Agile for Managers and Executives

• Get better result by understanding challenges of adopting Agile
  
• Learn about common pitfalls and how to avoid or recover from them
  
• Learn how to effectively support Agile in your organization
  
• Build an action plan for increasing your success
  

Who should come: Managers, Executives, Business Sponsors, Coaches, Agile Champions

No pre-requisites.

In this energetic and interactive workshop we will explore some of the reasons why companies fail to get the expected benefits from Agile and what you can do about it. Not only will you will learn about different types of Agile, but also understand where they work best and how to approach making them a reality in your organization. You will also learn new skills to support your organization’s journey. Come ready to collaborate in this valuable, fun, and memorable workshop.

• Culture (Schneider model); implications for Agile
  Adoption vs. Transformation and approaches for this 
  
• Adoption Success Factors 
  
• Organization Impediments to Agile (Performance review & bonus, career paths, portfolio management, project vs product, long-term vs. short term view) 
  
• Situational/Servant Leadership 
  
• Manager’s role in Agile 
  
• Delegation Poker 
  
• Build action plan  

Jon Stah co-founded LeanDog Software after 18 years of experience providing IT leadership in both Fortune 500 and start up organizations. His passion is eliminating waste, optimizing the performance of IT teams and helping organizations become lean and agile. Jon provides extensive hands on experience in organizational transformations to Agile and Lean practices. He is an active leader in the Agile and Entrepreneurial community. He openly shares his learnings at conferences and meet-ups.

Michael Sahota works as a trainer and Certified Scrum Coach at Agilitrix  in Toronto to help businesses accelerate the delivery of value. With software teams, this may include introducing modern software delivery techniques such as Scrum or Kanban. He helps Product Managers collaborate with stakeholders and customers to identify innovative and valuable products through Innovation Games®. Michael is internationally recognized as an Agile thought leader through regular conference presentations and selection as a top Agile blogger. Michael's passion unleashing creativity and achieve breakthrough results through Play. In addition to a variety of games and simulations, he is also trained in StrategicPlay® with Lego® SERIOUS PLAY®.