The document discusses the skills of agile leaders in the 21st century. It outlines 7 key skills: 1) Incubating transformational leadership by living the values and leading by example. 2) Developing a transformational leadership team with a compelling shared vision. 3) Expanding as a leader from expert to achiever to catalyst with a growth mindset. 4) Leading change by anchoring new approaches in the culture. 5) Developing people by creating jointly responsible teams and respecting people. 6) Setting goals while minimizing constraints and work requirements. 7) Unlocking the hidden potential of team members by creating an environment of mutual influence.

1. Niranjan Nerlige V, Agile Consultant, Coach and Trainer
CSP,CSM, PMI-ACP,SPC4
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What Agile Leaders are great at?
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2. Agenda
 Introduction to Agile Leaders of 21st Century – (3 min)
 #1 - Incubate Transformational Leadership –(5 min)
 # 2 - Develop Transformational Leadership Team –(3-5 min)
 # 3 - Expand as a Leader from Expert-Achiever-Catalyst–(3-5min)
 # 4 - Develop People –(3-5 min)
 # 5 - Lead the change–(3-5 min)
 # 6 - Set the Goal and Minimize work requirements–(3-5 min)
 # 7 - Unlock the hidden potential –(3-5 min)
 Q&A – 5 Min
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4. Barriers for Agile Adoption
Company Culture at odds
with agile values
46%
Management concern
about loss of control
38%
Organizationalresistance
to change
42%
10th State of Agile report-VersionOne- 2016
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5. Source: Developing Agile Leadership presentation by Peter Behrens
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6. Agile Leadership
An Agile leader...
• Operates effectively amid uncertainty,
complexity, and rapid change
• Is knowledgeable about Agile values,
approaches, and practices
• Surfaces more creative solutions
through increased self-awareness, a
growth mindset, and engaging others
• Aligns and empowers teams toward
delivering more customer value
• Takes a collaborative continuous-
improvement approach to
organizational effectiveness
• Catalyzes change in others and
facilitates organizational change
Source: https://www.scrumalliance.org/agile-leadership
The World of
Agile
The World of
Leadership
What is
It?
The World of
Agile
Leadership
Source: Developing Agile Leadership presentation by Peter Behrens
Leaders need
to be agile
Agile Organizations
need Leadership
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7. Agile Leaders
#1-Incubate Transformational
Leadership
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8. Leaders go first
• Live the values
• Lead by example
• Seek to truly understand their culture
• Be as transparent as the teams they lead
See presentation:Agile From the Top Down: Executives & Leadership Living Agile
by Jon Stahl
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9. Scrum=Agile?
• Does your company think following “agile practices”
therefore they are agile.
• They have to recognize agile is set of value and
principles
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10. Agile from top down practices
• Clear communicationis the foundation. “ I am glad we all agree”
• Genuine shared understanding. – “ I am glad we’re all agreed
then”
• Create BVR(Big Visual room)
• Put your values on the wall, agile manifesto, XP values and Lean
(kaizen)
• Visualize what you manage
– Application assets
– Leadership
– Financial, operation etc.
• Transparent leadership- doesn't’t mean you have all answers.
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11. Standard work practices
Source:
Define Core competencies, matrix and ownership
Standard work: Agile Practices
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12. #2-Develop Transformational
Leadership Team
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13. Temenos Transformation Model
“The ability to transcend
many visions into
compelling shared vision
across the organization is
the key stone what
Temenos offers
organizations”
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14. Integrity and sacredness of leadership
team
Personal visions of many
Compelling organization
shared vision
“ Continued commitment to maintaining integrity and sacredness of
leadership team”
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15. #3- Expand as a Leader from
Expert-Achiever-Catalyst
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16. Task-focused
Do the work
Results-focused
Direct the work
Drive and measure
Growth-focused
Guide people/change
Share Leadership
Creative & Adaptive
Expert
Leader
Achiever
Leader
Catalyst
Leader
Agile Leadership Journey
Source:DevelopingAgile LeadershippresentationbyPeterBehrens
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17. Need Agile Leaders
GROWTH MINDSET CATALYST HABITS
Awareness of self Experiments on self
Reflects cognitively Coaches for growth
Open to perspective Shares ownership
" We need more agile leaders who demonstrate Growth
mindset and Catalyst Habits
Source: Developing Agile Leadership presentation by Peter Behrens
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18. Discovering Agile culture
"Discovered agile culture and explored their values
iteratively through visualization and collaboration
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19. #4 – Lead the change
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20. It is upto you
It is not enough that management
commit themselves to quality and
productivity, they must know what it
is they must do.
Such a responsibility cannot
be delegated.
—W. Edwards Deming
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21. Anchor new approaches in the
culture
• Leaders and managers own habits and behaviors
• Culture is realized in the habits of the organization
• New culture requires new habits
• Celebrate short wins
• Consolidate gains; produce more wins
“people are already doing their best. It’s the system
that’s flawed.”- Deming
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22. #5 – Develop People
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23. Agile Leadership style shall focus on
 Developing skills and career paths
 Creates team jointly responsible
for success
 Inculcate Lean , Agile Thinking and
Behaviors
 Joint problem solving
 Respect People and Culture
Develop People
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24. Employee Engagement in Google
Regarding work-life balance, Google gDNA findings:
 Segmentors : 31 %(work without care for looming deadlines)
 Integrators : 69 %(checking mail all evening, check daily see
if new work has come)
Googlers into two categories:
Segmentors and Integrators.
Source:https://www.rivs.com/blog/employee-engagement-and-google-how-are-they-linked/
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25. # 6 - Set the Goal and Minimize
Constraints
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26. Set Goals , but minimize work
requirements
Agile Leaders
 Set Goals but provide
minimum work
requirements
 Build Agile Teams
organized around Value
 Eliminate demotivating
policies and procedures
“ As we look ahead into the next century leaders will be
those who empower – Bill Gates
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27. # 7 - Unlock the hidden potential
of the team members
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28. What motivates us?
Workers are knowledge workers if they know more about the work
they perform than their bosses.
—Peter Drucker
It appears that the performance of the
task provides its own intrinsic reward …
this drive … may be as basic as the
others …
—The Surprising Truth About
What Motivates Us, Daniel H. Pink
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29. Create Environment of Mutual
Influence
Agile Leaders encourage direct reports:
• To disagree where appropriate
• To advocate for the positions they believe in
• To push for their own needs
• To enter into joint problem solving
• To negotiate, compromise,
agree, commit
Everyone should have an opportunity to learn in a positive environment to
enjoy the learning process and feel comfortable and conduct within it –
Barry Saide
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30. References
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