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Let's face it - we are much better at leading others than we are at leading ourselves. The things we put ourselves through would sometimes warrant an HR errand if we did it to the people on our teams, or at least people would be shocked by our lack of empathy.

We don't prioritize ourselves, we don't plan our time, we don't keep ourselves accountable, and on top of that, we scold ourselves instead of giving constructive feedback.

The funny thing is - we already have the skills to be better leaders to ourselves. We use them daily with our teams, yet somehow, we fall short when it comes to US.

In this talk, we go through how facilitation and leadership skills commonly used to lead teams can be re-applied to ourselves. How do daily standups, planning meetings, and retrospectives look and work with yourself when done on a personal basis? Can you run a personal discovery or ideation workshop over your own work?

And how do these things integrate with the work you are doing in a team setting.

Learn the idea of facilitating YOU! and get some tips on concrete workshops and steps you can do alone to boost your productivity and well-being.

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Agile facilitation techniques can be adapted for personal self-leadership by treating yourself as a team of one. The approach involves splitting yourself into facilitator (past you) and participant (present you) roles to design structured personal workshops. Core practices include daily check-ins, weekly planning sessions, and personal retrospectives using familiar agile frameworks. Key principles: write ridiculously clear instructions, use timers, follow your own process, and maintain a parking lot for distractions. For complex challenges like prioritization, use tournament-style comparisons instead of dot voting. The goal is to extend the same care and structure you give teams to yourself, avoiding productivity theater and tool-switching procrastination.

Facilitate You! - Use your facilitating skills to lead yourself - Martin Mazur - NDC Copenhagen 2025