Name
Change Agents and the Four Tendencies
Leah Burman
Description

Using concepts from Gretchen Rubin's book The Four Tendencies, learn how knowing each agile team member's individual tendency helps to enable change. How can you best encourage a teammate who is an Upholder to commit to a change in course? What information does a Questioner need before embracing a new idea? Why are Rebels great team members to have at a retrospective? Who can best help an Obliger prioritize the team commitments made during sprint planning over other external requests?

Learning Objectives
-Understanding of Gretchen Rubin’s Four Tendencies personality framework
-Ability to determine what tendency each team member is
-Able to engage team members based on tendency so that they are best able to embrace change
-Tools to better engage with each tendency during scrum ceremonies
Learning Level
Intermediate
Track
People
Session Type
Talk
Keywords
teams, people, workingtogether, personality