Category Archives: Coaching

Powerful Coaching Questions

Posted on August 16, 2020 by jayhyett

I recently rediscovered a document containing powerful coaching questions that my friend and former colleague Fabiano and I created and practiced with each other in prepartion for coaching conversations. Upon review I thought why not share them here. Below is … Continue reading →

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Happy World Retrospective Day 2020

Posted on March 26, 2020 by jayhyett

As the world has currently gone remote first I thought I’d take the opportunity to share two tools we use to make retrospectives work with distributed teams. Continue reading →

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Building momentum working from home

Posted on March 21, 2020 by jayhyett

Like the old saying goes if first you don’t succeed try try again. Continue reading →

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Christmas themed retrospective 2016

Posted on December 23, 2016 by jayhyett

Over the past few years I’ve run a Christmas themed retrospective when we reach the final sprint of the year. This year I’m working across a number of small teams in a program so we had to scale the Christmas … Continue reading →

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Peer Introduction Game

Posted on September 23, 2016 by jayhyett

Today was the end of our sprint and rather than running our usual retrospective we decided to mix things up a bit and play a game. We’ve had a number of new starters in our team recently so I thought … Continue reading →

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When you want me but no longer need me, then I have to go.

Posted on September 21, 2016 by jayhyett

“When you need me but do not want me, then I must stay. When you want me but no longer need me, then I have to go” – Emma Thompson as Nanny McPhee I really love this quote from a … Continue reading →

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