SPaMCAST 698 - Team Leads in Agile Teams, A Conversation WIth Susan Parente

<span style="font-weight: 400;">This week Susan Parente and I had an extraordinary conversation about team leads in agile and leadership. In some cases, the role of a team leader is treated as if it were superfluous to requirements in other cases it is a tool to delegate work to people in an effort to subvert self-organization and when organizations get it right the role is a vehicle to unlocking the capabilities of teams.</span> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Contact Susan at</span> <a href= "mailto:parente.s3@gmail.com"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">parente.s3@gmail.com</span></a> <span style= "font-weight: 400;">or on LinkedIn at</span> <a href= "https://www.linkedin.com/in/susanparente"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">linkedin.com/in/susanparente</span></a></p> <p><strong>Re-read Saturday  News</strong></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Week 3 of our re-read of</span> <a href="https://amzn.to/36Rq3p5"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Why Limit WIP: We Are Drowning In Work</span></a> <span style="font-weight: 400;">by Jim Benson talks about the thrill of getting things done. People with a lot of WIP look for more work, things they can grab and complete to feel good about themselves. I am as guilty as anyone else. Sometimes when items on my shortlist get stuck instead of breaking the items down into smaller chunks to progress the work I will grab a less valuable task and just do it so I can check something off.  Susan Parente, who you just heard from in one of her great “Not A Scrumdamentalist” podcast columns described the same scenario. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Remember to buy a copy and read along.  Amazon Affiliate LInk: </span> <a href= "https://amzn.to/36Rq3p5"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">https://amzn.to/36Rq3p5</span></a><span style= "font-weight: 400;"> </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Previous Entries</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Week 1:</span> <a href= "https://bit.ly/3iDezbp"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Preface, Foreword, Intr