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The Great Attraction: How to Attract and Retain High Performers
How do you attract the highest performing employees and how do you retain your high performers? Does happiness play a key role in this?

Marcus Ward
Feb 10, 20224 min read


Agile Christmas: The Perfect Strategy to Beat Holiday Stress.
The holiday season is one of the most stressful times of the year. Between family obligations, work deadlines, and the never-ending...

Marcus Ward
Dec 24, 20214 min read


The Top 5 Qualities of the Proven Product Owner - What Makes a Good PO?
The Proven Product Owner Product owners are tasked with the ultimate responsibility of overseeing the development of the product. They’re...

Marcus Ward
Dec 18, 20214 min read


Where are you going?
Thank you Andrea from Sydney for this weeks #Minutewithmarcus as we talk about the value of roadmaps. Andrea wrote to me asking “I’m...

Marcus Ward
Nov 21, 20214 min read


5 tools for agile leadership Transformation
Thank you so much @joannemarriott for todays #minutewithmarcus with a question on one of my favourite areas of high performance in...

Marcus Ward
Nov 14, 20214 min read


How to avoid stand up… comedy
Thanks Pete from Perth for your #minutewithmarcus question on one of my favourite meetings. “Hey Marcus tell me more about the daily...

Marcus Ward
Nov 7, 20212 min read


Beauty and the Beast
A curious question from @bobwillis who asks “On your best and worst days how would you demonstrate yourself to the team” Thank you Bob,...

Marcus Ward
Oct 31, 20213 min read
The Push and Pull of Coaching
Massive thanks to the awesome @vijeshcheruvathur for a great question to kickstart @minutewithmarcus this week and one I can really...

Marcus Ward
Oct 17, 20214 min read


Methods and Madness
Today we’re talking about Agile Methodologies. Massive thanks to Win Tan for today’s #minutewithmarcus question. “Agile methodologies...

Marcus Ward
Oct 10, 20213 min read


Thumbs Up?
At Twenty2 one of our all-time favorite techniques to quickly arrive at consensus for Teams is the “Thumbs up” otherwise Roman Voting....

Marcus Ward
Sep 20, 20211 min read


Improve your team in one hour
minutewithmarcus - ✨aligning the team and continuously improving 🛠 thanks Theresa from Sydney for today's question; "Hey Marcus, love...

Marcus Ward
Sep 12, 20212 min read


Beating the Zoom gloom
#minutewithmarcus We really appreciated this question from Alexis in Sydney last week on our coaching call... Hey Marcus, really hoping...

Marcus Ward
Aug 26, 20212 min read


VUCA is the cornerstone for discussion around agility
VUCA is a cornerstone for most discussions around why businesses and leaders need to adopt a level of agility.

Marcus Ward
Aug 17, 20211 min read


Retrospective: think, talk and collaborate
We believe retrospectives are one of the secret ingredients for high performance.

Marcus Ward
Aug 16, 20211 min read


That's not agile...
When I ask for an update I'm told that's not agile and I'm told how many story points they did last sprint.

Marcus Ward
Aug 13, 20211 min read


Agile is not the goal...
The organisation should be working with stakeholders to ensure there is alignment on the goal. Agile is not the goal, it is the vehicle...

Marcus Ward
Aug 11, 20211 min read


What is a working agreement?
The working agreement is an agreed upon set of norms, practices, and policies that establish how team members work together.

Marcus Ward
Aug 9, 20211 min read


Customer centricity: A way of doing business
Customer centricity is a mindset and a way of doing business that focuses on creating positive experiences for the customer.

Marcus Ward
Aug 3, 20211 min read


Lockdown Effect: Why do we feel less effective?
#minutewithmarcus I loved this question from Wendy and Sarah in Sydney and the follow up coaching session. Hey Marcus, we really need...

Marcus Ward
Aug 3, 20211 min read


Are you engaging the whole team during virtual meetings?
How do you ensure everyone is engaged during online meetings?

Marcus Ward
Jul 22, 20211 min read
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