Models: Your Building Blocks for Agile Coaching - Coaching Agile Teams Mini-Series | 2111

The seventh topic of the “Coaching Agile Teams” Mini-Series on the Women in Agile Podcast brings you a content-heavy discussion with Lyssa Adkins and our host, Leslie Morse. During this episode they explore five categories of models useful when working with agile teams.

1. Detecting and Seeing Problems
2. Navigating Conflict
3. High Performing Teams
4. Team Development
5. Product Management and Product Ownership

You’ll learn how models enable you to see the world differently, can serve when you are emotionally charged, and how they can be a gateway for building a team’s systems intelligence so that they are better equipped to self-organize in different ways.

References on Detecting and Seeing Problems:

• “Coaching Agile Teams: A Companion for ScrumMasters, Agile Coaches, and Project Managers in Transition” Chapter 8: Coach as Problem Solver
  • Team Dynamics Survey
  • BART Analysis
• Integral Theory / The Integral Model (Ken Wilber)

References on Navigating Conflict:

• The Gottman Institute: The Four Horseman (aka Team Toxins)
• Five Levels of Conflict 
• Designed Alliances (Co-Active Coaching)
• Designed Alliances (InfoQ Article with Michael Spayd 
• Conflict Dynamics Profile 
• The Gottman Institute: The Magic Ratio (5:1)
• Brene Brown: Marble Jar Metaphor 

References on High Performing Teams:

• “Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us” by Dan Pink (Autonomy - Mastery - Purpose)
• The Team Diagnostic Survey (TDSTM) 
• “The Five Dysfunctions of a Team: A Leadership Fable” by Patrick Lencioni 
• The High Performance Tree (in “Coaching Agile Teams”) 

References on Team Development:

• Shu, Ha, Ri 
• “The Wisdom of Teams: Creating the High-Performance Organization” by Jon R Katzenbach and Douglas K Smith
• Drexler/Sibbet Team Performance Model
• “Dynamic Reteaming: The Art and Wisdom of Changing Teams” by Heidi Helfand
  • Women in Agile Podcast featuring Heidi Helfand: The Art and Wisdom of Changing Teams - Heidi Helfand | 2007 
• Panarchy Cycle
• Spiral Dynamics
• “Reinventing Organizations: A Guide to Creating Organizations Inspired by the Next Stage in Human Consciousness” by Frederic Laloux 
• “Spiral Dynamics in Action: Humanity's Master Code” by Don Beck and Teddy Larsen
• “Spiral Dynamics: Mastering Values, Leadership and Change” by Don Beck and Christopher Cowan

References on Product Management and Product Ownership:

• Ecocycle Planning, Liberating Structures 
• “User Story Mapping: Discover the Whole Story, Build the Right Product” by Jeff Patton
• “Testing Business Ideas: A Field Guide for Rapid Experimentation” by Alexander Osterwalder and David J. Bland
• “The Lean Startup” by Eric Ries
• “Escaping the Build Trap: How Effective Product Management Creates Real Value” by Melissa Perri
• “Discover to Deliver: Agile Product Planning” by Ellen Gottesdiener and Mary Gorman
• “Innovation Games: Creating Breakthrough Products Through Collaborative Play” by Luke Hohmann

Other References:

• The Dunning Kruger Effect

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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.