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Leadership Tip #11: Substitute the Word Trust for Empower

Johanna Rothman

We talk a lot about empowered or self-organizing teams in the agile community. However, every manager's micromanagement pervades all levels. When Mark Kilby and I wrote From Chaos to Successful Distributed Agile Teams , we said the easiest way to create a system that worked for the team was for the team to create its own board.

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Teams Need to See Each Other—Eventually

Johanna Rothman

We've all heard of big organizations where the top management said, “No need to ever be back in the office. ” And, the Wall Street Journal has this article, Business Travel Won’t Be Taking Off Soon Amid Coronavirus (you might need to subscribe to see the article). (I Work from home, as long as you want.”

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How to Create an Exponential Mindset

Harvard Business

They manage their uncertainty, take the leap, and start the journey despite being unable to see around the bend. That’s how things work in the physical world when we are traveling to a destination. My workshops are designed with an exponential mindset to generate new ways of thinking about marketing, culture and strategy.

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