AGL 086: Leading Amazing Teams with Tricia Broderick

Tricia has more than twenty years of experience in software development and is passionately focused on facilitating high-performance software development environments. Her leadership at all levels of an organization helped lay the groundwork to shift teams from one-year product cycles to feasible, daily delivery of quality software and services. Tricia openly shares stories from her firsthand experience to inspire people to reach new heights through continuous reflection and growth. As a principle in the Agile For All team, she is dedicated to making a difference in the workplace. She is an exceptional leader, coach, mentor, facilitator, trainer, and popular speaker at national conferences.


We Talked About

  • main frame programming
  • extreme programming
  • project management
  • How to lead others
  • How to teach others
  • Be kind to yourself
  • Mental Health in leaders
  • Missing Work-life Balance (burnout)
  • Take care of your self – leadership can be hard
  • 6-1 positive to criticism.
  • speaking and teaching helps positive feedback
  • Agile project management
  • coaching for leaders
  • Leading Amazing Teams Course

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Tricia has more than twenty years of experience in software development and is passionately focused on facilitating high-performance software development environments. Her leadership at all levels of an organization helped lay the groundwork to shift teams from one-year product cycles to feasible, daily delivery of quality software and services. Tricia openly shares stories from her firsthand experience to inspire people to reach new heights through continuous reflection and growth. As a principle in the Agile For All team, she is dedicated to making a difference in the workplace. She is an exceptional leader, coach, mentor, facilitator, trainer, and popular speaker at national conferences. […]
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