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Roles vs. Business Functions
12/17/2015
I am currently going through our organisation to capture the current roles. I am finding that often a role maps well onto a "business function" (like sales, marketing, training coordination...), so much so in fact, that I wondered if that might be the primary way you should look at a role. Anybod...
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Going Without A Lead Link
03/23/2016
Paul,It seems you are making a Role vs. Soul mistake? In your answer you describe your Lead Link as a person ("when our Lead Link resigned", "not much needed to be done as a LL"...). You also mentioned "do it in a way" which is about the way in which the role is energized. That's not governance, ...
Going Without A Lead Link
03/21/2016
FYI (For your Inspiration :-) ):For the Lead Link I see two accountabilities as the most important ones:prioritization of circle-wide priorities (generally coming in from outside),and the assignment of "souls to roles".On 1:Since I am an Agile consultant I see the prioritization responsibility fo...
Why are only Core Circle Members eligible for elections?
05/27/2016
Fundametally it's a team thing. You can not have somebody contributing to the team who does not feel the responsibility of helping the team achieve its goals. You can also look at this in reverse: whomever feels that ownership and responsibility is a core team member.A team breaks down if it has ...