Lead Without Blame: Building Resilient Learning Teams - Paperback

by Diana Larsen (Author), Tricia Broderick (Author)

A detailed framework for leaders to move past outdated workplace blame and shame strategies to cultivate resilient teams capable of facing adversity and setbacks confidently.

Workplace finger-pointing stifles creativity, reduces productivity, and limits psychological safety. Although no one sets out to be judgmental, learning new habits is hard. Two experienced leadership and agilists coaches share a road-tested leadership model that continuously embraces humility and failure as part of the growth process to deliver results.

By facilitating blame-free retrospective meetings, leaders chart a productive path forward. They amplify three essential motivators of purpose, autonomy, and co-intelligence within their team. Layered on with four resilience factors: inclusive collaboration, transparent power dynamics, collaborative learning, and embracing conflict. After applying these strategies, learning leaders will help their teams and themselves become more resilient and better equipped to handle any unexpected and challenging tasks that comes their way.

Author Biography

DIANA LARSEN is co-founder and a mentor at the Agile Fluency(R) Project. Diana co-authored the books Agile Retrospectives: Making Good Teams Great; Liftoff: Start and Sustain Successful Agile Teams; and Five Rules for Accelerated Learning. For over twenty years she has worked with leaders to design work systems, improve project performance, and support leadership and enterprise agility.

TRICIA BRODERICK is a leader, motivational speaker, and organizational advisor. With over twenty years of application experience, Tricia began this journey as a software engineer and evolved into roles such as project manager, executive, and coach. She founded Ignite Insight & Innovation to help ignite leaders and teams towards truly achieving high performance outcomes.