How can you set a transformation team up for success?  Dive into the change leadership with this episode of the Relearning Leadership podcast, featuring Alena Keck, head of Vodafone’s Lean-Agile Center of Excellence.  Discover the pivotal role of emotions in driving organizational change, the journey of transforming leadership mindsets, and the innovative strategies behind Vodafone's agile evolution.  Keck, along with host Pete Behrens, discusses the complexities of leading change,...

How are CEOs viewing the impact of AI? In this episode of (Re)Learning Leadership, host Pete Behrens is joined by Agile pioneer Jim Highsmith to dig deeper into the impact of AI on leadership and organizational dynamics.  Drawing from the IBM CEO's Guide to Generative AI report, they explore how Agile principles are increasingly integral to effective AI utilization. Pete and Jim both offer perspectives for leaders aiming to navigate the challenges and opportunities presented by AI in a...

Is there an industry that AI hasn’t touched? Let’s dive into the rapidly evolving world of artificial intelligence and its implications for leadership with expert Henrik Kniberg.   Known for his transformative work in Agile and organizational change, Kniberg joins Pete Behrens to explore AI's potential to revolutionize leadership, innovation, and personal growth.  Through a blend of anecdotes and expert analysis, Henrik and Pete discuss how AI can be a powerful ally for leaders seeking to...

How are you investing in your personal and professional growth? Discover the power of self-investment in leadership on the latest episode of the Relearning Leadership podcast. Host Pete Behrens delves into the journeys of Kasey Rivas, Associate Director of Strategic Partnerships at March of Dimes, and Sonny Mendoza, IT Transformation Manager at Open Dealer Exchange.  Kasey and Sonny reveal the profound personal and professional growth they achieved through a comprehensive nine-month...

Do our leaders give enough of the right kind of feedback? In this episode of the Relearning Leadership podcast, host Pete Behrens is joined by special guest Frank Fitzlaff, a Zurich-based Agile Coach and Agile Leadership Journey Guide. Pete and Frank discuss how to foster a culture of continuous improvement through feedback.  Discover why feedback is not just a skill but a muscle that requires regular exercise, the crucial role of psychological safety in effective feedback, and the...

What leadership skills will make you stand out in 2024? Laura Powers and Evan Leybourn of the Business Agility Institute discuss their recent research findings about the skills necessary for success in today's workforce. 

What does it mean when somebody asks you to be more strategic? In this episode of the Relearning Leadership podcast, Pete and ALJ Guide and leadership coach Christina Carlson discuss the difference between strategy and strategic thinking, and how leaders can execute the day-to-day while keeping an eye on the big picture.

For better or worse, all types of changes – personal and professional, big and small – impact our lives. In this episode of Relearning Leadership, Pete talks about his own experience managing change fatigue as well as how he has seen its effects in our communities, workplaces, and personal lives. Listen to hear his three ways in which we can acknowledge and manage how change can be tiring – and how it can be reframed as reinvigorating. 

In this episode of (Re)Learning Leadership, Pete welcomes a true agile pioneer, Jim Highsmith. Jim shares how his career has evolved from NASA engineer to ThoughtWorks alum, as well as being a co-author of the Agile Manifesto. In their conversation, Pete and Jim explore the fusion of agile and adaptive principles, shedding light on how these concepts can revolutionize leadership in a rapidly changing world. 

In this episode of (Re)Learning Leadership, Pete discusses the topic of agile transformations with Boston Consulting Group’s David Ritter. David shares insights and expertise from his 40-year career, including the difficulties around implementing agile transformation at large organizations, the courage required of those organizations’ executives, and why it is so crucial to define goals and outcomes before applying agile practices. 

In this episode of (Re)Learning Leadership, Pete delves into the topic of Gen Z entering the workforce. He is joined by Tammy Dowley-Blackman, a culture and leadership expert who shares her insights and expertise on this unique generation’s strengths and characteristics, how leaders can help them grow, as well as the challenges that come with five generations inhabiting a workforce. 

What does it take to become an agile leader? Agility is a competency of change and adaptation. The word is often defined as the ability to move quickly and easily, but there’s a second half of the definition. It is also the ability to think and understand quickly.  With this in mind, let's explore the four key competencies in becoming a more agile leader. 

In part 2 of this series on scaling agile ways of working, Pete describes how agile scaling frameworks that may help start an agile journey are limiting more impactful organizational and business agility.  Like recipes that help us create more flavorful dishes, agile frameworks like Scrum and Kanban are good starting points for teams to learn to deliver value more effectively. However, the best chefs in the world don't follow recipes, they make recipes. And the best agile organizations in...

Pete Behrens provides a history lesson on scaling agile and the key lessons  challenging all organizations - getting leaders and teams to play the same game. Pete shares some personal success and failure stories in scaling agile from his own journey as well as others, and the secrets to enabling more effective agility at scale. This is part 1 of a 2-part series exploring agile at scale. In part 2, we explore how agile scaling frameworks are not enough.

Luke Hohmann joins Pete to share insights into one of the most under-focused aspects of software development - the profit factor. Luke provides insights for leaders to bring profit into their strategic decision making and the 6 ways to trade value for money. Visit the (Re)Learning Leadership website to learn more about Luke's book with a discount code to purchase. #leadership #agile #productowner #software

What does it take to influence others without the authority of title or position? Pete talks with Brad Swanson who shares his insights on impacting change without "pushing the command button" . The techniques we discuss apply equally to leaders who do not have authority and those who do but wish to avoid using it.  Brad Swanson is an organizational systems coach and Agile Leadership Journey Guide based in Denver, Colorado. Explore more about this episode on the Agile Leadership Journey...

Can being too good be bad? Welcome to the Perfection Trap, where seeking to be better may not be in your best interest.  Rashmi Fernandes, Agile Leadership Journey Guide and Leadership Coach shares the difference between seeking improvement and striving for perfection and why you should know the difference.

Pete shares what is likely the most important and least understood aspect of leadership - presence. What is it? How does a leader activate it? Pete goes back to the basics to provide a clear definition of leadership presence and through story share how leaders can improve their presence.

Professional athletes and artists practice more than they perform to achieve and maintain their peak performance. Licensed professionals like doctors, nurses, pilots, lawyers and teachers practice *alot* to even be granted their license, and their tested. But what about leaders? Unfortunately leaders are not required to practice to either achieve their title nor to achieve peak performance. Why is that? Pete explores the concept and the importance of practice for leaders and shares the...

Pete explores the concept of leadership power and how to improve leadership effectiveness through balancing it. (Re)Learning Leadership Podcast Website contains details, transcript and more.

What is self-leadership and why is it so important to you as a leader? Pete speaks with Nick Jonsson, the co-founder and Managing Director of one of Asia's premiere networking organizations, Executives' Global Network (EGN) Singapore, Malaysia & Indonesia about the importance of leading yourself before leading others. (Re)Learning Leadership Website 

Exactly one year following two of the most significant personal life events, Pete is back with another personal story, this time with the passing of his father. In this episode Pete celebrates his father's life and the influence it had on Pete as a person, husband, father and leader. He also explores the challenge in choosing for others once they lose the capacity to do so on their own. Related Episodes: A Time to Decide Part I: The End of Life - shares the story of his mother's fight with...

Pete continues his exploration of the leader's focus in part II of this series, by tapping into one of the most difficult aspects of blending your focus - letting go. However, through this episode, we learn that letting go is only half of the problem, watch and listen to learn the other half.

Pete Behrens exposes the light on a common myth in leadership focus - that leaders need to shift their focus from doing work to leading others to do that work to coaching others to develop their competency in that work.