Inner Leader Tools for Greater Agility

Inner Leader Tools for Greater Agility

A series of workshops bringing simple yet powerful inner leadership tools to help Scrum Masters and other agile leaders influence change and create more impact.

Knowing agile theory, practices, and tools is helpful. However, what has the biggest impact on growing agility is more about how people are showing up, making intentional choices, taking responsibility for their impact, and co-creating their world.

We call this inside-out leadership. And it starts inside - our way of “being” will always inform our “doing.”

Creative vs Reactive Leadership Mini-Workshop

Our most recent workshop was in August.

Be sure to join the waitlist to be notified when we finalize the date and open enrollment for the next one.

And if you are interested in organizing a private workshop for your organization, use this form to request more information.

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In this workshop, we will explore creative and reactive leadership using real-world challenges. You will learn why it’s not about one of these being right and one of these being wrong (surprise!), but rather knowing where you are at any given moment. And then, we can be intentional in our choices and take responsibility for our impact.

As Scrum Masters and agile leaders, we face unique challenges:

We are leading in complex and unpredictable environments. There are few “right” answers, and we cannot guarantee outcomes. Yet people are looking to us as experts who should have all the answers.
We know that shifting mindsets, changing culture, and learning new skills and approaches to our work takes time. But our managers want results now.
We are trying to empower and support self-managing teams while bumping up against culture and process challenges in the wider organization that often feel like they are working directly against us.
We need conflict in order to explore different ideas, be inclusive of more perspectives, and discover innovative solutions. Yet we often experience the extremes of artificial harmony or unproductive conflict. Helping teams find that sweet spot of constructive conflict is no easy task.

Does this sound familiar?

There are no silver bullets to solve these challenges magically.

However, understanding creative leadership versus reactive leadership is the most critical tool to help you navigate these challenges more effectively and confidently.

Creative leadership is what enables greater transparency, so we can see what is REALLY going on. We want to see through the noise, stop chasing symptoms, and get to root causes, while making intentional choices to proactively focus our time and energy to support our teams best.

And the bonus is that how you show up will influence how your team and the stakeholders you interact with are showing up.

By the end of this 2.5-hour workshop, you will:

Practice using a simple yet essential inner leader tool that will help you more easily recognize when you are in a creative or reactive state of being.
Understand your impact on others more clearly - because our “being” informs our “doing”.
Learn techniques to shift from a reactive to a more creative state, so you can bring more openness, curiosity, and innovation to how you approach any situation.
Align your intentions with your desired impact.
Leave with a workbook that helps you deepen your learning and continue practicing beyond the workshop.

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Meet Your Co-Leaders

Stephanie Ockerman

Stephanie Ockerman is the founder of Agile Socks LLC, an agile training and coaching business whose mission is to help people build amazing things together, so we can all thrive in a VUCA world. She is a Professional Scrum Trainer (PST) and a graduate of the Co-Active Coaching and Co-Active Immersive Leadership Programs.

Isabelle Labbé

Isabelle Labbé founded Integrated Leadership for leaders of all levels to refuel and sharpen their leadership and well-being as they thrive with more outstanding results. She is a Certified Professional Coach (CPCC), a Certified NeuroTransformational Coach (CNTC), Co-Active Immersive Leadership Program graduate, and currently in the Conscious Leadership Group (CLG) Coaching Certification Program.

FAQs

What if I am unable to attend the course?

If you have a scheduling conflict and need to cancel at least one week before the workshop, you are eligible for a full refund. Because of the interactive nature of this live workshop, seats are limited. And that is why we are offering a 1-week cancellation policy. However, we ask that you let us know as early as possible if you do need to cancel, so we can offer spots to the waitlist.

There will be no refunds available less than one week from the scheduled workshop date.

What if I'm new to Scrum or am not currently using Scrum?

No experience is required. Because leadership is for any and all humans :-)

What we cover will apply to anyone who deals with complexity and unpredictability.

Yes, we will be talking in the context of agility and Scrum, but this will be resonant for practitioners with even minimal experience.

Will there be a recording available?

We are not planning to record the session. We want people to feel comfortable sharing their experiences and asking questions, and recording can sometimes get in the way of that.

Also, we want people to show up present and fully engaged for the workshop activities - you will be interacting with small groups in breakout rooms.

We want to create a space where deeper learning becomes available.

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