Dynamic Reteaming: The Art & Wisdom of Changing Teams
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This document discusses the inevitability of team change and provides strategies for effectively handling reteaming. It notes that teams commonly change due to factors like sustainability needs, new work requirements, company growth or attrition. Specific patterns are presented for reteaming at the edges of teams, forming teams around new work, and using mitosis to split larger teams. The document advocates overcommunicating changes, letting people choose teams when possible, and investing in team coaching to facilitate smooth transitions. Overall it argues that by planning for change and using best practices, organizations can make reteaming easier.
Dynamic Reteaming: The Art & Wisdom of Changing Teams
- 2. Stand up - Find a partner What is your experience with team change? How has it gone? What are you here to learn?
- 5. F WE MOVED TO OUR OWN OFFICE
- 6. THEN GOT ANOTHER OFFICE
- 8. AND WE GREW
- 9. AND GREW
- 10. AND GREWAND GREW
- 11. FROM 10 TO 600
- 13. FROM 15 TO 700
- 15. “KEEP TEAMS STABLE FOR PREDICTABILITY” -Scrum PLoP Kai Schreiber, Nao robot demo, Jaume University.
- 16. TEAM CHANGE IS REAL. IT’S INEVITABLE. @heidihelfand
- 17. TEAM CHANGE IS REAL. @heidihelfand IT ONLY TAKES 1 PERSON TO HAVE A NEW TEAM
- 18. ONE PERSON CHANGES THE TEAM DYNAMIC @heidihelfand
- 21. “Stories are data with a soul.” -Brene Brown
- 22. 35 People, 35 Hours 25+ PATTERNS & STORIES @heidihelfand
- 23. Why do teams change? 1. For sustainability & resiliency 2. New work drives the change 3. Company growth 4. Company attrition 5. People want to learn something new or seek fulfillment
- 24. 1. FOR SUSTAINABILITY & RESILIENCY Why Do Teams Change?
- 25. ANTIPATTERN: TOWERS OF KNOWLEDGE
- 26. PAIRING FOR RESILIENCY & SUSTAINABILITY
- 27. TEAM CHANGE IS REAL. @heidihelfand RETEAMING AT THE EDGES
- 29. NOMAD TO SHARE EXPERTISE ACROSS TEAMS
- 30. 2. NEW WORK DRIVES THE CHANGE Why Do Teams Change?
- 31. @heidihelfand RETEAMING INTO A “NEW TEAM”
- 32. PATTERN: FORM TEAMS AROUND WORK
- 33. Tiger Teams
- 34. THE PERCENTAGE ANTIPATTERN 25% PROJECT B 10% PROJECT A 20% PROJECT E 30% PROJECT C 30% PROJECT D
- 35. BENEFICIAL SILOING OF TEAMS
- 36. MERGE TEAMS TO TACKLE WORK
- 37. RETEAMING IS INEVITABLE. YOU MIGHT AS WELL GET GOOD AT IT. -Nayan Hajartwala @heidihelfand
- 38. A “NEW” TEAM …that just met
- 39. A “NEW” TEAM …that already knows each other
- 40. THE “NEW” TEAM HOW CAN YOU.. - ENCOURAGE YOUR NEW TEAM TO GEL? -HELP THEM ALIGN ON THEIR WORK? & WHAT WOULD YOU DO DIFFERENTLY IF THEY ALREADY KNEW EACH OTHER?
- 41. GO TAKE A LOOK AT SOME OTHER POSTERS. ADD IDEAS TO YOUR POSTER GALLERY WALK
- 43. 3. PEOPLE WANT TO LEARN SOMETHING NEW OR SEEK FULFILLMENT Why Do Teams Change?
- 44. TEAM CHANGE IS REAL. @heidihelfand RETEAMING AT THE EDGES
- 45. I’m so sick of this guy
- 46. CHANGE TEAMS TO LEARN
- 47. TRADING PLACES IN THE MOBS
- 48. RE-ROLE TO AVOID CAREER STAGNATION
- 49. PURSUE GEEK JOY -Geek Joy coined by Mike (Geepaw) Hill
- 50. READ THE EMOTIONAL FIELD
- 51. ONE ON ONES
- 52. SURVEY PEOPLE
- 53. 4. COMPANY GROWTH Why Do Teams Change?
- 54. LARGER SCALE RETEAMING MITOSIS PATTERN @heidihelfand
- 55. TEAM IDENTITY
- 59. MITOSIS PATTERN @heidihelfand RETEAMING AT THE EDGES ADD NEW PEOPLE ACROSS EXISTING TEAMS
- 60. 5. COMPANY ATTRITION Why Do Teams Change?
- 62. SOME GET PARTIES
- 63. SOMETIMES WE’RE GLAD THEY’RE GONE BUT THEY STILL HAUNT US
- 64. IT CAN BE A HUGE LOSS
- 65. ANTIPATTERN: DISAPPEARING TEAM MEMBERS
- 66. TEAM CHANGE IS REAL. @heidihelfand RETEAMING AT THE EDGES
- 67. I’d like to invite one person from each table to move to a different table. RETEAMING AT THE EDGES
- 68. WRITE ON YOUR POSTER HOW CAN YOU.. -HELP THE NEW PERSON FEEL LIKE THEY BELONG? -HELP THE NEW PERSON LEARN THE WORK? -SUPPORT THE TEAM WHEN SOMEONE LEAVES? RETEAMING AT THE EDGES
- 69. MENTORS/BUDDIES
- 70. GET TO KNOW YOU LUNCH “GTNY”
- 71. LEVEL PLAYING FIELD BE INCLUSIVE OF REMOTEES
- 74. PAIR PROGRAMMING
- 75. MOB PROGRAMMING
- 76. OVERCOMMUNICATE UPCOMING TEAM CHANGES 7 times! -Patrick Lencioni, The Advantage
- 77. LET PEOPLE CHOOSE TEAMS
- 78. BUILD COMMUNITY
- 79. INVEST IN TEAM COACHING
- 80. TEAM COACHES… • CONFIRM MEMBERSHIP/ROLES • HELP DESIGN TEAM ALLIANCES • FACILITATE WORK CHARTERING • CREATE/VISUALIZE WORKFLOWS • TEACH HOW TO BENCHMARK EXCELLENCE • HELP DEVELOP SELF AWARENESS & EXPERIMENTATION TO GET BETTER
- 82. Based on what you learned, what’s one action you’re going to take now? TELL YOUR NEIGHBOR