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- 1. Servant Leadership: An Art Of Creating Legacy Rahul Sharma | Call: +27 (0)840509415 | Email: rahul@thinkagile.co.za
- 2. Who Am I?
- 4. Various Aspects of Servant Leadership
- 5. Servant Leadership Reference: 1970 Edition of “The Servant as Leader” by Robert K. Greenleaf “Leaders are ordinary people, who through the needs of community, emerge as ‘special people’.
- 6. Reference: 1970 Edition of “The Servant as Leader” by Robert K. Greenleaf Servant Leader Helps to unlock others potential Straight Forward Compassionate and carry empathy cares like hell about the world s/he live in s/he protests the ways we go on ruining it up go on loving and believing in the people who inhabit it
- 8. Cultivates culture of trust within family Encourages to experiment Make opinion based decisions Care about all the systems Develops other family members as leaders Thinks long term Thinks you, then me
- 10. Cultivates culture of trust within team Encourages to experiment Make opinion based decisions Care about all the systems Develops other team members as leaders Thinks long term Thinks you, then me
- 11. Write down one people or process related problem recently you faced in your team, on a sticky note 3 Minutes Individually
- 13. Working Agreements Never lead a team without setting “working agreements” upfront Keep evolving “working agreements” as and when people leave and join Set team culture and values Provide base for open and honest conversations Resolve conflicts positively Create leadership skills within team Helps in self organization
- 14. On your table, as a group identify which problems Could be resolved by making them a part of team’s working agreements 7 Minutes
- 15. Time to share the learnings with all of us 1 Minute Per Team
- 16. Impediments For my team, I end up with resolving most of the impediments again and again? Resolve impediment first time together with a team member Share it with team, how did you do it Next time, let one of your team member resolve it Advantages of exercising this way of impediment resolution?
- 17. Be Observant
- 19. Inclusiveness Most Famous Discrimination? A Bank’s Culture Vs Other Organizations
- 20. Inclusiveness Irrespective of our professional background, cultural background, race, religion, country, color, permanent or contractor, when we work for a team, we work for a common goal, sharing same values and principles, mind it.
- 21. Beyond Organization Help in creating platforms for learning Share your knowledge and experience, wherever you can Support communities around your area Neighborhood program
- 22. Example of Extreme Servant Leadership
- 23. Reference: 1970 Edition of “The Servant as Leader” by Robert K. Greenleaf Servant Leadership Help you to unlock your potential Straight Forward Compassionate cares like hell about the world he live in he protests the ways we go on ruining it up go on loving and believing in the people who inhabit it Never judge other leaders Work towards making their own role redundant Showcase Personal Behavioral model in correct order Everyone is favorite, no one is favorite Include everyone in everything Think beyond one organization
- 24. Reference: 1970 Edition of “The Servant as Leader” by Robert K. Greenleaf Serving (and leading) is not popular, because it is exacting and hard to attain. But it is highly rewarding and fulfilling when it is done well
- 25. Recap of Learnings Don’t judge other leaders, just serve your people Serve people like your kids, selflessly, thinking about them before yourself Working agreements/ working alignments : Don’t let any team live without them Be observant and keep an eye on body language of your people Don’t be a ScrumMum, it makes people dependent
- 26. Recap of Learnings Personal Behavioral Model Inclusiveness in culture is critical Servant Leadership beyond an Organization Don’t forget to give credit to someone else, in success stories AND…
- 27. Build Legacy, Not An Empire
Editor's Notes
- I use this funny way of introducing myself. I am neither this cricket player, nor this Santoor player, eventually we share same name and surname. And I am passionate about these two activities, sports and music
- I use this funny way of introducing myself. I am neither this cricket player, nor this Santoor player, eventually we share same name and surname. And I am passionate about these two activities, sports and music
- In next 40 minutes, I will share my experience of various aspects of Servant leadership
- I speak about the History of servant leadership quickly, that its not a new concept, in fact its around 49 year old concept, only for last yew years, people have started recognizing the importance of servant leadership and a lot of people around the world have started practicing it
- I start with above 6 properties from the book, a servant leader must carry.
- I will speak about what Doctors teaches us, from my experience and what I have learnt from my uncle, who is a Neuro Surgen.
- We all have parents or some of us are parents too. Do we remember the kind of sacrifices they have done for us? Do we remember I speak about every single above points, what parents do for us, or what we try to do for our kids Ex - If you have to go to gym and at the same time, you have to take your kid for swimming classes, which one will get preference As a parent, I think we showcase one of the biggest example of servant leadership, when we actually forget ourselves to serve our kids
- Two teams of 13 Who wants to be boss, I want one boss Stand everyone in a circle facing inwards Boss stands outside the circle Round 1 – Manager need to tell what each person needs to do to create a circle
- And then I will replace family, by a team, and I will compare exactly how a servant leader need to behave like a parent, giving different examples for each point
- Have you heard about “Distributed Leadership”? Yes, no? Lets talk about it
- Have you heard about “Breathless Leader”? Yes, no? Lets talk about it
- How working agreements acts as a “Breathless Leader”. I will explain it I call working agreements, a “breathless leader”. I will explain why setting them upfront and keep evolving them is vital for the success of any team.
- Have you heard about “Distributed Leadership”? Yes, no? Lets talk about it
- How many of you are in leadership role, team leads, Project Managers, Scrum Masters? Have you faced this ever? If we keep doing this what are we creating? “Dependencies”
- This model can be used while taking any important decision, to resolve conflicts and in our behavior in any situation. I have named it “Personal Behavioral Model”. I have used this model in various situations and it helped me.
- I will speak on why “Inclusiveness” is important for each team member, from a leadership point of view. I will give examples from two different organizations where I worked, and how inclusiveness makes a difference
- I will give some ideas, how a person can become a servant leader beyond their organizations I will take an example from my organization – Think Agile, where we have started a program “Neighborhood Program”, and how we are serving agile community of South Africa, as a leader.
- I am going to play a 2.5 minutes video from a Rocket scientist and how head of a Space Research organization showcased servant leadership in case of failure as well as success
- And then I will add points from my experience on servant leadership, to the points which I derived from book, based on what we discussed some time back, in the session
- Quick recap of learnings to remind how a Servant Leader need to be.
- My final message to the attendees. Believe me, you will feel awesome, if you do so.