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Micro-Moments: Delivering Answers When They Matter Most

Agile Coach, Business and Enterprise Agility, Coaching conversations / Natascha Speets

Micro-Moments: Delivering Answers When They Matter Most? In today’s world, consumers are overwhelmed by ads, emails, and endless streams of content. Grabbing their attention has become harder than ever. But there’s an opportunity that savvy businesses can seize: micro-moments. These fleeting, intent-driven instants—often happening on mobile—can make or break the customer relationship

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Stop Taking Off Your Coaching Hat

Agile Transformations, Business and Enterprise Agility / Natascha Speets

Coaches often switch to teaching because they feel stuck—or because the client seems stuck. And rather than hold space a little longer, we rush in to offer something that sounds smart or helpful.

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Psychological Safety Is Not About Being Nice: What Leaders and Coaches Need to Understand

Leading with Agility / Natascha Speets

Over the past decade, psychological safety has moved from being an obscure academic term to a staple of corporate leadership language. Originally introduced by Harvard professor Amy C. Edmondson, the concept describes a shared belief that it’s safe to take interpersonal risks at work—like asking a question, admitting a mistake, or challenging the status quo.

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What is a Scrum Master and what do they do?

Jobs, Professional Coaching / Natascha Speets

To the untrained eye, the Scrum Master can seem like a meeting organizer or someone who “makes sure Scrum is followed.” But the truth runs deeper. Scrum Masters are not task managers—they are enablers of team potential. They remove friction, nurture growth, and protect the integrity of the system. At their best, they are quiet

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How to Get Your ICF Level 1 Coaching Certification in 2025: What You Need to Know

Coaching conversations, Professional Coaching / Natascha Speets

For senior leaders, who have often spent years entrenched in traditional management practices, this transformation can be particularly challenging. Let’s explore why senior leadership is essential in this journey and how they can effectively model and embed Agile/Lean expectations throughout their organizations.

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How to lead Agile Teams

Agile Coach, Agile Learning & Development, Leading with Agility, Uncategorized / Natascha Speets

Featuring real-world leadership stories that reveal the emotional and practical challenges leaders face—and the mindset shifts that change everything. 🧭 1. Redefining Leadership: From Command to Context Case: Amira, Director of Product Amira had always been seen as a strong, decisive leader. She drove results, gave clear direction, and always knew what was going on.

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How to coach using the Forward-Focused Conversations Framework

Coaching conversations, Professional Coaching / Natascha Speets

How to coach using the Forward-Focused Conversations Framework? As coaches, our goal is to help clients navigate through challenges, explore new perspectives, and take meaningful steps toward their desired outcomes. But how can we ensure that coaching conversations are both impactful and focused on tangible results? The answer lies in a powerful approach called the Forward-Focused Conversations Framework.

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Imposter Syndrome for Leaders: Recognizing and Overcoming Self-Doubt

Leading with Agility, Coaching conversations, Professional Coaching / Natascha Speets

Consider the story of Sheryl Sandberg, COO of Facebook, who has openly shared her struggles with imposter syndrome. Despite her numerous achievements, she often felt like she didn’t deserve her success.

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Unlocking the Future: How Scenario Planning Empowers Leaders to Thrive in Uncertainty

Agile Product Management, Business and Enterprise Agility, Leading with Agility / Natascha Speets

Forward-Focused Scenario Planning is not about predicting the future. Instead, it involves exploring multiple potential futures by considering different combinations of assumptions and events. These scenarios are not forecasts but rather alternative visions of how the future could unfold.

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Turning Regret into Resolve – Lessons learned through buyer’s remorse

Agile Coach, Agile Learning & Development, Agile Transformations / Natascha Speets

Have you ever made a significant decision—maybe a technology overhaul, an organizational shake-up, or even a collective choice about new leadership—only to find yourself later thinking, “Wait, this isn’t what I signed up for”? That unsettling feeling, that creeping doubt, is what we commonly refer to as buyer’s remorse. It surfaces when the high hopes and optimistic forecasts fail to match reality.

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