Growing your Agile team: Hiring and inspiring the right mindset and skills
summary
Argues teams need hiring built around psychological safety and clear decision rights, not just resumes; cites Google Aristotle and numbers: 83% work in teams, 54% of time in teams, 70% disengaged, replacing a bad hire can cost roughly a year's salary. Recommends concrete steps: involve the whole team in time‑boxed resume reviews, run immersive pairing/mobbing or facilitation exercises (Zoom, online coding tools, GitHub), ask candidates for feedback and real recent challenges, and treat team involvement as a short experiment.
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chapters (12)
- 0:00Introduction to hiring mindset
- 3:01Legacy of Industrial Age hiring
- 8:16Why modern teams need new hiring
- 10:20Clarifying the hiring process
- 13:28Assessing teamwork skills
- 17:43Evaluating leadership and growth
- 21:56Handling change and conflict
- 24:43Sharing organizational values
- 27:17Connecting with intrinsic motivation
- 30:44Finding and engaging candidates
- 33:51Team involvement in hiring
- 37:28Summary and Q&A
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