Team Mastery: From Good to Great Agile Teamwork

by Geoff Watts

Great Teams Need SQUAD Depth If you have ever been part of a great team you will know it is exponentially better than being part of a mediocre team. Teams are at the heart of working in complex domains and are essential to the success of agile approaches yet relatively few teams achieve greatness. Agile and leadership coach Geoff Watts has pulled together his many years of experience with all sorts of teams from software, to product development, from medical teams to sports teams and has identified five common characteristics of great Self-Improvement Quality Unity Audacity Delivery These characteristics are not binary but can be developed through conscious and deliberate action and practice with many milestones along the way towards Team Mastery.

Genres: Leadership, Nonfiction, Business

170 pages, Paperback

Published March 1, 2020

Reviews

[John Cumming · Rating 4 out of 5]

As always, Geoff avoids the usual plod through principles, practices and some short examples and tells a series of stories for reflection and pondering over. Never placing things as ‘correct’ or otherwise, he leaves the reader space to make connections and learn in their own context.

[Serge Huybrechts · Rating 5 out of 5]

Team Mastery is not just a book on how to become a great team. It is a bundle of stories on how great teams can work and on what we can learn from other teams.
Next to this it is filled with loads of ideas and tools you can use in your journey towards team mastery.
And last but not least the Milestone cards are a great way to look back and visualise the journey together.

[Tim Dellas · Rating 5 out of 5]

A very good book if you're working with software development teams in a team coaching role – the author puts a lot of insight into this field into writing, it's easy to read and understand, and also a bit short.

The book has a neat system of cards that describe challenges for your team in different areas. As I've listened to the audiobook, I look forward to get a hardcopy for the cards as I believe it will bring many possible interventions forward easily when you have identified a problem field in a team.

[Jonathan · Rating 5 out of 5]

I had the pleasure of recently hearing Geoff Watts speak live at a company event and was engaged enough to jump at the chance to read his supporting book.

Geoff got the balance between valuable tips, applied examples and clear summaries just right.

Plus, (I don't care how old you are or the book's purpose, everyone loves pictures and) the illustrations are fantastic.

I'm already eying up my next purchase of his.

[Nathalie Karasek · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great book! Must read for everyone who is in an agile team. Especially recommended for all the devs :-)

[NotAWiz4rd · Rating 3 out of 5]

Way too many long-winded examples, and content is already mostly known if one has read a few books on the surrounding topics.