Leadership Agility
Explore essential keys to leadership and elements for increasing your ability to positively influence others in pursuit of a common vision applying lessons learned from around the world and across a blend of cultures. Discover specific ways to enhance your leadership and better manage your workflow. From leadership development to project initiatives, you will discover ways to enhance your “now” to get you to “there”.
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Figuring out the Work Life Puzzle
Have you ever wondered how to balance the captivity of work while grasping at fulfillment and actually living your life? Whether you’re climbing an Everest, stuck in a never-ending hamster wheel, or on a merry go round that isn’t slowing down, learn how to regain control of your schedule while everything around us seems to be speeding up. We’ll explore the boundaries of work and life, while taking a deeper look at company engagement models. Map out your context and discover how to navigate this puzzle by learning ways to reduce stress and restore harmony. Broaden your perspective then narrow your focus as we discuss key elements for figuring out the work life puzzle.
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Personal Agility: A Powerful Leadership Framework
Discover the keys to truly embrace Agile values and mindset and uncover the power of gaining clarity around what really matters. Learn how to create more alignment in your organization and apply Personal Agility as a leadership framework to guide your teams toward reaching a state of higher performance. Focusing on people over process through this simple framework will allow you to uncover better ways to identify obstacles, visualize what’s important, and focus on what really matters as individuals and as an organization.
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Business Agility through Agile Marketing
Discover the possibilities of Agile Marketing and the power of applying Agile to increase your results. See how companies such as Coca-Cola, Xerox, Salesforce, and Adobe are using Agile Marketing today with great results. Hear the benefits of how to apply Agile for your marketing efforts along with the mindset shift necessary to make this possible. Discover the core Agile Marketing framework and how you can begin to apply this approach in your context.
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OTHER PRESENTATIONS
Uncovering Possibilities
Find inspiration to dare to think beyond your current status quo, discover new capabilities and look at ways to step forward and uncover new possibilities. We’ll explore limits, company engagement models, and projects for social good. As you continue to strive for excellence, discover how to make a greater impact in your career, in your outreach, and in your community.
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Ineffective Leadership
Learn 3 keys to ineffective leadership. With these techniques, you can be sure to bring out poor performance from those around you. In this juxtaposed presentation, Maria Matarelli talks about what not to do and why it is so important to be an inspirational leader rather than an ineffective leader.
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The Agile Advantage
Discover how Agile can be used to achieve incredible results in business. Hear specific case studies and discover the key elements that lead to actual results that companies have achieved with Agile. See how you can begin to apply these same techniques on your projects to increase visibility, get to market faster, increase revenue, and leverage the Agile Advantage in your work and in life.
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OTHER PRESENTATIONS AND WORKSHOPS
Experiencing Agile Workshop
Discover the benefits of Agile and learn by doing in an Agile project simulation. Learn techniques to cut through extra process and get results. Whether you are adopting Agile, assisting your organization in change and leadership alignment, or a Project Manager that simply knows evolution is the key to the complete Project Manager, Agile skills and experience is the next step. Learn key elements for increasing your speed to market, experience the benefits in a project simulation, and discover Agile techniques that you can begin to immediately apply in your work environment.
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Agile Conflict Resolution Workshop
Agile conflict resolution is a workshop packed with powerful communication hacks that will allow you to better understand, empathize with, and motivate your team through daily situations from the most stressful to the most mundane. Learn how to identify and catalogue observable behaviors, separate them from personal feelings, and bond with your team around their needs with techniques that will allow you to drastically speed up your conflict resolution process. This experiential workshop will introduce a new twist on familiar concepts that we apply during the session and will impact every aspect of your life.
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Business Agility through Customer Collaboration
Leveraging real world examples, we’ll explore innovative techniques to engage your teams to create a shared vision of success for your product along with how to create a purpose driven culture in your teams. “Customer Collaboration over Contract Negotiation” is a fundamental value in Agile that propels early and continuous delivery of valuable software through collaboration between business and technology groups. The highest priority of an Agile mindset is to satisfy the customer with a team empowered to drive the product vision into reality. To enable this dynamic approach, the team should band together with the Product Owner and INVEST in effective User stories to realize true business Agility. Join us and uncover specific techniques for creating a Shared Vision or “North Star” for your product and experience how to walk in your customer’s shoes to uncover their journey.
