Agile website: www.womeninagile.org
Connect with us on social media!LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/womeninagile/Instagram: www.instagram.com/womeninagile/Twitter: twitter.com/womeninagileorg