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Steve Hart
Co-Founder
Agile HR ConsortiumWayne Tarken
Co-Founder
Agile HR ConsortiumOur Model
Agile HR consortium has developed a proven model with key components that can be customized to your organization. These components include:
Mindset of the Agile Leader
Assessing the essential conditions for success. Deep insight and clarity into how the organization’s culture currently works.
Seven Core Principles – EBIT2DA
Principles that serve as an anchor point in agile work by bridging theory and practice.
Four Roles of the Leader
A GPS to guide leaders as changing demands require a shift in and out of various Diagnostician/Decider, Agent of Change, Implementer and Reflective Learner roles during a project
Six Liberating Structures/Ways of Working
The gateway to implementing agile work. Modifying agile ways of work for the non-IT practitioner
Ten Effective Leadership Practices
A toolbox of skills for an agile leader to create meaningful work
Mission
Committed to helping our clients as well as the HR profession unleash the potential of the human spirit in their enterprise; discover purpose and meaning in their work; be recognized for their contribution; and co-create a sustainable future through the implementation of Agile HR Leadership principles and practices.
Values
Successful implementation of Agile in any organization or business function requires several pre-conditions. We see these conditions as critical values that are needed at both the leadership and team levels to ensure the work is properly supported and implemented. They include:
- A culture of experimentation
- Openness and transparency
- Inclusivity
- Shared responsibility
- Trust
We work with our clients in the very early stages of our engagement to assess how well these values are present in the organization before any new Agile work begins. We help our clients to build the necessary systems and structures that may be required to ensure they have a firm foundation upon which they can build their success.
FOUNDERS
A team that provides the experiences, practices, leadership and coaching to help you achieve your goals and objective
Steve Hart and Wayne Tarken have a combined 35+ years of experience as executive coaches, VP of Leadership Development, CHRO, Scrum Master, IT Project Leader, HR Consultant and Adjunct Professors
They developed the five-part Agile Leadership Model, a combination of practical experience, academic research, business scholarship and leadership practices that is designed to help leaders implement Agile Ways of Work to improve individual and organizational performance, engagement and success.
Wayne Tarken
With more than 20 years of experience working with business executives, Wayne Tarken helps organizations implement agile and strategic leadership practices to improve the performance of business strategies and operations.
With Steve Hart, he co-founded the Agile HR Consortium, a global group of organizations that collaborate on the development of practices, tools and resources that promote the adoption of agile into organizations. His prior experience as a Scrum Master and Chief HR Officer has led him to create a series of seven principles that combine key agile tactics with leadership strategies to generate a more robust organizational performance.
He is a faculty member at the University of Pennsylvania where he co-teaches with Steve Hart, “Developing the Agile Leader and Their Organization” graduate course.
Tarken is a Certified Personal Trainer (CPT) who works with executives to improve their personal and business fitness as well as Senior Professional in Human Resources (SPHR). He graduated from Temple University with an MBA in HR/Management and a BA in Economics
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Stephen G. Hart
Steve is an Executive Coach with The Professional Development Group, LLC, and is also co-founder, Chief Learning Officer, and Senior Consultant with the Agile HR Consortium, LLC. In both organizations, Steve coaches inspiring leaders, develops high performing teams, and helps his clients to create great places to work.
He is an Affiliate Faculty member of the Organizational Dynamics program at the University of Pennsylvania and is the primary host of Penn’s Organizational Dynamics Program’s podcast series Learning Aloud. He earned an M.S. in Organizational Dynamics from the University of Pennsylvania and a BS from LaSalle University, Philadelphia. Steve is a 2009 Fellow of Leadership Philadelphia. He is an accomplished musician, published singer and songwriter, and leads his own acoustic band, HMS.
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