Excerpt - How Much Autonomy Should Teams get from Their Agile Leader?
As I was doing some exploring this weekend, I came across a great article that resonated with me on so many levels. I'm sharing an excerpt of the content here with you along with some thoughts to consider as you continue your agile journey! The full article can be found here if you're interested. Ownership? When the work is complex, when teams have to grow continuously, and when employees have to find creative solutions every day to really help customers, something special is needed to be successful. When every situation, challenge, and customer is too unique, people need to be empowered to think and decide for themselves. Ownership ensures that they think outside the box to come up with innovative solutions that really help customers. In case of unexpected problems, difficult challenges, or when things go wrong, ownership ensures that teams feel responsible to solve this. They don’t have to wait for others to come up with solutions. When they feel ...