Welcome guest host Jeff Davis! On this podcast Jeff interview's Brian Rabon, founder of the Center For Agile Leadership and owner of SoWal CrossFit. Learn how Brian has employed the values and principles of Agile with his coaching staff. Brian's focus has been on creating a self-organizing and self-managing team who is capable of running the gym without his physical presence 6 months out of the year ..read more

On this podcast we explore the “Leader User Guide” – a brilliant document that allows new team members to view a snapshot of how best to work with their leaders (communication preferences, triggers, idiosyncrasies, etc.).  Our esteemed guests today are Lindsey Gray (Regional Director of The Council of State Governments Southern Office and the Southern Legislative Conference) and Michael Bell (co-founder of The Modern Brand Co., a boutique brand consultancy firm in Birmingham, AL ..read more

On this podcast we explore how leaders can foster an environment of “psychological safety” (AKA one that rewards vulnerability). Our esteemed guest is Timothy Clark: Founder/CEO of LeaderFactor in SLC; Global authority in the fields of Snr exec dev., strategy acceleration, and org change; and author of 150 articles (on leadership, change, strategy, culture, and empl engagement) as well as 5 books, including The 4 Stages of Psychological Safety: Defining the path to inclusion and innovation ..read more

On today’s podcast, we’re going to explore building mental, emotional and social resilience at work with physician, educator and leader Parneet Pal (MBBS, MS), Chief Science Officer at Wisdom Labs (wisdomlabs.com), Dr. Pal focuses on solving stress, burnout and loneliness in the workplace at Fortune 500 companies and conferences around the world ..read more

Leaders, are you taking care of yourself?  Is it a priority?  COVID has stolen our joy, our time and our security; it’s time to get those back!!   Today’s expert on mastering self-care is Deborah Crowe, a business and leadership coach, keynote speaker, podcast host, and educator, with over 30 years of global experience offering online courses and working with top Fortune 500 companies in Canada, the U.S., Europe, Asia, and Australia ..read more

Today we’re going to talk about understanding “Energy Leadership” as it relates to communication and mastering buy-in.  Today’s return guest, Greg Ballard, is a Certified Professional Coach, an expert in Patrick Lencioni’s Five Behaviors of a Cohesive Team, an authorized Partner for Everything DiSC, and a Master Practitioner in “Energy Leadership”…which is designed to help clients discover their “filters” and how those filters influence their results and achievements ..read more

Today we’re going to talk about Aligning Your Teams with Your Organization’s Mission and Ability to Grow.  Our guest is Greg Ballard, Certified Professional Coach and expert in Patrick Lencioni’s Five Behaviors of a Cohesive Team, an authorized Partner for Everything DiSC, and a PXT Select and Energy Leadership Master Practitioner. Listen while Greg dives deep into the purpose and intent of your organization’s mission, and how that feeds into growing your teams ..read more

Today we’re examining the Cynefin Framework, used to aid leaders in decision-making. Cynefin (ki-NEV-in) helps leaders to perceive the situations they’re in, and decide what leadership style is appropriate. Our guest today is esteemed colleague/friend Kate Megaw, President/Co-Founder of CFAL’s sister company (Braintrust Consulting Group), CST, PMP, Agile Coach, and Agile Leadership trainer. Many listeners know first-hand Kate’s excellence and popularity as an Agile trainer and Cynefin expert ..read more

To piggy-back onto our Episode #40 interview with Jeff Davis (which beautifully describes the differences between “coaching” and “managing”, we spend this episode with Bill Schaller (recently retired from being an international Agile Trainer, Coach and Facilitator), who shares the inside scoop on what it takes to be a good Agile coach, how Agile coaching has evolved over the years, and what the future of Agile coaching looks like ..read more

Today, we’re looking at the Saboteur Assessment. This free Personal Assessment Tool was created by Stanford/Yale faculty member & prior Chairman of the CTI, Shirzad Chamine; it reveals how our brains work against us. Here to walk us through it is Anu Smalley, Pres/Founder of the Capala Consulting Grp, where she specializes in Exec coaching/Agile Transformations. Anu is also an Enterprise Agile Coach & Certified Scrum Trainer(r)-providing ed, coaching & consulting svcs to clients across the US ..read more