I am about to do my first solo full-day workshop for a client. The workshop is called Leading Agile Teams: An Evolution in Leadership in Culture.  This client requested some training for their first-line leaders, mostly in team lead and project manager roles across one business unit.  I am really excited for the opportunity, and I have spent many many weeks preparing slides, content, and exercises.

One thing that struck me from some conversations in empathy interviews as I was preparing for the event, was that many of the soon-to-be participants in the workshop are expecting me as an consultant to tell them how to proceed as the organization becomes more agile.  Certainly, my job is to support them on their journey and coach them along the way, but I want to be clear up front in the workshop about my role as an agile coach.

Here is an excerpt from one of the first few slides:

The Big Beautiful Truth: I am not here to solve your problems, only to share insights, guidance, and to leverage my experience working with Agile organizations and dozens of high performing teams. I intend to generate dialogue, to challenge the traditional management paradigm and to open up a world of possibilities for future work.

This was a bit of experiment, intentionally provoking. I hope it drives some interesting discussion.

Until the Next Iteration . . .

Jason