antonymarcano.com » Pairing /blog Thinking through writing... on innovation, business, technology and more Fri, 22 May 2015 11:41:52 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.0.7 Remote Coaching & Pairing: for Individuals & Teams /blog/2014/12/remote-coaching-pairing-for-individuals-teams/ /blog/2014/12/remote-coaching-pairing-for-individuals-teams/#comments Thu, 04 Dec 2014 09:16:21 +0000 /blog/?p=623 If you’ve worked with me or Andy Palmer before or you’ve read one of our blog articles, sometimes you might be thinking…

Antony/Andy would know how to make what I’m doing better/easier right now, if only they were here!

Maybe all you really need is 30 minutes to an hour pairing or just talking, not a whole day of our time. Maybe all you need is a few emails back and forth between us. Rest assured, we’re here and we’re happy to help, on anything including:

  • For product and technology teams:
    • Thinner slicing of your Minimal Viable Products (MVP)
    • Effective user stories, Feature Injection & agile business analysis
    • Effective Cucumber scenarios
    • Communicative, narrative code
  • For coaches, managers and leaders:
    • Values & building a culture of innovation
    • Enabling more adaptive teams
    • Challenges of culture and process change
    • Facilitating effective workshops: story-sizing/planning/retrospectives

All sessions are strictly confidential and we’re more than happy to sign a mutual non-disclosure agreement if required. If you aren’t sure if either of us can help, why not get in touch and let’s see. If we can’t, it won’t cost you anything…

Individuals: Pay what you think it was worth

Maybe you need to talk about a challenge you’re facing with your team, colleague or management. Perhaps you have some nightmarish Cucumber scenarios that are making your head hurt. Perhaps you just need someone independent to bounce ideas off.

We’ll have a conversation on Skype, Google Hangouts, Facetime or just on the phone. At the end of the time, all you do is:

  • Tell us what you thought it was worth and
  • Pay only what you are comfortable paying

Money is relative to both your personal income and your responsibilities. You know what they are and we trust you to make a fair exchange of value. All we ask, when you pay whatever amount you’re comfortable with, is to tell us what you thought the session was worth.

You may work in a company that trusts & values your judgement, allowing you to expense personal development activities. This model equally applies, but when that isn’t an option…

Companies: Pay what you think it will be worth

Many large, established companies find it hard to work in the above way. You may not feel you have the freedom to work in the above way (in which case we really should talk). Your manager may want to sign it off and your finance team may want to have a purchase order in place for a fixed amount before you talk to us. So, if you want let’s talk a bit about the challenge and what a new way forward in addressing that challenge is worth. We’ll agree a price and we’ll go from there.

After a chat, you might find that you have a lot more freedom than you think and we can help you make things easier. For more information, get in touch with an email or a call to +44 845 056 9606. We’re happy to help.

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