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Esther Derby

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Blog Posts

Trust and Authenticity

“To be more effective with others, we first need to become more effective with ourselves.”...

Coaching Toolkit

My article A Coaching Toolkit is posted on the Scrum Alliance site.

Barriers to effective listening

My teachers in school and at university spent lots of time and effort teaching me...

Barriers to hearing

Earlier this week, I posted a bit about barriers to effective listening. Two days later...

They don’t get it (…well, maybe)

I got a call from an acquaintance, Gloria, who is trying to convince her organization...

intake->meaning->feeling->response

Mike Cottmeyer writes about Feelings, Thoughts, and Actions. When people have a strong response, Mike...

A Coaching Toolkit

As a coach, your job is not to solve or do—it’s to support other people...

The Confusing Field of Coaching

I noticed at the recent agile conference that there were lots of people who billed...

But /My/ Team Needs a Leader

I talk with many managers–and some coaches–who complain that their teams can’t function without a...

First Things First: Acknowledge Emotions

I read some advice suggesting that when we’re stressed or feeling non-positive emotions because of...

Podcasts

Blame or Curiosity- Change by Attraction Episode 28

Blame shuts down problem-solving. Curiosity leads to greater insight. But the response to problems is...

Status and Help- Change by Attraction Episode 27

You may think someone else needs to change. But approaching that topic is a delicate...

Contracting Sets the Tone- Change by Attraction Episode 17

Usually, I talk about how to nurture change, once you are already in a position...

Working by Attraction- Change by Attraction Episode 2

How do you get your ideas put into practice without pushing and persuading? I’ll tell...

Provoking Learning- Law of Jam Episode 15

People and teams have the opportunity to learn all the time, not just in training....

Exiting Systems- Law of Jam Episode 14

In an earlier episode, we talked about how to enter a system. Now we’ll talk...

Help the System See the System with Reflective Observation- Law of Jam Episode 13

In episode 11, we talked about Observing systems and in this episode, we explore using...

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