Category Archives: People

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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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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Time to take a break

Posted on March 19, 2020 by jayhyett

One of the challenges or bad habits when working from home is not taking regular breaks to recharge or refresh. Continue reading →

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Coffee Buddies – Building your internal network.

Posted on July 21, 2017 by jayhyett

Recently a couple of us started a culture hack called Coffee Buddies in our department and it’s been amazing to see how it’s progressed and the connections that have been made from it. What is Coffee Buddies? It’s a low … 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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Preparing for our next Inspect and Adapt using the Sails and Anchors Retrospective Format

Posted on August 18, 2016 by jayhyett

In a few weeks time I’m facilitating a program level retrospective (Inspect and Adapt) with around 60-80 people invited to attend. I’m planning to use the Sails and Anchors format by splitting the room into small focus groups (max 10 … Continue reading →

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One Last Word

Posted on November 30, 2015 by jayhyett

In my last post I wrote about a check-in activity that I’ve been running with my teams recently called One Word. Over the past few weeks this activity has continued to work really well at the start of our retrospectives. … Continue reading →

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One Word – A great way to check-in and see how people are feeling

Posted on October 1, 2015 by jayhyett

Do you have members of your team that are often quiet or say very little in meetings, workshops or retrospectives, even though you know they could provide good input to the conversation? I’ve experienced this recently with a team I’ve … Continue reading →

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Australian Rules Football Themed Retrospective 

Posted on September 22, 2015 by jayhyett

Its currently the business end of the AFL season (Australian Rules Football) with the Preliminary Finals set to take place this weekend. The winners of those games will face off in the Australian version of the SuperBowl – the AFL … Continue reading →

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