Agile State of Mind

How to create a Personal Brand for yourself as a Product Manager or and Agile Practitioner? What are the important ingredients of creating a personal brand online? What to do to make your personal brand stand out? What is really a good strategy for personal branding in the Agile world? The third series of the Agile Conversations is about #personalbranding in Agile and Tech world. In this episode, Maarten Dalmijn shares his secrets about his personal brand. Why he decided to build it, what are the main channels he uses, and what tips and tricks he can share to keep going. Follow me on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mariachec/ Find Maarten Dalmijn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/maarten-dalmijn/ Follow me on Social Media: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mariachec/ Substack: https://mariachec.substack.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/agilestateo...

How to create a Personal Brand for yourself as an Agile Coach or a Scrum Master? What are the important ingredients of creating a personal brand online? What to do to make your personal brand unique and stand out? What is really a good strategy for personal branding in the Agile world? The third series of the Agile Conversations is about #personalbranding in Agile and Tech world. How to create a personal brand? What is personal branding? How do you make your content stand out? What's important when you start putting yourself out there?  @virtuallyagile  Chris Stone and I talk about our experiences and how we started our online presence as an Agile Coach or a Scrum Master. Follow me on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mariachec/ You can find Chris on: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/thevirtualagilecoach/ Web: https://linktr.ee/virtuallyagile Follow me on Social Media: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mariachec/ Substack: https://mariachec.substack.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/agilestateofmind/

This one is so much fun! Listening to David Pereira talk is not only interesting, it's also entertaining. What does a Product Manager have in common with Rocky Balboa? We talk about product roles - the CPO, PO and the PM. What are those, what are the differences. David is a CPO in omoqo and a prolific writer on Product Management topics. Find David Pereira on: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/davidavpereira/ Substack: https://dpereira.substack.com/ This is the 6th episode of the second season of podcast - Serious Scrum Conversations in collaboration with Serious Scrum

I am talking with Anabela Cesario about Product Operations. Anabela is aa Product Operations Leader and a Chief of Staff to the CPO in Outsystems. Find Anabela on: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/anabelabcesario/ Check out her team's Miro board: https://miro.com/app/board/uXjVOFV9oeA=/?invite_link_id=453965550097 Today we talk about:

Does Anyone Still Care About Scrum Certificates? How do we learn an occupation nowadays? Nyland and I talk about leadership, Scrum Master and Agile Coach accountabilities. We explore if anyone cares about certifications anymore, and talk about professional courses. What makes us become good Scrum Masters? Nyland, who has almost the full suite of Scrum.org certifications, explains what Road to Mastery is and how it differs from the typical two-day training. Let us take you on an Agile learning journey! Sjoerd Nijland, the Co-Founder of Serious Scrum Community and a creator of Road to Mastery learning journey. Find Sjoerd on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/sjoerd-nijland-9323376/ and join the Road to Mastery: https://www.seriousscrum.com/r2m This is the forth episode of the second season of the podcast - Serious Scrum Conversations in collaboration with Serious Scrum. Watch the full interview and discover more inside information. Stay curious!

On Serious Scrum Community and Agile Leadership I had the pleasure to talk to with Willem-Jan Ageling, a Senior Agile Coach at Worldline and the Co-Founder of the Serious Scrum Community. One of the most vibrant independent Scrum communities globally. We talk about how Serious Scrum came to be and what Agile Leadership really is. We talk Serious Scrum Community, Agile Leadership and the difference between a Traditional Manager and an Agile Leader. We also ask ourselves shouldn't the Scrum Master or an Agile Coach be considered in the leadership path of the company? Listen to the whole conversation!

