Cassandra Van Gelder
Senior Agile Coach
Vienna, Austria
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Cass Van Gelder hails from just about every part of the US – New York, Las Vegas, San Francisco, Nashville and onwards. She maintains certifications as a Senior Agile Coach/Trainer, ICP-ENT, ICP-ACC, CSM, CSPO, CSP-SM, CSP-PO, and other alphabetic combinations. She designed, organized, and continues to teach successful Learning Journeys, Leadership Master Classes, Mental Health Advocation Workshops, Gamification Workshops, etc.
With a background in theater, music, gaming, and Legos, she develops highly engaging programs and workshops focusing on ensuring students can easily digest the information and openly apply what they have learned – and always with a path towards onward growth.
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Working Together on Mental Health on Agile Teams WORKSHOP
Over my many years of working in Agile, I’ve seen a preponderance of ADHD, OCD, anxiety, Asperger's Syndrome, autism, Bipolar Disorder I and II, etc.
Since Agile encourages teams to work together, these issues can create impediments — and sometimes a 50-foot wall — that keeps the team from growing, and even from simply functioning.
With this workshop, you will learn how work together effectively, making simple adjustments to make your team more inclusive.
Come join me while we work together to answer questions and create more healthy Agile teams.
Wrecking Ball: Reconstructing a 150-year-old Bank’s Agile Training Program from the Ground Up
At Raiffeisen International Bank, we believe our people deserve the best to be their best.
But, when trying to fulfill their needs, we found resources either lacking or non-existent. So, we changed.
We focused inwardly to solve our own problems and create a new world.
We created a journey - one that each student now takes with them and invests in the program and themselves.
Come join us as we tell you more about how we went from a handful of scattered classes to a fully developed internal Agile Learning Journey! And how you can do it, too!
PRODUCT OWNER GROWTH WHEEL – A DIRECTION FORWARD
Raiffeisen International Bank, based in Vienna, Austria, invested time, effort, and support in our Agile transformation. We created a Scrum Master Learning Journey, pairing it with the Agile Coach Growth Wheel that we refined (adding items to make it more easily understandable (e.g., icons, colors, pairing descriptions with Scrum Master levels, etc.) These additions made it easier to show how trainings, classes, and workshops applied to the wheel and help the Scrum Master on their growth path.
However, when we researched a similar tool for the Product Owners, we entered an information desert. While information existed for waterfall-type roles (e.g., product managers, etc.,) little existed for the Product Owners specifically.
Working first with our Agile Coaches who worked closest with the Product Owners, we created the first draft of the Product Owner Growth Wheel. After nearly two years, we would like to share our results in hopes it may help you in your journeys.
We look forward to sharing and discussing this new tool with all of you.
Coaching in the Path of War
Over 5 years ago, I eagerly disembarked on a different continent, ready to coach and learn while working for a 150-year-old European bank. Culture shock exploded and unsettled me until I was assigned to several small network bank units located throughout the Balkans. And then, a new war was on our doorstep – Ukraine.
Come hear the story of how I coached several Agile teams in war-torn countries through their Agile transformations and how it can help you and your teams through challenges, difficulties, and tragedies.
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