All Episodes
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Episode 41 — Enablement: When to Train vs Coach vs Mentor
This episode explores the concept of enablement in agile leadership, focusing on how leaders decide when to train, coach, or mentor their teams. Training provides stru...
Episode 42 — Emotional Intelligence: Empathy, Influence, and Conflict Support
This episode highlights the role of emotional intelligence (EI) as a cornerstone of agile leadership. Learners explore how self-awareness, self-regulation, empathy, an...
Episode 43 — Non-Verbal Cues: Reading the Room in Team Interactions
This session explores the importance of non-verbal communication in agile teamwork. Candidates learn to recognize cues such as body language, tone, facial expressions,...
Episode 44 — Team Self-Assessment: Interpreting Results to Grow Capability
This episode introduces the practice of team self-assessment as a tool for continuous improvement. Learners are guided through frameworks such as agile maturity models...
Episode 45 — Root Cause Analysis: Five Whys, Ishikawa, and Beyond
This episode explains how agile teams use root cause analysis (RCA) to address problems systematically. Candidates are introduced to tools such as the Five Whys techni...
Episode 46 — Resolution Strategies: Selecting Options That Maximize Value
This session focuses on resolution strategies for conflicts, impediments, or risks within agile environments. Learners explore methods ranging from negotiation and con...
Episode 47 — Timely Closure: Ensuring Problems Are Resolved Quickly
This episode highlights why timely closure of issues is critical in agile practice. Unresolved problems accumulate as technical debt, reduce trust, and slow delivery. ...
Episode 48 — Knowledge Capture: Lessons Learned, Retrospectives, Communities of Practice
This session explores how agile teams capture and share knowledge to avoid repeating mistakes and to leverage insights. Learners are introduced to practices such as le...
Episode 49 — Knowledge Reuse: Leveraging Organizational Assets and People
This episode builds on knowledge capture by focusing on reuse. Candidates learn how to apply documented lessons, tools, templates, and expertise across projects and te...
Episode 50 — Time Allocation: Scheduling Knowledge Sharing and Updates
This session explains how agile teams allocate time deliberately for knowledge sharing and continuous learning. Candidates learn how to embed practices such as lunch-a...
Episode 51 — Awareness: Socializing Agile Values and Principles
This episode emphasizes how building awareness of agile values and principles creates alignment across teams and stakeholders. Learners explore techniques for socializ...
Episode 52 — Continuous Improvement: Creating a Learning Environment
This episode explores how continuous improvement is embedded in agile culture, making learning an ongoing process rather than a periodic activity. Candidates learn how...
Episode 53 — Recognition: Celebrating Visible Agile Behaviors
This session reviews the importance of recognition in reinforcing agile values. Learners discover how recognizing visible behaviors—such as collaboration, adaptability...
Episode 54 — Vision Alignment: Building Common Purpose with Stakeholders
This episode explains how aligning teams and stakeholders around a shared vision ensures energy and effort are directed toward meaningful goals. Learners explore techn...
Episode 55 — Strategy Alignment: Keeping Product Tied to Organizational Goals
This episode builds on vision alignment by focusing on strategy. Learners discover how agile teams ensure that product goals are consistently tied to broader organizat...
Episode 56 — Communication Rhythm: Broadcasting Vision and Purpose Continuously
This session reviews the role of communication rhythm in sustaining vision and strategy alignment. Learners explore how cadence-based updates—such as sprint reviews, t...
Episode 57 — Conflict Assessment: Identifying Root Cause and Level
This episode introduces structured approaches to assessing conflict within agile teams. Candidates learn to identify root causes—such as resource constraints, personal...
Episode 58 — Collaborative Resolution: Facilitating Win-Win Outcomes
This session explores resolution techniques that prioritize collaboration and mutual benefit. Learners are introduced to facilitation methods that guide conflicting pa...
Episode 59 — Domain 3 Product: Overview
This episode introduces the third PMI-ACP domain, Product, which focuses on ensuring teams deliver maximum value through well-managed backlogs, clear priorities, and s...
Episode 60 — Backlog Clarity: Clarifying Items and Acceptance Criteria
This episode dives into the practice of creating backlog clarity. Candidates learn how to refine backlog items to ensure they are well-defined, testable, and aligned w...