Leading Without The Titles: Influence Strategies For Tech Professionals

Change agents frequently must drive significant organizational change without formal authority. This presentation explores proven influence strategies that enable agilists, technical leaders, project managers, and individual contributors to lead transformation initiatives, mentor senior stakeholders, and create sustainable improvements across multiple teams and programs. Drawing from real-world experience leading technology initiatives at enterprise scale, this session will demonstrate how to navigate the unique challenges of influencing up, down, and across organizational hierarchies. You will learn practical techniques for building consensus among diverse stakeholder groups, from C-suite executives to distributed development teams, while maintaining collaborative leadership principles.

Our Speaker:
Nicole Spence-Goon has emerged as an influential agilist whose expertise spans team coaching, facilitation, and organizational transformation. Her commitment to continuous learning is reflected in her impressive credentials, including Certified Scrum Professional status, multiple Scrum Alliance certifications, Agile Scaling certifications, and recognition as a Certified Professional in Agile Coaching. Nicole has distinguished herself by helping federal government agencies embrace true agile principles, drawing from her extensive experience guiding complex organizational transitions. Her focused approach to team coaching has consistently led to enhanced workflow efficiency and improved team performance, making her a respected voice in the agile community.

As a passionate advocate for inclusive agile communities, she serves as a core team member of Agile in Color to develop, connect and elevate professionals of color, and drives women's empowerment initiatives as an organizer of the DC Women in Agile group.

Zoom Security Note
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