Month: August 2021

Double roles – a way out of the dilemma

Cartoon: Multiple Roles

We have learned – and the Scrum Guide requests it – that we have to distribute our roles among different people. Unfortunately, in many organizations the reality is something completely different, and I am not talking about Scrum here, but the general problem that we tend do give our »more capable« colleagues all possible roles. Is that always a stupid idea, r is there a scenario in which it even makes sense to assign double roles? And if not – is there a way out of this mess?

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How to understand Modern Leadership

Cartoon: Good old times

What do we understand under the terminology modern leadership? The answer is as simple as it is frustrating: everyone something else. You can read tons of books on this particular subject and take a whole lot of different seminars, but in the end each organization has to make its own decisions on what to expect from a leader or manager. If you have understood a few simple principles, you are already a big step further down your road.

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