Relearning Leadership

What does it mean when somebody asks you to be more strategic? In this episode of the Relearning Leadership podcast, Pete and ALJ Guide and leadership coach Christina Carlson discuss the difference between strategy and strategic thinking, and how leaders can execute the day-to-day while keeping an eye on the big picture.

For better or worse, all types of changes – personal and professional, big and small – impact our lives. In this episode of Relearning Leadership, Pete talks about his own experience managing change fatigue as well as how he has seen its effects in our communities, workplaces, and personal lives. Listen to hear his three ways in which we can acknowledge and manage how change can be tiring – and how it can be reframed as reinvigorating. 

Pete welcomes Jim Highsmith, an Agile pioneer, as they discuss the fusion of agile and adaptive principles. They explore challenges in computer engineering, the evolution of their careers leading to the Agile Manifesto, balancing performance and people in organizations, the current state and future directions of the agile movement, and the importance of interdependence in leadership.

In this episode of (Re)Learning Leadership, Pete discusses the topic of agile transformations with Boston Consulting Group’s David Ritter. David shares insights and expertise from his 40-year career, including the difficulties around implementing agile transformation at large organizations, the courage required of those organizations’ executives, and why it is so crucial to define goals and outcomes before applying agile practices. 

In this episode of (Re)Learning Leadership, Pete delves into the topic of Gen Z entering the workforce. He is joined by Tammy Dowley-Blackman, a culture and leadership expert who shares her insights and expertise on this unique generation’s strengths and characteristics, how leaders can help them grow, as well as the challenges that come with five generations inhabiting a workforce. 

What does it take to become an agile leader?Agility is a competency of change and adaptation. The word is often defined as the ability to move quickly and easily, but there’s a second half of the definition. It is also the ability to think and understand quickly.  With this in mind, let's explore the four key competencies in becoming a more agile leader. 

In part 2 of this series on scaling agile ways of working, Pete describes how agile scaling frameworks that may help start an agile journey are limiting more impactful organizational and business agility. Like recipes that help us create more flavorful dishes, agile frameworks like Scrum and Kanban are good starting points for teams to learn to deliver value more effectively.However, the best chefs in the world don't follow recipes, they make recipes. And the best agile organizations in the world are not following agile frameworks, they are making their own.It's time leaders get past the frameworks and become more like a chef of their organization.

Pete Behrens provides a history lesson on scaling agile and the key lessons  challenging all organizations - getting leaders and teams to play the same game.Pete shares some personal success and failure stories in scaling agile from his own journey as well as others, and the secrets to enabling more effective agility at scale.This is part 1 of a 2-part series exploring agile at scale.In part 2, we explore how agile scaling frameworks are not enough.

Luke Hohmann joins Pete to share insights into one of the most under-focused aspects of software development - the profit factor.Luke provides insights for leaders to bring profit into their strategic decision making and the 6 ways to trade value for money.Visit the (Re)Learning Leadership website to learn more about Luke's book with a discount code to purchase.#leadership #agile #productowner #software

What does it take to influence others without the authority of title or position?Pete talks with Brad Swanson who shares his insights on impacting change without "pushing the command button" . The techniques we discuss apply equally to leaders who do not have authority and those who do but wish to avoid using it.  Brad Swanson is an organizational systems coach and Agile Leadership Journey Guide based in Denver, Colorado.Explore more about this episode on the Agile Leadership Journey (Re)Learning Leadership Podcast Website.