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13 Reasons Why The ROI Of Your Agile Training Died! (And How You Can Save It The Next Time)

13 Reasons Why The ROI Of Your Agile Training Died! (And How You Can Save It The Next Time)

by Ravi Verma | Jul 22, 2021 | Agile, Empiricism, Evidence Based Management, Training

I got an audio cassette from the other side. It was about how I had killed the ROI of my Agile Training. There were many reasons… 1. I did not clarify up front to my prospects how important their ROI is to me 2. After closing the deal, I did not educate my...
How A Scrum Master Can “BE” A Co-Active Scrum Coach

How A Scrum Master Can “BE” A Co-Active Scrum Coach

by Ravi Verma | Jul 13, 2021 | Agile, co-active, Coaching, Empiricism, Scrum, Uncategorized

I am halfway through my intense 6 month certification process from the Co-Active Training Institute to become a CPCC – Certified Co-Active Professional Coach. Around 130 people are holding me in my journey, willing and supporting me every step of the way, as I...
The Roots Of Agile Suffering

The Roots Of Agile Suffering

by Ravi Verma | Jul 5, 2021 | Agile, co-active, Coaching, Consulting, Designed Alliance, Empiricism, Evidence Based Management, Scrum, Uncategorized

AGILE SUFFERING After more than a decade of helping organizations travel on the path of Agility, it feels more like traveling on the path of Agile Suffering. Agile Coaches like me often suffer as we complain that management doesn’t get it, teams don’t get...
How To Design An Agile Coaching Alliance

How To Design An Agile Coaching Alliance

by Ravi Verma | Jun 27, 2021 | Agile, co-active, Coaching, Designed Alliance, Empiricism

MY COACHING FAILURES Let me share another fruit from my fruitful failure tree… There have been times when I have struggled mightily in my coaching relationships. Whether the relationship is with a person or with a team. The conversations are exhausting, draining...
The Professional Scrum Product Owner – A Starter Job Description

The Professional Scrum Product Owner – A Starter Job Description

by Ravi Verma | Jul 15, 2020 | Agile, Empiricism, Entrepreneurship, Evidence Based Management, Product Owner, Scaling, Scrum, Uncategorized, Value, Value

THE PRODUCT OWNER (PO) (This definition is based on the November 2020 version of the Scrum Guide, available at – https://scrumguides.org/scrum-guide.html) The Product Owner is a tech-savvy entrepreneur who maximizes the value stakeholders get from the product....
How 3 Cups of Tea With Marshall Goldsmith Can Enable Self-Organizing Scrum Teams

How 3 Cups of Tea With Marshall Goldsmith Can Enable Self-Organizing Scrum Teams

by Ravi Verma | Jan 9, 2020 | Agile, Change Management, Conflict Resolution, Empiricism, Employee Engagement, Scrum, Team Building

One of the biggest challenges I have observed in professional adoption of Scrum is that team members (especially me) resist the need to address concerns with other team members 1×1, in a courageous and compassionate way. As human beings, we tend to avoid conflict...
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