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Breaking Down the Silos – Collaboration Techniques for Teams
Discover collaborative techniques for breaking down the silos in how your teams work together. Walk away from this workshop with tools and techniques you can introduce to your project teams immediately to encourage more collaboration and cross team communication. Apply the concepts for increasing team interaction by creating a visual collaboration tool through an experiential workshop segment in this session.
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Beyond the Challenges: Patterns for Empowering Organizational Effectiveness
After collecting the largest challenges faced by organizations from locations across several countries and industries, hear the common themes of dysfunction that hold organizations back from truly embracing agility and having empowered teams. Learn patterns based on empirical discovery that can be applied to help leaders and teams reach a new level of awareness and take steps to move past these challenges. Discover the role that leadership plays in these situations and how to truly empower teams to reach their full potential.
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Motivating and Engaging Teams
Discover ways to increase your effectiveness and reduce conflict by understanding the premises of Relationship Awareness Theory. In this session, we’ll discuss universal motivation, intention and behavior while exploring how motivation changes in conflict and the impact of conflict triggers. Learn how motivation and values influence behavior and gain insights into how you can improve relationships and manage conflict — personally, professionally, and socially.
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Personal Agility: A Simple Framework for an Empowered Life
Discover how you can apply Personal Agility as a powerful framework to do more of what matters while taking a holistic view of your life. In this presentation, Maria Matarelli will share her own Personal Agility journey by outlining relatable challenges and simple techniques you can apply to identify and visualize what really matters, learn how to say no to things that don’t matter, get the right things done with less stress, and feel more joy and fulfillment in life.
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Rapid Business Development
Learn how to grow your business in today’s rapid ever-changing environment. Uncover the strategies that we used to consult an organization in getting to market 80% faster than more than 50 other organizations just like them. Discover the approach that we used to consult an organization to save more than $1.5 Million each year. Learn how applying streamlined workflow techniques enabled a start up company to earn more than $200,000 in revenue after just a few months in business. Walk away with specific techniques that you can begin implementing in your business today to get rapid business results.
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Maria Matarelli is an International Business Consultant and Trainer, Certified Professional Coach, and a contributing author in the Business Leaders Book Series: Lessons Learned from the Recession, 101 Great Ways to Compete in Today’s Job Market, Success: Tales from the Front and her most recent publication, Workaholic? A 12-Step Guide to Having a Life and Getting Things Done.
Maria consults Fortune 100 companies, working with management teams, executive teams and individual project teams on project management methodologies, process improvements, and organizational change and she consults start up companies on rapid business development. Maria travels to consult organizations and speak at industry conferences with recent locations including Chicago, New York, Hawaii, Istanbul, Vancouver, Sweden, and Morocco.
Maria has achieved more than 10 industry certifications, held leadership positions with several Not for Profit groups,and is dedicated to bridging the gap from traditional Project Management and helping teams see the benefits of using Agile.Maria is passionate about working with people and organizations to inspire agility.
Maria is the Founder and President of the Illinois Regional Agile Users Group (IRAUG), an organization dedicated to serving the community and providing learning opportunities in Agile Project Management practices. Maria was an Area Governor for Toastmasters International, District 30 in Chicago, IL, and as President of Extreme Toastmasters, she led the group in attracting, producing, and developing elite speakers in a comfortable, supportive and mentoring environment. Maria held the seat of VP of Operations for the Project Management Institute (PMI) Central Illinois Chapter for two years, is Chapter Engagement Representative for the PMI Agile Community of Practice, and completed the PMI Leadership Institute Masters Class.
Maria is a Project Management Professional (PMP), PMI Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP), Certified Professional Coach (CPC), Certified Scrum Trainer (CST), Certified Scrum Professional (CSP), Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO), Certified ScrumMaster (CSM), Six Sigma Green Belt (6SGB), Innovation Games® Trained Facilitator (IGTF), 16PF Certified, and Strength Deployment Inventory (SDI) Certified Instructor.
