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Facilitating Engaging Retrospectives

Retrospectives are a key practice in learning and growth for an agile team.
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Plan, design and lead engaging and purposeful team retrospectives for learning and team development

Retrospectives are a key practice in learning and growth for an agile team. Facilitated well, they are a space for the team to pause, reflect, learn and respond. Facilitated poorly they are ‘just another meeting we have to attend’ or worst case they are the place where teams blame and complain without any action to move forward.

This workshop is a deep dive into both the mindset and skills of facilitating effective and engaging agile team retrospectives. Participants will explore both the being and doing of facilitation and be able to identify the common pitfalls of retrospectives and how to prevent them.

The workshop is highly interactive, placing a heavy emphasis on learning and growing through experiences that will culminate in a simulated practice where participants will hone their retrospective skills by both leading and participating in practice retrospectives while getting feedback from course leaders and colleagues.

When a team realizes true agility, they nurture creativity, motivate high performance, and ultimately develop better products faster.
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I had many “ah-ha” moments this week. This course has changed the way that I perceive communication and interactions within teams.
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Workshop Details and Information
Here’s what we will cover in the Facilitating Engaging Retrospectives:
  • The beliefs and assumptions of the facilitation mindset
  • The art of planning, designing, and conducting meaningful retrospectives that eliminate common dysfunctions
  • How to foster psychological safety
  • How to hear all voices and engage in meaningful dialogue about how the team is working
  • How to move beyond venting about the past to learning, identifying patterns, and helping the team be accountable for future improvements
  • Practice facilitation techniques so you gain confidence to make in-the-moment decisions that impact the outcomes for your team
  • The Online Experience

  • This course is held in daily 3-hour segments over a 5-day period. Please see the workshop calendar for specific times.
  • TeamCatapult has been conducting online courses since 2015, so we’re well-equipped to meet the expectations you have for online learning. We even provide a Tool Check before each course so that you can optimize technology for your learning experience.
  • Participants must have previous facilitation training (such as our Agile Team Facilitation Workshop) and be able to demonstrate knowledge of basic facilitation skills.
  • The Online Experience

  • This course is held in daily 5.5-hour segments over a 4-day period.
  • TeamCatapult has been conducting online courses since 2015, so we’re well-equipped to meet the expectations you have for online learning. We even provide a Tool Check before each course so that you can optimize technology for your learning experience.
  • Participants must have completed the Advanced Facilitation workshop.
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    The Online Experience

  • This course is held in daily 2.5-hour segments over a 4-day period.

  • TeamCatapult has been conducting online courses since 2015 years, so we're well-equipped to meet the expectations you have for online learning.

  • We even provide a Tool Check before each course so that you can optimize technology for your learning experience.

  • Best course I have taken. It’s life changing!
    I will have more neutral conversations during times of conflict. I believe I will have empower myself to be a voice in larger crowds.
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