Agile Leadership
August 24, 2020
Everyone has the ability to lead right from where they are in their current role. Too often we only think of leaders as an executive in the company. A leader isn't a job title, but rather, it is a series of traits you exhibit from your character and actions. With this in mind, a team member has an amazing opportunity to lead within their team and beyond in their organization.
At the end of this session, participants will leave with:
- Actionable and practical ways to start demonstrating leadership in their current role
- A new perspective on what a leader is
- Leadership requires intentional and deliberate action day in and day out
Meet Your Facilitator
Jeremy Wood leads the U.S. West Market and serves as the Director of National Agile Practice at MATRIX. Jeremy has over 15+ years of management, consulting, and academic career spanning from small companies to Fortune 10 organizations. His expertise spans from his diverse background encompassing manufacturing, retail, higher education, non-profit, K-12 education, healthcare, waste management, non-profit, genetic research, and airline industries. His passion for creating tailored solutions for each client is largely based on his passion for the Agile mindset. With a focus on outcomes and overall business agility to adapt to ever changing market changes; he leverages best practices from popular Agile frameworks like Scrum, Kanban, and XP to scaling solutions including SAFe, LeSS, DaD, Nexus, and Scrum at Scale. He emphasizes the importance of adopting an Agile mindset across the entire organization, not just IT; where true business agility exists.
Jeremy has realized success in a wide range of capacities as a Project Manager, Project Director; Sr. ScrumMaster, and Agile Coach. He has earned his Bachelors of Science in Business Administration, his MBA, and half of his PhD <I think that's at least a Ph ;) > and has been actively involved in education as a faculty member, teaching Agile and traditional project management courses at Grand Canyon University, University of Phoenix, and Bellevue University since 2013. Jeremy currently holds his PMP, CSP, CSM, LSSBB, CLP, ICP-ENT, ICP-CAT, SPC4, and SA certifications; as he is a life-long learner and is constantly looking to hone his craft. Jeremy is also active in the Agile community speaking at 2 sessions at Agile 2020 - Orlando, Agile Arizona 2017, Agile Arizona 2018, Agile Arizona 2019, IIBA Day in the Desert 2018, IIBA Day in the Desert 2019, multiple local meetups and groups, as well as mentoring other passionate Agilists. Lastly, Jeremy is the founder and organizer of Agile Anonymous, an Arizona based Meetup that discusses current topics and case studies related to Agile and the surrounding community.
Monthly programs will take place the fourth Monday of each month.
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