by: Christina Nashed Before joining the program, I was working and living in a country where my knowledge and experience in Agile & leadership were highly valued and appreciated. And due to family reasons, I had to move to a new country and accordingly new work. At the beginning everything seemed almost similar, I’m still […]
Women in Agile Mentoring: Growing Together and Finding Connection
By: Tiffany Fluit The connection created between my mentee and I happened within the first meeting. We both felt enthusiastic about Agile and Scrum even though one of us was a Project Manager and the other a Scrum Master. However, this did not stop us from sharing and learning from each other. My mentee wanted […]
Reflections on My Mentoring Journey: 6 Months of Guiding Agile Leaders
By Nehir Patel With over ten years of experience in Agile delivery, I have been specialising in senior stakeholder management, optimising delivery processes, and leading high-performing teams. Throughout my career, I have mentored teams, helped bridge gaps between business and technical stakeholders, and driven Agile transformations. I have always believed in the power of community […]
How to Be an Agile Mentee
by Veronika Smrčková When I submitted my application for the Women in Agile (WiA) mentorship, I had very clear goals in mind. One of them was to improve my public speaking, but my primary objective was to become a better coach for my team—transforming them into a high-performing unit, discovering techniques to support this transformation, […]
Cultural Differences: How women in Agile across the globe approach challenges
By Anju Sharma I have always been fascinated with the thought of how women across cultures approach Agile challenges in their own unique ways. In Agile, when you throw in cultural differences, then it pivots to a whole another ballgame of intercepting values and role-play. Agile manifesto says, “Respond to change over following a plan.” […]
January Power Hour: Humble Inquiry – Key Takeaways & Reflections
By: Dominika Bula and Kerri Sutey WiA’s Mentorship program focuses exclusively on women navigating their career within Agile enterprises and puts special attention to creating value and development opportunities for those who offer their time as mentors through monthly events called Power Hours. This January we focused on “Humble Inquiry,” a powerful communication approach introduced […]