We've found that people appreciate having a strong influence on their destination during team reorganizations and that self-selection reteaming places people into teams they are happy to be part of. But there are difficulties to be aware of and, as with everything, there's always room for improvement.
Annual Reteaming FAQ and an offer of help
This post offers some answers to frequently asked questions about Reteaming at Redgate and asks if anyone would like any help with their own process
How we ran our first fully-remote reteaming
This post shares the results of our annual self-selection reteaming process and how we had to adapt the activity during a national lockdown
Level Up Week 2020: How we evolved our internal tech conference for a remote-first world
How we turned our internal tech conference into a virtual, global company event bringing Redgaters together to focus on L&D and reconnect
Five steps to successful Crucial Conversations in agile teams
Crucial Conversations happen where the stakes are high, opinions vary and emotions run strong. These situations arise all the time in agile development teams and can lead to misunderstandings, inaction or strained relationships. In this post I'll explain when Crucial Conversations can pop up and give you some tips on how to tackle them.
Annual Reteaming at Redgate
In January, Redgate will undertake another self-selection reteaming process. This post explains why we'll be doing that and how we'll do it
Forget dumb productivity measures and focus on software delivery performance with Accelerate’s Four Key Metrics
The book Accelerate - The Science of Lean Software and DevOps: Building and Scaling High Performing Technology Organizations has been really important for Redgate over the past 12 months. It's helped us find a software delivery language that teams and the wider company understand and buy into, and allowed us to compare how we're performing against the best in the business.
Workshop: What kind of “leadership” do we really need more of?
A short workshop to encourage people to examine their views of leadership, challenge them to identify "leadership" behaviours that are desirable in their situation and explore how they themselves could lead or influence others.
How Redgate ran it’s first team self-selection process
This post explains in detail exactly how Redgate ran it's first formal team self-selection process, from initial planning to completion.
Team self-selection (without the anxiety)
Are you attracted to the idea of allowing people to decide for themselves what they work on, but worried about what might happen as a result? Yep, we were too. Here's how we kept true to the ideals of self-determination but reduced our collective anxiety about the process.