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Olympic Team vs Scrum TeamIt’s all in the mind!Dan Hunter - Great Britain Volleyball

Mindset – Strive to be the bestForever Faster – (Thanks to Puma!)

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• London 2012 Olympian• Over 100 International Caps for Great Britain & Professional

Player• Final Year Student of Software Engineering at Bournemouth

University• Global Transformation Programme Team with J.P. Morgan

BioDan Hunter – 24 – Great Britain Volleyball Libero

Build up to London 2012Summer 2008 through to London 2012

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Arriving to London2 weeks before the start of the Olympic Games

The Opening & Closing Ceremonies

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• Great Britain Indoor Men jumped from 100+ to 28th in just 4 years

• One of the most popular sports with 495,737 of the 498,748 tickets sold

The CompetitionIndoor Volleyball based at Earls Court 15,000 seated stadium

ISSPORT

AGILE?

The BIG QuestionOlympic Team vs Scrum Team

Image thanks – Wikipedia

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“Elite sports is a powerful metaphor for business. Fierce competition, winning by sometimes the smallest margins, achieving goals and targets,

establishing long-term and short-term strategies and tactics, hard work, perseverance, determination,

teamwork, dealing with success and recovering from failure and setbacks — those are all key challenges in

both worlds.”

Quote from Professor Graham JonesSports Performance Psychologist

Taking Sport into BusinessIs Sport Agile?

Mindset - Traits of elite performersWhat traits do you need in your team members to achieve something?

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Mindset – What I look for in an team memberPsychology of Athletes

My Top 5:

Confident

In their ability but not over-confident & arrogant

Attitude

Focused, positive, realistic and respectful

Passionate

Proud and take pride in what & who they represent

Motivated

Strive to continuously learn and be the best theypossibly canCommitted

Trustworthy. Failures & setbacks happen but drive them forward to be better

TeamsYou don’t have to be best friends with all the team

“The right culture

will attract high level

talent. High level

talent will not create

the right cultureBuzz Williams

Image thanks – UNKNOWN

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Team GB Men Volleyball vs Scrum TeamsHow do we focus teams? A common vision and purpose.

HIGH LEVEL

LOWLEVEL

The Dream:

Olympic GOLD!

The Goal:

Quarter-Finals

Acceptance:

World Ranking > 30

How?

Sport Teams Scrum TeamsThe Dream:

The “Perfect” Product

The Goal:

Exceeding users expectations

Acceptance:

What the user wants

The Athlete & The Team

Sports Nutritionist

Performance Analysis

Strength and

Conditioning

Performance Lifestyle Advisor

Physio-therapist

Coaching Staff

Team Doctor

Sports Psychology

Sport Teams vs. Scrum TeamsThe Athlete/Developer comes FIRST.

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Sport Teams vs. Scrum TeamsHow do we differ, where is the focus?

Sport Teams

Scrum Teams

The drive to be the best

The drive to succeed

vs.

Image thanks – City-data.com

Mindset - Success PathNever as easy as 1, 2, 3

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Mindset – Performance CurveNever as easy as 1, 2, 3

Peak Performance

Team Effectiveness

Individual & Team

Performance

Peak Performance

Motivation Level

Coaches Focus

Mindset - Aggregation of Marginal GainsDave Brailsford Philosophy

“Performance by the aggregation of marginal gains.

It means taking the 1% from everything you do; finding a 1% margin for improvement in

everything you do.”

Dave Brailsfordex-Team GB & Team Sky Cycling Director

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Mindset - 1%’s of PerformanceTalent is not enough, what gives you the edge?

“I used to train on

Christmas Day because I

knew my rivals weren’t.”

Daley Thompson Image Thanks

Mindset – Managing setbacksHow to deal with success and failure?

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Mindset - Perception to ChangeChallenge yourself to get out of your comfort zone

Mindset - Perception to ChangeChange is a challenge – (Thanks to Mazda!)

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Mindset - Perception to ChangeChallenge yourself to get out of your comfort zone

“If you always do what you always did, you always get what you always got!”

Unknown.

Image thanks – UNKNOWN

INTERNAL OPERATIONS

Team PerformanceUnderstanding team mentality to drive performance

10%that you

see

90%that you

don’t

ValuesCapabilities

Motivations of team members

IDENTITY & PURPOSE

Training

Team mindsets and work mentality

Team beliefsExpectations of team

members by team members

Working Standards

ExperiencesTeam culture

Team behaviours

ScheduleWork ethic

Self-evaluating

Open and collaborative team environment

Feelings Attitudes

Focus/Objectives

EXTERNAL PERCEPTION

Public perceptionProfessional team image

RespectableTrustworthy

United approachCOMMON

GOAL/VISION

Working practices

Culture

Image thanks – Justin Hofman

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How heavy is the glass?

PerceptionWhat is the question?

OPPORTUNITYISNOWHERE

PerceptionWhat do you see?

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OPPORTUNITYIS

NOWHERE!

PerceptionHopefully you saw what you wanted!

Thank you for your time!

Questions?

Thank you!Agile Business Conference 2014