Williams Athena – Agile New England https://agilenewengland.org Networking Events for Agilists, Agile Software Development, GamingWordPress Fri, 28 Jan 2022 20:30:08 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://agilenewengland.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/cropped-ANE_Logo_512x512Transparent-32x32.png Williams Athena – Agile New England https://agilenewengland.org 32 32 How to Lead Change: Five Key Insights from Neuroscience https://agilenewengland.org/how-to-lead-change-five-key-insights-from-neuroscience/ Fri, 03 Sep 2021 00:32:44 +0000 https://dev.agilenewengland.org/?p=3940 Why do people say they want change, yet resist it fiercely? As an Agile practitioner, why is it so hard to lead people to adopt Agile methods, even when they know that Agile will help them innovate, design, build, and launch new things in the world?

In this fast-paced, action-oriented session, we will explore these questions and others to identify what it takes to truly lead change.  Using insights from neuroscience, we will discuss:

  • Why people move towards, then away from change.
  • How understanding neuroscience can help you as an Agile practitioner
  • Three leadership characteristics that will enable you as an Agile
    practitioner to build trust and credibility with key stakeholders
  • Five strategies to lead others successfully through the transition
    to Agile, even when they resist Agile and the tools it gives them

Join us for this session to gain new insights from neuroscience about leading change that is effective and sustainable.

About the Speaker:

Athena Williams is CEO and Founder of Uplevel DNA She has over 18 years experience working with clients such as Adobe, Cisco, DHL, Datacom, Fujitsu, HP, Microsoft, Bank of America, Bayer Healthcare, Scientific Atlanta, Sun, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Siemens, and Stanford University. Her expertise spans leadership development, large-scale organizational change, executive coaching, and collaborative innovation based on neuroscience and neurobiology. Athena has taught at Stanford University, UCSC, and Simmons College, and her book about leadership and neurobiology is due out in early 2022.

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