Book description
Does your Agile team experience the following common problems? Members use established Agile practices and tools, but with little motivation or buy-in. Even though the team is cross-functional, members don’t collaborate effectively or leverage everyone’s abilities. Rather than act empowered, they wait for permission and approval. Improvement has stalled —…
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1 author picked The Human Side of Agile as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
One of the core concepts of how we live our lives–including how we lead–is our mindset. This book, better than any other I’ve read, captures what a mindset actually is: values, beliefs, and principles, and how the three combine to make us feel right about our behaviors–even when we’re wrong.
We all have mindsets for driving, parenting, leading, being a partner, and many other areas of life. I find that in my work, the more that I can help someone examine their values, beliefs, and principles, the more success they will have in changing their behaviors. While the book is…
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