REFERENCES
Previous & Upcoming Speaking Engagements
- Lockheed Martin Speaker Series – Agile for Non-development work – 6/23/21
- University of British Columbia Sauder Management Consulting Club – 5/20/21
- KEYNOTE PRESENTATION – Changemakers Agility Champions – PMI LATAM 5/6/21-5/8/21
- Scrum Professionals Meetup – 5/6/21
- Scrum in Marketing – 4/12/21
- PMI Suncoast Chapter – Women in Project Management by Leading the Way – 3/30/21
- Podcast Interview – Building Great Teams – 3/26/21
- Scrum Event London – Business Agility through Agile Marketing – 3/3/21
- Lurnist Show Interview – 2/23/21
- PMI San Francisco Bay Area – 2/22/21
- Agile Reflect 20 Festival – Agile Marketing | Sri Lanka Virtual – 2/13/21
- PMI Silicon Valley | Agile Reflect 20 Festival Virtual – 2/9/21
- Super Bowl LV – DJing at the Stadium – 2/7/21
- KEYNOTE PRESENTATION – Raising Influence – Livestream – 1/29/21
- Passion Struck Podcast – 1/6/21
- Agile Presentation – London – Virtual – 11/24/20
- Florida Association of Veteran Owned Businesses (FAVOB) – Tampa, FL – 10/29/20
- KEYNOTE PRESENTATION – IT Masters CON – Cancun, Mexico 3/5/21 -3/8/21
- Agile Presentation – London – Virtual – 11/24/20
- Florida Association of Veteran Owned Businesses (FAVOB) – Tampa, FL – 10/29/20
- KEYNOTE PRESENTATION – IT Masters CON – Virtual 10/28/20
- KEYNOTE PRESENTATION – PMI-CIC – VIRTUAL – 9/30/20
- KEYNOTE PRESENTATION – IT Masters CON – Mexico City, Mexico 10/8/20
- EVENT MC – eXperience Agile and World Agility Forum – Lisbon, Portugal – 9/26/20 – 9/30/20
- KEYNOTE PRESENTATION – IT Masters CON – Monterrey, Mexico 6/4/20
- KEYNOTE PRESENTATION – Agency Growth Secrets – Tampa, FL – 2/29/20 – 2/30/20
- Virtual International Summit of Agile Sales & Marketing – 11/6/19 – 11/8/19
- KEYNOTE PRESENTATION – Guerilla Marketing Summit – Orlando, FL – 11/2/19
- EVENT MC – eXperience Agile and World Agility Forum – Lisbon, Portugal – 9/29/19 – 10/2/19
- KEYNOTE PRESENTATION – IIL Virtual Conference – 6/6/19
- Global Scrum Gathering – Austin, TX – 5/20/19
- KEYNOTE PRESENTATION – Agile Indy Keynote – 4/26/19
- KEYNOTE PRESENTATION – Accellechella April 23-24, 2019 Los Angeles, California
- KEYNOTE PRESENTATION – Royal Caribbean cruise ship – Agile Marketing – 4/5/19
- KEYNOTE PRESENTATION – Royal Caribbean cruise ship – Personal Agility – 4/2/19
- KEYNOTE PRESENTATION – Agile Tour Bangkok – Bangkok, Thailand 11/2/18
- KEYNOTE PRESENTATION – Scrum Day Australia – Sydney, Australia 10/24/18 – 10/25/18
- eXperience Agile – Lisbon, Portugal – 10/1/18 – 10/2/18
- KEYNOTE PRESENTATION – Credit Cruise – Bahamas Cruise | Port Canaveral – 6/25/18 – 6/28/18
- Supplier Diversity Conference – Ohio – 6/5/18
- KEYNOTE PRESENTATION – Guerrilla Marketing Global Summit – Orlando, FL – 5/3/18 – 5/5/18
- KEYNOTE PRESENTATION – Midwest DJs LIVE – Milwaukee, WI – 4/29/18 – 5/1/18
- Heart of Agile – Pittsburgh, PA – 4/26/18 – 4/27/18
- Global Scrum Gathering – Minneapolis, MN – 4/16/18 – 4/18/18
- KEYNOTE PRESENTATION – Agile Lean Summit – Harrisburg University – Harrisburg, PA – 3/6/18
- KEYNOTE PRESENTATION – Agile Tour Bangkok – Bangkok, Thailand – 11/17/17
- KEYNOTE PRESENTATION – Scrum Day Portugal – Lisbon, Portugal – 10/2/17 – 10/3/17
- KEYNOTE PRESENTATION – Agile Bangkok – Bangkok, Thailand – 7/25/17
- KEYNOTE PRESENTATION – Global Scrum Gathering – Singapore – 7/17/17 – 7/19/17
- KEYNOTE PRESENTATION – Inspire Global Event – Dunedin, New Zealand – 5/4/17
