Reviews, Appraisals and Incentives

Author: Gene Gendel I wanted to start this discussion with Wikipedia definition of Performance Appraisal: “A performance appraisal (PA), also referred to as a performance review, performance evaluation,[1] (career) development discussion,[2] or employee appraisal[3] is a method by which the job performance of an employee is documented and evaluated. Performance appraisals are a part of … Read more

Feb 1-3, 2016. Certified LeSS Practitioner in New York

Author: Gene Gendel Event Details  Large-Scale Scrum (LeSS) is a framework for scaling agile development to multiple teams. LeSS builds on top of the Scrum principles such as empiricism, cross-functional, self-managing teams and provides a framework for applying that at scale. It provides simple structural rules and guidelines on how to adopt Scrum in large product development. The … Read more

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KSTS Consulting – is a small, independent boutique company that serves organizations of all sizes, industries and geographies. The company sets the highest quality bar for other consulting firms,  coaches, trainers and organizational design consultants that provide services to their respective clients. While holding others to high standards, KSTS Consulting strives to keep its own … Read more

About Gene Gendel and KSTS Consulting

Tweet Gene Gendel is an organizational design consultant, adaptive & lean coach and trainer, and independent adviser to senior leadership.  Gene is a widely recognized, world-class trainer/instructor, and is mainly focused on organizational design and product centricity, the experience for which he has gained, over the decades of deeply embedded coaching and consulting.  Gene’s clients … Read more

Agile Training

Tweet Training is a great way to deliver structured, logically sequenced education to a person or a group of individuals.  Intensity of trainer-trainee interaction varies.  In less interactive training (often used with larger audiences), trainer-trainee interaction is typically limited to Q&A.   In more interactive training (workshop-style, used with smaller audiences, study groups, classes) trainer-trainee interaction … Read more

Done Reading List

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Affiliates

Tweet Below is the list of organizational coaches and trainers that are well recognized in Agile Community, globally. They are all highly recommended, as experienced and reputable organizational design experts. Craig Larman is the co-creator of LeSS (Large-Scale Scrum) with his friend and colleague Bas Vodde. He serves as an organizational design consultant, with emphasis … Read more