Equipping YOU to unilaterally create high-functioning teams

Bio:

Annie Rayhill is the founder and CEO of the software consulting company Athena Consultants. Athena helps companies scale by optimizing their business processes and software tools. They also consult with other IT departments on implementing an Agile software development life cycle. Annie has had six distinct careers, some in the IT realm and some in education. Her IT experience includes being a systems analyst for Fidelity Investments, as well as defining and implementing the product development process used by DEKA Research and Development to develop Segway.  In the world of education, Annie taught math at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst and was the principal of a private Montessori elementary school. Annie has a Master’s degree in Education and the British equivalent of a Master’s degree in Pure Mathematics.  She has her PMI-PBA certification and is a Certified Scrum Master.

Presentation Topic:

Have you ever worked in a toxic environment?
Has that toxicity impacted the effectiveness of a team you’ve been on?

We will explore three groups of behaviors that you can unilaterally use to help create a high-functioning team, even within a toxic environment:
1. Vulnerability
2. Empowering Communications
3. Boundaries

Annie will share tangible, actionable things you can do within each category that can dramatically shift the atmosphere within a team and increase its effectiveness. Bring your anecdotes and your creativity, as we discuss how, as Business Analysts, we can positively impact the teams that we’re on.

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