by Mike Edwards | Mar 6, 2015 | Agile, Behaviour, Change, People
I took my Golden Retriever Bree for a walk in the woods on the week-end. It was a beautiful day with newly fallen snow, and the air was crisp and fresh. As we were walking Bree was running around me with her nose down sniffing for something fun. Every once in a while...
by Mike Edwards | Mar 3, 2015 | Agile, Behaviour, People, The Leadership Gift
A year ago I was in a very different place with myself. I was likely close to returning to the world of being an employee for someone. I was struggling with so many things but here’s a sample of a few of them: I don’t know I can be a very successful Agile...
by Mike Edwards | Feb 23, 2015 | Agile, Behaviour, Change, The Leadership Gift
I was once formally written up as being a problem at work. I was attending a weekly meeting to discuss the development group’s work (I was outside this development group, but dependent on their work … almost a product owner by today’s terminology)....
by Mike Edwards | Feb 18, 2015 | Agile, Behaviour, People
Several months ago something significant changed for me. As a result of my activities in coaching I’ve learned to be present with parts of myself I have been neglecting or possibly denying for a very long time. Vulnerability is certainly one of them as was...
by Mike Edwards | Feb 14, 2015 | Agile, Behaviour, Change, People
What does it feel like for you to feel constrained from showing your true and full self. For me it’s not a great feeling as I’m always left feeling inadequate. I keep thinking of all the times in my past jobs where I was clearly told “You are not...
by Mike Edwards | Feb 6, 2015 | Agile, The Leadership Gift
If you follow me you’ll know a couple weeks ago I wrote about being present with vulnerability. I ended the post with three simple words … “I am enough”. When I wrote the post it just flowed naturally from my heart. No thinking, no judgement,...
