MOST TEAMS ARE NOT SUCH
Companies are continually looking for people with the ability to work as a team. It is normal, since your own survival depends on that ability.
But you know well that, in practice, teamwork dynamics are complicated.
The boss never admits their mistakes. Neither do team members.
And, if someone does it, the boss and co-workers beat them up
So, everyone thinks: «better to stay silent.» Nobody presents new ideas or participates in decisions
And no one commits to the objectives and results.
There is no team, but a jungle, an «every man for himself.»
When we destroy trust, everything goes to hell.
Many companies and projects fail.
Many professional expectations are frustrated.
Talent and money are wasted, problems such as anxiety and burnout even appear.
TEAMWORK: A REVOLUTION ON THE GO
Is it possible to create and maintain a climate of trust between people working together
The answer to this question is: yes, it is possible to work with people who are accomplices, not mere colleagues or subordinates.
It is possible to work in a team in which you grow personally and professionally with other people. You grow thanks to others and others grow thanks to you.
When we achieved this, toxic people, mediocrity and routine disappear; Motivation and results come naturally.
How is this climate of trust and collaboration achieved?
To answer this question I have written “Scrum for Non-Techies”.
It is a book for you to learn what teamwork is.
It is a book to form high-performance and highly creative teams based on trust, complicity and collaboration.
This way of understanding team management is called Scrum. It started in the 90s and is the most used in the world of computer programming. The most leading multinationals use it: Google, Amazon, Facebook, ING Bank, BBVA Compass Bank, Lockheed Martin, Microsoft, etc.
But Scrum has spread to environments that have nothing to do with the development of computer programs: schools, town halls, renovation companies, strategic development plans and other very diverse areas.
In all of them, Scrum has amply demonstrated its ability to generate high-performance and highly creative teams based on trust, complicity and collaboration.
The book will help you understand why Scrum works so well. It is based on the evidence that trust and complicity are born from participation; That’s why all team meetings are tremendously participatory.
Scrum for Non-Techies will also give you the tools to apply this way of working in any type of project:
How not to waste time on things that don’t add value.
How to maintain sustainable work rhythms to avoid burning out the team, maintain creativity and reduce errors.
How the team can learn from mistakes and apply continuous improvement as a common practice.
What leadership really is. A leader is not what you have been told.
And you will also know the fundamentals on which Scrum is based: agilism, too, called Agile methodology or Agile methods.
I know very well what I’m talking about, as I have extensive professional experience in the application of Scrum. I met it in 2006 and I have specialized in it, working as an employed professional and as an independent consultant.
Additionally, in 2014 I was certified as a Scrum Manager and in 2015 as a practitioner of the agile methodology by the prestigious Project Management Institute. In 2020 I obtained the master’s degree in “Coaching & Mentoring Fundamentals for Agile” from the European Coaching School in Spain.
WHAT READERS SAY ON AMAZON
«Didactic, agile, close. A book that has helped me in my daily performance in project management. Highly recommended». (Alejandro Polo Fernández, Spain)
«The book is very easy to understand. The author has extensive knowledge of philosophy and psychology, which helps to understand the full potential of this methodology. In addition, the chapter summaries and reminders make reading very enjoyable and clarifying. That’s why I think it is the new reference for SCRUM». (Mili, Spain)
«Clear and easy explanation of Scrum. It is a good introduction to the topic, from the history from which the methodology was born to a brief applied exercise». (Gerardo, United States).
The time has come to leave behind the teams in which your opinion and judgment do not count. The time has come to work in high-performance and highly creative teams based on collaboration. Discover the true teamwork. You are one step away from achieving it.