Leadership: Q2 Speaker - Team Building

This is a talk about the tremendous importance of Team Building, especially with Distributed Teams. Most of us work with Distributed Teams. What is a Team versus just a Group of People Working Together? There is a big difference! We will talk about the many different types of Communication (Face to face, webcam, phone, instant message, text, email, etc), Communication Styles, Building Rapport with Teams (across time zones, cultures, and full time employees (FTE) vs contract employees), and how to get people to be active versus passive Team Members. We will discuss many different tactics to use as well as some team building games that one can easily employ with Distributed Teams. This will be an interactive session, so the participants will be able to ask questions as well as participate in some Team Building activities.

Biography:  Paul Barrett, CSM, CSPO,CSP, SA, SSM, SPC4

 Paul Barrett holds multiple Agile Certifications (CSM, CSPO, CSP, SA, SSM, SPC4) and has worked as a Business Analyst, Consultant, Scrum Master, Project Manager, Product Owner, Agile Coach, Agile Trainer, and Agile Practice Lead in his more than 20 years in the software industry.   He has created and delivered training classes in both real-time and virtual environments all over the world.  He has taught over 2000 people on topics including Agile Essentials, User Story Writing, Product Owner Training, Agile Team Training, Kanban, Scrum Master Training, and Agile for Executives.  In his career he has delivered training and coaching to companies like Wells Fargo, Cisco, RedHat, Prudential, American Express, Morgan Stanley, LexisNexis, NC Department of Health and Human Services, Bank of America.  He has done so in both Virtual and Classroom settings.