Podcast Guest

In today’s world, leaders deal with an unprecedented pace of change, the need for continuous innovation, and responsibility for managing a profitable business. The demands come from all sides. It’s like trying to keep thousands of spinning plates in the air.

As a high-level executive, you know that to achieve this; you need to engage the hearts and minds of your people, providing an environment in which teams flourish. But it can be difficult to find the time to even think about leadership, to explore and understand the needs of your people, and to help them grow.

It’s like a catch-22 situation.

You know you need to invest in yourself to become a better leader, yet you hesitate because you are already overscheduled.

You know to create great results through and with others and make the impact you know your company can make, you have to keep developing your leadership skills.

As a former business leader myself and coach to many highly successful executives, I understand that leadership doesn’t just happen on its own. However, with attention, support, and a willingness to try new things, it can thrive, not only in the leader receiving coaching but in others impacted by the leader’s behaviour.

Leaders shape cultures. When leaders change for the better, so does the world.

Connect with me via LinkedIn or email me at lynn@drlynnharrison.com

Anu is the President and Founder of Capala Consulting Group, LLC where she specializes in Executive coaching and Agile Transformations. She is also an Enterprise Agile Coach and Certified Scrum Trainer® – providing education and coaching, consulting services to clients across the United States. An IT professional with over 25 years of industry experience, Anu holds a Master’s degree in Psychology from Osmania University in India and
a Master’s degree in Business Administration from Bowling Green State University, Ohio.
 
Anu has extensive experience with large scale agile transformations, integral to the success of the likes of Capital One through her training and coaching expertise. She has specialized in leadership coaching and large group facilitation. Anu has established internal agile coaching Centers of Excellence for several clients to allow self-sustained coaching of their agile transformations. She has developed a coaching program specifically designed for evolving organizational leaders. Anu speaks frequently at conferences both nationally and internationally on Product Ownership and Group Facilitation Techniques.
 
Anu is passionate about coaching and training others, dedicated to helping to achieve professional and personal success. She is also committed to improving the agile community through several activities. She is an active member of the larger Scrum and Agile community and enjoys giving back via volunteering at various conferences. She is also a Program Advisor to the Scrum Alliance Events group as they plan, organize and coordinate various conferences, retreats and meetups around the world.

I am a coach who helps people articulate and then realize their dreams. Sound simple? It’s actually hard work – and I look for people who are committed to themselves and willing to do the work. I’ve helped individuals and companies understand the power of transformational leadership. My clients play bigger and thrive in today’s world. I’ll meet you where you are to help you craft an approach that works for you. There is no “one size fits all” in transformation. You can count on me to be your champion – and a relentless coach.

For seven years, I worked as part of the IBM global transformation team. That’s where I learned to be a consultant and coach. Since 2007 I’ve been bringing that type of success to leaders, companies and organizations of all sizes. I work with executives, athletic coaches, their staffs and teams.

I am also a mentor coach, helping new coaches get their business off the ground and seasoned coaches reach higher levels of credentialing.

Specialties:
• Emotional intelligence
• Social intelligence
• Coaching and training
• Executive coaching
• Leadership development
• High performance teaming
• Facilitation
• Keynote speaking
• Interpersonal and organizational communication

“Christiaan Verwijs is one of the two founders of The Liberators. Somewhere in a dusty drawer, he has degrees in organizational psychology and business information technology. He has over twenty years of experience as a developer, Scrum Master and trainer and steward for Scrum.org, both in small and large organizations. In those years, he has seen his share of severe Zombie Scrum, as well as how many of those teams found the road to recovery. Christiaan loves to write (posts and code), read and play games. You can follow his writing online at https://medium.com/the-liberators.”

Johannes Schartau is a consultant, trainer and coach for Agile product development and organizational improvement. His interests in ethnology (with a focus on Amazonian shamanism), psychology, technology, integral thinking, complexity science and stand up comedy finally coalesced when he was introduced to Scrum in 2010. Since then he has dedicated himself to exploring organizations from all possible angles together with their members.

Q is known for his love of speed, cars, and planes and he is very fond of Scandinavia and raskere means faster in Norwegian. One of the many benefits of Agile is the speed of taking a product to the market, so raskere was very fitting.

Q adopted Scrum in early 2006 and I was personally trained by Dr. Jeff Sutherland, the creator of Scrum and the inventor of Scrum@Scale and co-trained with him.

Q is the co-author of the first Scrum@Scale book, Scaling Done Right and he is an international speaker on Agile and Software Engineering practices with years of experience in multiple industries, including healthcare, financial services, banking, insurance, oil and gas, chemicals, government and, energy.

Q was a developer, architect, Scrum Master, Product Owner, Coach and Advisor in large companies. Q held positions of leadership including establishing and being responsible for the operation of an overseas subsidiary. Q led projects in virtualization, product development, Cloud, DevOps, and Scrum scaled, and he delivered cost effective and innovative solutions throughout his career.

Gereon is a seasoned agile coach and trainer from Berlin, Germany. His experience spans different industries ranging from banking and insurance to consulting and startups. Gereon holds a degree in Business Administration.

The book:https://www.scalingdoneright.com

The companion podcast to the book:https://open.spotify.com/show/3tZ88I12CWRPkbO1ibaIZV

Our personal websites:https://www.raskere.com
https://www.teamflow.net/en/

Diana Ideus is a Master Certified Coach with the International Coach Federation and has her Masters in Organizational Behavior and Executive Coaching.  Diana currently leverages her coaching, management, and leadership development experience supporting leaders in education, tech, finance, and healthcare. 

Diana founded Hawthorne Union to create a company for coaches, by coaches, to support ongoing coach and professional development.  Hawthorne Union provides mentor coaching, coach supervision, and continuing education approved by the International Coach Federation.  Diana’s book Listen: Mentor Coaching for Coaches is available at www.hawthorneunion.com. 

Diana Larsen is co-founder of Agile Fluency® Project* where she serves as a principal coach, consultant, and mentor. Through the Agile Fluency Project’s programs for training, mentoring, and supporting agile coaches, consultants, and leaders, Diana shares the wisdom she’s gained in over 30 years of working with leaders, teams, and organizations.

Through her books, talks, and work with corporate clients, Diana has contributed to both foundations and extensions of Agile thought. Diana co-authored the books Agile Retrospectives: Making Good Teams Great; Liftoff: Start and Sustain Successful Agile Teams; and Five Rules for Accelerated Learning.  Most recently she co-authored and offers a free eBook, The Agile Fluency Model: A Brief Guide to Success with Agile, available on the agilefluency.org website.

*Agile Fluency is a registered trademark of Agile Fluency Project. LLC

Zuzana “Zuzi” Šochová is an independent Agile coach and trainer and a Certified Scrum Trainer (CST) with more than fifteen years of experience in the IT industry. She started with agile and Scrum back in 2005, when she was implementing agile methods in the USA. From that time, she has been credited with agile transformation and implementation for many companies and teams around the world. By creating and sustaining agile leadership, Zuzi believes the worlds of work and life can be made happier and more successful.

Zuzi is a founder of the Czech Agile Association, and the world-famous AgilePrague conference.

Zuzi was elected to the Scrum Alliance Board of Directors in 2017. She is an author of The Great Scrum Master: #ScrumMasterWay book (Addison-Wesley Signature Series (Cohn)) and The Agile Leader (Addison-Wesley, 2020)

Web: http://sochova.com
Blog: http://agile-scrum.com
Twitter: @zuzuzka
LinkedIn: http://cz.linkedin.com/in/zuzka