I wanted to talk to Paweł Huryn, a Product Management Leader about #roadmaps Find Paweł Huryn on: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/pawel-huryn/ Substack: https://huryn.substack.com/ This is the second episode of the second season of podcast - Serious Scrum Conversations in collaboration with @seriousscrum7314 Today we talk about:

"The Rolls-Royce R&R Results and Retention" Daniel Hauck The 9th episode of the

"Following the plan cannot become more important than meeting objectives." Maarten Dalmijn Today I was joined by Maarten Dalmijn, a popular Product Management Leader and soon-to-be-author of a book about Sprint Goals on that precise subject and everything around the importance of setting objectives:

"Find the sweet spot between people's motivation and company needs" Daniel Gorgan The 8th episode of the

"Take a step back, provide support when needed, make sure that the Engineers have everything they need. Allow them to make the decisions and just be there to support them." Brandon Parrott The 7th episode of the

The 6th episode of the

Control your calendar, stop coding, talk less, listen more, let writing be your superpower, and remember that human connection matters most... "For first-time managers, make sure you are the one in control of your calendar. You say when you are going to go to meetings and when you are not." The 5th episode of the

"The first thing that you can do as a leader is admitting failures yourself. Saying "Hey, I didn't really react well in that situation." Jana Reichel, a Team Lead Technology @Aroundhome a matchmaking app for home owners and the craftsmen, provides a great perspective of what it means to be a servant leader, how to empower the people and foster psychological safety in the teams and how to create a support group for the leaders. "It's not just about coding. (…) It's about helping others. It's about moving the product forward." Listen to the full episode to discover more inside information. And stay curious! Find Jana on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/jana-reichel-96629a180/ Aroundhome where Jana works https://www.aroundhome.de/

"Part of my philosophy is that the team should not need me." The 3rd episode of Engineering Managers Series is about staying curious, fostering the team spirit, being in the middle of a sandwich, and why management shouldn't be mistaken for parenting... “The role of Engineering Manager is in a sandwich. You have many inputs from different places. There are different things that are happening at the same time. It's all the time like that.” Miguel Angel Gomez, an Engineering Manager at Bumble gives a great and very honest overview of what it means to be an Engineering Manager both in his day to day job and in the industry. How the role differs from a Team Lead or a Tech Lead, etc. He also shares how important it is to create a team spirit and the sense of belonging in a team, as opposed to just having people working in a group. "The best thing that you can do as an engineer or a developer that wants to follow this path is asking people why we're doing this and being curious." Listen to the full episode and discover more inside information! Stay curious! New episodes come out every Tuesday!

Learn why you can't be a perfectionist when in a leadership position and why it is important to tell people the why of things. Discover what it really means to be an extrovert or an introvert and how you can learn some soft skills at any stage in life. Jan Chęć, Backend Lead and my brother, talks about all things #leadership. Why it is important to learn about psychology and how people differ and how delaying pitching in as a leader can have a positive effect on people's participation in meetings. Listen to the full episode for tips on the Engineering Manager role!

#1 episode of Deconstructing Engineering Managers is about breaking the rules, soft skills, collaboration on tech specs, and fresh air on what it means to be a real full-stack developer. Luis Castro, a Full-Stack Developer and a Tech Lead at Cameo. He is also a co-host of a podcast “No Es Sólo Código”, which is in Spanish and means “It's Not Only Code” where he and Alexis Duran talk about everything it takes to be a developer, not only the technical excellence. And that's also the angle of this podcast. Luis presents his view of what it means to be a true Full-Stack Product Developer — watch out because he won't mention much technology knowledge there either "To me, a full-stack is a true Product Developer. Someone that can understand what are the design needs, what are the business model needs, what are the product needs, and how to deliver fast from the back-end to the front-end, etc." Listen to the whole episode for some great tips on becoming a senior engineer and manager.

Link to YouTube premiere here - June 15th at 5pm CEST Who exactly is an Engineering Manager and what do they do? What's the difference between an Engineering Manager, an Engineering Lead, Team Lead, Tech Lead, Functional Lead, etc? I decided to take up a challenge and find out what it means to be a Leader in Technology. An Agile Leader. And for that I decided to start this series both as a podcast and also on YouTube. The first episode of my videocast will be an interview with Luis Castro, a full-stack developer and a Tech Lead at Cameo. Luis and I try to deconstruct the role of an Engineering Manager, in this case a Tech Lead and a Frontend Chapter Lead. Join us on June 15th to watch it together!