Ep 129: How We Agile: Toy Donation
Sign up to start your Agile Transformation here! The holidays are coming and we all need to get things out of the house before new toys come into the house! This is the first year we involved the kids. We do it in a couple of phases so that the kids don't get...
Ep 128: How To Recover From Parenting Burnout
Agile got me out of my parenting burnout. This is the exact course that got me out of parenting burnout. But first, you have to go through some things before you get to Agile. What is burnout? It is a complete overwhelm with mental, physical and emotional exhaustion....
Ep 127: What is Scope and How Do You Fend Off Scope Creep?
With projects and tasks, every person involved has their own idea of how things will go in their mind. We will talk about how to best communicate. What is scope? Scope is everything you need for the process to be delivered. What is scope creep? This is when something...
Ep 126: Becoming Eco Friendly with Bev Feldman
Join my free course on Agile here! Today, we are joined by my dear friend Bev Feldman, a blogger and mom who is passionate about sustainability. We're in this crossroads, where if we don't change something soon the whole world is in trouble. I wanted to make...
Ep 125: Our Holiday Traditions + Permission to Wait
Want to know how to handle the holidays in a pandemic? Join me for my free webinar. Halloween starts our holidays. We order pizza, trick-or-treat, hand out candy and watch a movie while the kids stay up late. Thanksgiving we do just one side of the family....
Ep 124: How We Agile: Halloween
Halloween 2020 is going to look a little different this year. To find out how I'm handling Halloween click here. Every year, we plan our costumes early. That way we can start buying or making things early. Go to your local warehouse and buy your candy in bulk early....
Apology: Words Matter
Here at Yvonne Marcus Consulting, we believe that words matter and we are coming to you today with an apology. It was brought to our attention this weekend that we have been using a term that is ableist. We want to make the effort to do better now that we know...
Ep 123: Best Practices for Your Daily Scrum
Get my Daily Scrum mini course for just $17 right now! So what are the best practices? 1. Respect the Time Box 2. Meet in person. 3. Come on time and prepared. 4. No multi-tasking during the meeting. 5. Include self-care needs. 6. Schedule this at the best time for...
Ep 122: Favorite Games for Family Game Night
Family Game Night is my favorite. Our favorite educational game is Count Your Chickens. We also love Sunny Day, Rainy Day; Clumsy Beef; Sneaky Snacky Squirrel; and Uno. We also enjoy Ticket to Ride's geography focus. We love Candyland and Creationary, as well.
Ep 121: How Bear Spray Solved Our Bedtime Anxiety
Go from Agile zero to Agile hero with my new free 3-day mini-course! One day, our kids saw a bear climb over our neighbor's fence. This scared them. We then started to try to explain to my daughter how the bear will not come in and get her. It didn't seem to work....