MaxAgility: Excellence in Agile Leadership
Transforming a company is more than implementing new ways of working; it’s about creating a company culture that embraces change, innovation, collaboration, and continuous improvement.
Pain Point Examples that MaxAgility Solves
Role Ambiguity
MaxAgility offers team and leadership training programs to help define role clarity and responsibilities within your Agile teams. The workshop is hands-on and reduces confusion which leads to improved productivity and collaboration.
Delivery Predictability
We introduce ways of working to help the team understand their true, and team capacity and run at a fast and sustainable pace. Understanding true capacity leads to improved employee and customer satisfaction through delivering valuable products early and continuously.
Estimation Accuracy
We provide coaching on Agile Estimation using a standard guide. Our expert guidance helps teams build a project planning timeline, leading to better capacity planning and improved project management.
Feature Clarity
MaxAgility provides Agile training and professional development on defined writing, including global parameters down to the smallest details. We collaborate with experts to draft guides that ensure clear and defined features in writing.
Prioritization Failures
We offer coaching on managing priorities at work and give notice when plans change. This helps team capacity by defining expectations and encourages teams to communicate effectively.
Delivering "Bad News"
MaxAgility conducts Psychological Safety workshops and coaches everybody from individual contributors to senior leadership on how to provide “fierce feedback.” This workshop fosters open and safe communication, allowing teams to communicate effectively with senior leadership.
From Our Clients
“I had the good fortune of working with one of MaxAgility’s Coaches at BP. This Coach’s incredible skill in various Agile frameworks empowered our teams to embrace Agility, allowing for flexibility and value creation. Instrumental in leading bp’s version of MaxAgility’s Agile Mentoring Program (AMP), the Coach identified and supported future Agile leaders within BP, accelerating their Agile journey. The Coach’s dedication to AMP, combined with a unique blend of kindness and patience, made collaboration an absolute blessing. Working with MaxAgility, especially through AMP, was a true privilege, and anyone who engages with them will find it a transformative experience.”
Our Process
MaxAgility begins the agile leadership transformation process by assessing the current state of the organization and its Agile teams. This foundational step includes understanding the existing knowledge, practices, and culture, laying the groundwork for the Agile Transformation Framework (ATF) and Agile Mentoring
Program (AMP). The goal is to create a company culture where Agile principles are deeply ingrained, setting the stage for the following phases:
Phase 1 - Partnered Transition
In the Partnered Transition phase, MaxAgility’s Agile Consultants work closely with the client to initiate the Agile journey. Emphasizing “being Agile” the focus is on training organization leaders, and changing a company’s culture to increase knowledge sharing, and mastering Agile frameworks like Scrum or Kanban
Phase 2 - Self-Organization
The Self-Organization phase emphasizes “Changing Mindset.” MaxAgility introduces the Psychological Safety Check (PSC) program and continues the “train the trainer” approach through AMP. This phase nurtures a culture of continuous learning and improvement, ensuring that Agile practices become deeply ingrained in the organization’s culture.
Phase 3 - Innate Agility
In the Innate Agility phase, organizations embrace Agility as the default approach, assuming that projects will be executed using Agile leadership and frameworks. This phase is reached when 75% of leadership’s psychological safety level is achieved in the PSC, demonstrating a high-trust environment where autonomy and innovation are optimized.
Download the Psychological Safety eBook
Unlock Actionable Insights: Gain a deep understanding of how to communicate effectively, create a psychologically safe work environment, a cornerstone for successful Agile transformations that align with MaxAgility’s core services.
Enhance Team Collaboration: Learn proven organizational strategies that foster teamwork and innovation, key elements that MaxAgility emphasizes in its Agile Mentoring Program (AMP) and other services.
Assess Organizational Health: Equip yourself with the tools to measure psychological safety in your organization, providing a strong foundation for MaxAgility’s Agile Assessments and Continuous Improvement services.
Empower Your Agile Transformation
Agile transformation is more than implementing new ways of working; it’s about creating a company culture that embraces change, innovation, collaboration, and continuous improvement. At MaxAgility, we guide organizations in their Agile leadership journey, focusing on key metrics that drive success:
Increase Productivity by 43%
Embrace Agile practices to enhance productivity, fostering a culture of innovation and adaptability. (Source: Hay Group)
Reduce Turnover by 51%
Attract and retain top talent by creating an environment that values continuous learning, collaboration, and psychological safety. (Source: Gallup)
Increase Innovation by 300%
Improve Collaboration by 57%
Improve cross-functional collaboration and alignment through Agile transformation, essential for achieving organizational goals. (Source: Forbes)
Boost Skill Development by 26%
At MaxAgility, we understand that every organization’s Agile leadership journey is unique. Our tailored approach, backed by our Agile Mentoring Program (AMP) and Agile Transformation Framework (ATF), ensures that you achieve the results that matter most to your business.