- Global Scrum Gathering – San Diego, CA – 4/10/17 – 4/12/17
- Agile Marketing Cruise, Caribbean Cruise Ship – 1/15/17 – 1/22/17
- KEYNOTE PRESENTATION – Women in Agile, Agile Tour 2016 Hyderabad, India – 12/18/16
- KEYNOTE PRESENTATION – Entrepreneur Event – Tampa, FL – 10/27/16 – 10/30/16
- KEYNOTE PRESENTATION – Scrum Day Portugal – 10/11/16 – 10/12/16
- Agile Singapore, Singapore – 10/6/16 – 10/7/16
- KEYNOTE PRESENTATION – Heart of Agile Conference – Philadelphia, PA – 5/23/16 – 5/24/16
- Agile Marketing Workshop, Scaling Agile Meetup, Chicago, IL – May 2016
- KEYNOTE PRESENTATION – Scrum Gathering – Orlando, FL – 4/18/16 – 4/20/16
- Agile for Boy Scouts – Chicago, IL – 1/16/16 – 1/17/16
- Agile Marketing – Tampa Marketers Cruise, Caribbean Cruise Ship – 10/21/15 – 10/26/15
- Scrum Gathering – Shanghai, China – 9/14/15 – 9/16/15
- KEYNOTE PRESENTATION – PMI Panama Congress, Panama City, Panama – 6/24/15 – 6/25/15
- KEYNOTE PRESENTATION – PMI Congress, London, Ontario, Canada – 5/15/15
- KEYNOTE PRESENTATION – JVZoo Entrepreneur Marketing Event, San Diego, California – 3/19/15 – 3/22/15
- Washington, D.C. Scrum User Group, Washington, D.C. – 2/17/15
- KEYNOTE PRESENTATION – Marketers Cruise, Caribbean Cruise Ship – 1/26/15 – 1/31/15
- KEYNOTE PRESENTATION – PMI Dominican Republic, Dominican Republic – 11/15/14
- KEYNOTE PRESENTATION – UK Synergy Conference, United Kingdom – 11/13/14
- PMI Tampa Bay Conference, Tampa, FL – 9/13/14
- Agile Workshop, Panama – 7/11/14
- Client Consulting, Chicago, IL – 6/30/14-7/9/14
- PMI San Diego Conference, San Diego, CA – 5/14/14 – 5/16/14
- Rapid Business Development, Tampa, FL – 4/25/14
- PMI Region 7 Leadership Conference, Las Vegas, NV – 3/27/14 – 3/29/14
- University of Illinois at Chicago, Society of Automotive Engineers, Chicago, IL – 2/14/14
- Columbia College Graduate Program on Entrepreneurship, Chicago, IL – 12/2/13
- KEYNOTE PRESENTATION–PMI Eastern Iowa Chapter, Cedar Rapids, IA – 11/1/13
- Leadership Conference, New Orleans, LA – 10/24/13-10/26/13
- Professional Development Conference, Louisville, KY – 10/4/13
- KEYNOTE PRESENTATION – PMI Metro St. Louis Chapter, St. Louis, MO – 8/23/13-8/24/13
- Agile 2013 Conference, Nashville, TN – 8/5/13-8/9/13
- Scrum Gathering, Las Vegas, NV – 5/6/13-5/8/13
- PMI Leadership Institute Meeting, Istanbul, Turkey – 4/16/13-4/21/13
- KEYNOTE PRESENTATION – Women Working in Technology, Ball State University, IN – 3/20/13
- Agile & Beyond Conference, Dearborn, MI – 3/9/13
- Agile Indy Conference, Indianapolis, IN – 3/8/13
- PMI Region 8 Leadership Conference, Morocco, Africa – 11/17/12-11/18/12
- PMI NA Leadership Institute Meeting, Vancouver, B.C. – 10/18/12-10/20/12
- Agile 2012 Conference, Dallas, Texas – 8/13/12-8/17/12
- PMI Rochester Spring Conference, Rochester, New York – 5/24/12
- PMI Region 2 Leadership Conference, Minneapolis, MN – 4/26/12-4/28/12
- PMI Manitoba Spring Conference, Manitoba, Canada – 4/17/12-4/20/12
- PMI Region 7 Leadership Conference, Honolulu, Hawaii – 3/15/12-3/19/12
- PMI Sweden Congress, Malmö, Sweden – 3/12/12
- University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC), Chicago, Illinois – 2/29/12
- PMI Southwestern Indiana Conference, Evansville, Indiana – 2/25/12
- PMI Manitoba Agile Conference, Manitoba, Canada – 11/15/11-11/18/11
- PMI Region 2 Leadership Conference, Omaha, Nebraska – 11/11/11
