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Hi Michael,
> On Jun 13, 2015, at 1:39 PM, Michael Wollin [email protected] [SCRUMDEVELOPMENT] <[email protected]> wrote:
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> I appreciate the responses. The best they are going to do now is heavy weighting to individuals who cause team success. It was a win for me just to have them let go of putting their initials on the task stickies for the purpose of getting individual credit. "Small moves, Ellie, small moves.” :)
I recall a coaching visit that James Grenning and I made to a large company out west. The manager told us in private that he really knew his team and that Jack (or whatever) was the team hero. In the meetings, Jack made it pretty clear that he was the team hero, controlling conversations, always knowing what to do next and so on.
When we met privately with the team they told us that Joe was the team hero, because Jack never finished anything and when he did, it didn’t work, and Joe was the one who made everything work.
So who caused “team success” on that team, Jack, or Joe? I know who I’d bet on, and the manager’s money was on the wrong horse.
Ron Jeffries
ronjeffries.com <http://ronjeffries.com/>
In times of stress, I like to turn to the wisdom of my Portuguese waitress,
who said: "Olá, meu nome é Marisol e eu serei sua garçonete."