Tag Archives: Team

How to Manage a Remote Team Effectively

Elijah Masek-Kelly — October 7, 2019 Follow @ElijahMK100 As technology progresses more and more, we are starting to say goodbye to the traditional workplace and employees all over the country are instead choosing anywhere with a plug-in and high-speed Wi-Fi connection as their workspace. This has been a long-term shift in the workforce, with an … Continue reading How to Manage a Remote Team Effectively →

Collaboration Tools That Will Enhance Virtual Team Productivity

Collaboration Tools

Rick Lepsinger — September 30, 2019 Follow @onpoint_llc Working in virtual teams has become the “new normal” of business life today. Remotely distributed teams allow organizations to leverage their workforce more effectively and bring the most talented and knowledgeable people together to address their most pressing problems. At first glance, managing a virtual team may … Continue reading Collaboration Tools That Will Enhance Virtual Team Productivity →

Scrum Master Engagement Patterns: The Development Team

Project Management

Stefan Wolpers — September 26, 2019 Follow @StefanW TL; DR: Scrum Master Engagement Patterns Last year, I ran a (non-representative) survey on how Scrum Masters are allocating their time when working with a single Scrum Team. Much to the surprise of many readers, the direct Scrum Master engagement with a single Scrum Team of average … Continue reading Scrum Master Engagement Patterns: The Development Team →

How to Restore Trust in a Team

Team Management

Darleen DeRosa — September 13, 2019 Follow @onpoint_llc — September 13, 2019 Building trust in the workplace is important for any kind of team. If team members don’t trust one another, effective collaboration is almost impossible and the team will struggle to promote accountability and communication. There are a number of ways that even highly … Continue reading How to Restore Trust in a Team →

The Development Team in Scrum – Just Developers or a Real Team?

Project Management

Peter Götz — September 13, 2019 Follow @petersgoetz — September 13, 2019 Software developers are mostly guys, happy to work by themselves at night in dark rooms. And they turn coffee, cola and pizza into code. Right? My experience so far To be honest, the longer I have worked in software development the more wrong … Continue reading The Development Team in Scrum – Just Developers or a Real Team? →

Why Does the Scrum Team Need Self-Organization?

Project Management

Khoa Doan Tien — September 11, 2019 — September 11, 2019 To answer the question, let’s go through these two definitions of “Team” and “Self-Organization”. What is a team? Team is a group of people who work together, to finish a work or a destination. Somehow, it is a natural need, when the individuals feel, … Continue reading Why Does the Scrum Team Need Self-Organization? →

What You Can Learn About Building a Dream Team From Henry Ford

Team Management

Karen Repoli — September 11, 2019 Follow @karenrepoli — September 11, 2019 During WW1 Henry Ford sued a Chicago newspaper for libeling him when they called him “an ignorant pacifist.” At the ensuing trial, the defense lawyers grilled with Mr. Ford with a line of questioning regarding general knowledge in an effort to prove to … Continue reading What You Can Learn About Building a Dream Team From Henry Ford →

Remote Leadership: How to Lead Your Team from a Distance

Leadership Skills

Paul Keijzer — August 27, 2019 Follow @Paul_Keijzer — August 27, 2019 Running an organization has never been easy. In addition to attending to managerial duties, leaders are also occupied with planning for the future. And this does not even begin to cover the interpersonal complexities of managing a team. Bosses are responsible for providing … Continue reading Remote Leadership: How to Lead Your Team from a Distance →

Why Social Media is So Powerful For Your Company’s Sales Team [Infographic]

Social Media Utilization

Todd Kunsman — August 26, 2019 Follow @OhSoFreshMusic — August 26, 2019 As social media grew rapidly in the last decade, these social platforms became a major outlet for sales teams and growth of the organizations. Social platforms like LinkedIn, Twitter, and Facebook are where customers, current buyers, and future prospects are engaging and doing … Continue reading Why Social Media is So Powerful For Your Company’s Sales Team [Infographic] →

Can a Development Team Member Be the Scrum Master?

Project Management

Stephanie Ockerman — August 20, 2019 Follow @thetravelchica — August 20, 2019 “Can a Development Team member be the Scrum Master?” This is a common question in my Professional Scrum classes. It often comes up early when we are still learning the basics of the Scrum framework. And it comes up because people are already … Continue reading Can a Development Team Member Be the Scrum Master? →