Our Services
Agile Mentoring, Coaching & Staff Augmentation Program:
Implement Agile Mentoring Programs (AMP) for key team capacity roles, including Scrum Masters, Product Owners, and Managers, with embedded coaching and staff augmentation for Agile Coaches, Release Train Engineers, and Scrum Masters to ensure successful Agile adoption.
Psychological Safety & Team Development Workshops:
Foster a culture of innovation and collaboration through specialized workshops that emphasize psychological safety, reducing turnover, and enhancing productivity.
Agile Transformation & Strategy Consulting:
Align your organization with Agile best practices through tailored organizational strategies and consulting services, driving growth and improving time to market.
Executive Leadership & Customized Training:
Enhance leadership processes, skills, and organizational adeptness through Agile management training, customized programs, and certifications, boosting the professional development of your workforce.
Agile Assessments & Continuous Improvement:
Perform Agile assessments to identify areas for continuous improvement and create a clearly defined baseline for measuring progress.
Leading Energy Client Transformation
MaxAgility’s team of skilled Agile coaches embarked on a transformative journey with a prominent Energy Client, implementing a tailored Agile Mentoring Program (AMP) that clearly defined and nurtured future Agile leaders within the Innovation & Engineering (I&E) as well as Safety & Operational Risk Assurance (S&ORA) division. Through human-centric coaching and workshops fostering psychological safety and professional development, they accelerated the client’s Agile journey, resulting in a 4X increase in value delivery and a highly collaborative team environment. MaxAgility’s approach to Agile Assessments and Continuous Improvement made teams more predictable and responsive, while their full-stack coaching, ranging from individual teams to the Executive Leadership Team (ELT), provided tailored organizational strategies for Agile transformation. Their work with the ELT led to quicker identification and resolution of blockers and their expertise in leadership coaching & customized training helped many to improve their skill sets.
Clients within both I&E and S&ORA have consistently praised MaxAgility’s coaches for their wonderful mixture of professionalism, patience, fun, and experience. One of the ELT leaders emphasized that her experience with MaxAgility was “exceptional.” With a true passion for helping people and a pragmatic approach, MaxAgility empowered this client to transition towards a more sustainable future, making real change and delivering value. Their success here is a testament to the transformative power of MaxAgility’s services and their commitment to excellence in all things Agility.
Agile Leadership Training & Mastery Programs
Agile Mentoring Program (AMP)
MaxAgility’s unique 13-week mentoring program emphasizes sustained growth and hands-on experience. Offer certifications such as Certified Change Agent (AMP-CCA) and Certified Change Instructor (AMP-CCI) to recognize and validate skills in Agile mentoring and change management.
Certified Scrum Master (CSM) & Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO) Training
Comprehensive Scrum Master training courses provide the foundational knowledge and practical skills needed to excel in key Agile roles.
Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) Courses
Provide a range of SAFe courses tailored to different roles and levels within an organization, focusing on implementing Lean-Agile principles at scale.
Agile Boot Camp & ICP Fundamentals Certification
A fast-paced, immersive experience to jumpstart Agile knowledge, offering certification in ICP Fundamentals and integrating MaxAgility’s emphasis on psychological safety and team development.
Customized Agile Leadership & Executive Training
MaxAgility. Why We Started.
We founded our company with a vision to transform the way organizations approach Agile transformations. With a track record of leading and supporting Agile Transformations for renowned companies including NASDAQ, BP, Chevron, Wells Fargo, Fidelity, Citizens Bank, Discover, CapitalOne, Prudential, Cisco, Symantec, National Grid, Lowe’s, Disney, and IMAGE Studios, we identified the common pitfalls and challenges that often led to the premature end of transformations. These challenges often included the withdrawal of funding, leadership declaring “Agile doesn’t work for us,” or the misconception that the organization was “Agile enough.” Determined to “stop the insanity” by focusing not just on “doing Agile” but on “being Agile,” we emphasized the importance of mindset change over mere implementation of mechanics.
This is why our email signature line reads:
“We are uncovering better ways of producing valuable, working Agile Transformations by doing it and helping others do it through the Agile Mentoring Program (AMP), a self-organizing, cell-division framework.”
The creation of AMP became a cornerstone of MaxAgility’s approach. This program, designed to sustain an Agile Transformation after the initial “swarm” of coaching, focuses on the mindset change required for Agile to flourish. With various tracks ranging from Agile Team Facilitator roles to Leadership roles, the program offers a comprehensive and real-world approach to Agile transformation. It’s not just about checking off the box for “doing Agile”; it’s about fostering a culture of continuous learning, collaboration, and transformation.
That’s why we started: We’re dedicated to helping others build their careers and organizations in a truly Agile way, and we are eager to help you.
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“MaxAgility’s Coach excels in aligning individual teams towards common goals. Providing comprehensive Coaching with a human-centric approach, the Coach’s enthusiasm and creativity stand out.”