Paul Tevis @ptevis

Principal Coach & Consultant @HelpingImprove. Also: Food & Wine Lover, Strength Nerd, Sword Fighter, Medievalist, Gamer+Improviser+Podcaster Emeritus. He/Him paultevis.com Santa Barbara, CA Joined June 2007

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Paul Tevis @ptevis

3 years ago

Two weeks from today, I'll be running a workshop at #Agile2023 about navigating team conflict (and avoiding mistakes I've made). Who will I get to see there? agilealliance.org/agile2023/

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3 years ago

@agileschools I put it on zucchini bread. And on veggie sandwiches.

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3 years ago

@scribblingfox Books, books, books. All the books!

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3 years ago

If I can answer “Yes” to all these, I’m ready to talk with them about what’s going on. 5/5

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3 years ago

Have I agreed it is reasonable/possible to provide that support? Have I agreed to ensure that support? Have they committed to meeting my expectation? Have they received the support we agreed on? 4/5

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3 years ago

When working with someone who isn’t meeting my expectations, I ask myself these questions. Do I know what I expect? Can I describe when my expectation is being met and not? Is it reasonable/possible to expect that in this situation from this person? 1/5

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3 years ago

Go Kings Go!

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3 years ago

An essential part of your role is to connect people to the larger organization in a way that creates helpful transparency, not anxiety. 2/2 helpingimprove.com/share-informat…

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3 years ago

As a manager, one of your jobs is to provide a high-quality information conduit between the larger organization and your people or teams. 1/2

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HelpingImprove @HelpingImprove

3 years ago

"Refinement is a team-level activity that, when done well, makes planning sessions relaxed, useful, and productive." helpingimprove.com/secret-to-refi…

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3 years ago

When we adopt tools and methods without thinking about and clarifying what we need them to do in our context, we almost guarantee that they will not work as we need them to. But it’s way easier to blame meetings, metrics, and managers. 13/13

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3 years ago

We “promote” brilliant engineers to managers but don’t support them in understanding their new job because “they’re smart, they’ll figure out.” Is it any surprise that they struggle? Who has ever told them what it means to be a manager in this company? In this department? 12/13