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Doc List on Facilitation
Manage episode 175710987 series 1411456
Steven ‘Doc’ List
35 years in software development, business owner, facilitator, agile coach
Team and People
technical practices take you so far
Teams that work well together more productive
Learn how a team collaborates by observing
choice of words indicate culture and mindset
Red Flags
Difference between facilitated and run
meetings should be multidirectional, conversation — purpose, learning
we’re all in this together, how do we all contribute
Facilitation Antipatterns
Gladiator, Benevolent Dictator, Superhero
champion - great deal of responsibility for success or failure
nice people in bad positions
culture of blame, a culture of fault, a culture of heroism
Role of Coaches
coaches role is teaching
rather than wrong/bad, asking questions
telling is not a good way for influence
balance guidance, question and strong suggestion
take it to the team
Help the Disenfranchised
stickies on the wall
give people tools/ways to democratize the process
Agile Retrospectives (http://www.amazon.com/Agile-Retrospectives-Making-Pragmatic-Programmers-ebook/dp/B00B03SRJW/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1406827093&sr=1-1&keywords=Agile+Retrospectives)
I don’t know why it works, but it does so I’m going to do it again!
Language Matters
interpretation of behaviors cause problems
communication is a dance
Non-Violent Communication
Crucial Conversations (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0071446524?ie=UTF8&tag=athought-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0071446524)
Ask yourself, why would a rational, reasonable, decent human being do that?
Dangerous Words
“can’t” “made” “feel” “should”
Superteams (http://www.amazon.com/Superteams-How-Take-Your-Team/dp/0670921483)
Practice
think about your words
judgements are not feelings
make an effort to make a change
Contact
Doc List https://twitter.com/athought
His Recommending Reading http://www.doclist.me/reading/
Check out his blog (http://www.doclist.me/) for more about patterns and anti patterns
23 episodes
Manage episode 175710987 series 1411456
Steven ‘Doc’ List
35 years in software development, business owner, facilitator, agile coach
Team and People
technical practices take you so far
Teams that work well together more productive
Learn how a team collaborates by observing
choice of words indicate culture and mindset
Red Flags
Difference between facilitated and run
meetings should be multidirectional, conversation — purpose, learning
we’re all in this together, how do we all contribute
Facilitation Antipatterns
Gladiator, Benevolent Dictator, Superhero
champion - great deal of responsibility for success or failure
nice people in bad positions
culture of blame, a culture of fault, a culture of heroism
Role of Coaches
coaches role is teaching
rather than wrong/bad, asking questions
telling is not a good way for influence
balance guidance, question and strong suggestion
take it to the team
Help the Disenfranchised
stickies on the wall
give people tools/ways to democratize the process
Agile Retrospectives (http://www.amazon.com/Agile-Retrospectives-Making-Pragmatic-Programmers-ebook/dp/B00B03SRJW/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1406827093&sr=1-1&keywords=Agile+Retrospectives)
I don’t know why it works, but it does so I’m going to do it again!
Language Matters
interpretation of behaviors cause problems
communication is a dance
Non-Violent Communication
Crucial Conversations (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0071446524?ie=UTF8&tag=athought-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0071446524)
Ask yourself, why would a rational, reasonable, decent human being do that?
Dangerous Words
“can’t” “made” “feel” “should”
Superteams (http://www.amazon.com/Superteams-How-Take-Your-Team/dp/0670921483)
Practice
think about your words
judgements are not feelings
make an effort to make a change
Contact
Doc List https://twitter.com/athought
His Recommending Reading http://www.doclist.me/reading/
Check out his blog (http://www.doclist.me/) for more about patterns and anti patterns
23 episodes
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