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Developing Agile Leadership
The document discusses the evolution of agile leadership and the necessity for leaders to be adaptable in today's complex organizational environments. It highlights the historical context of leadership, the challenges of scaling agile practices, and the crucial role of culture in enabling agility. The piece concludes with a call for developing agile leaders who promote a growth mindset and foster collaboration within their organizations.
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- 1. Developing Agile Leadership PeteBehrens, CEC, CST® Lars Bruns – GE Global Research Philipp Engstler – Local.ch Twitter: #SAMW16 @scrumalliance and @petebehrens
- 2. Pete Behrens, CEC,CST® 2 • Leadership Agility Coach with Trail Ridge • Guided organizational agility in many companies: • Certified Leadership Agility 360 Coach • Founder of the Scrum Alliance CEC Program • Scrum Alliance board member • Leading development of the new Certified Agile Leadership (CAL) Program for Scrum Alliance
- 3. © 2016 Trail GlobalAgile Leadership Awareness Today! April June May April September
- 4. © 2016 Trail AHA!Agile Leadership Awareness
- 5. © 2016 Trail AgileLeadership Perception The World of Agile The World of Leadership What is it?
- 6. © 2016 Trail AgileLeadership Reality The World of Agile Leadership Agile Organizations need Leadership Leaders need to be agile
- 7. © 2016 Trail Ihaven’t always been agile… “I have a confession…” I am A Recovering asshole
- 8. © 2016 Trail WhyI know this…
- 9. © 2016 Trail I’mnot alone… R. Hogan & Kaiser, 2005 What we know about leadership. Review of General Psychology “Climate surveys routinely show that about 70% of employees report the most stressful aspect of their jobs is the interaction with their immediate boss.” 70% Leadership Failure
- 10. © 2005-2016 TrailRidge Consulting, LLC My story as Development Mgr…
- 11. © 2016 Trail HowI came to “know”… video
- 12. © 2016 Trail Myreal AHA! motivator We all need someone like Jana in our lives…
- 13. © 2005-2016 TrailRidge Consulting, LLC My AHA! Task-focused Do the work People = problems Expert Leader
- 14. © 2005-2016 TrailRidge Consulting, LLC I was promoted to a VP…
- 15. © 2016 Trail Myway to be agile… Weisbart.com Video
- 16. © 2016 Trail Myreal AHA! moment…
- 17. © 2016 Trail MyAHA! Results-focused Direct the work People = PawnsTask-focused Do the work People = Problems Expert Leader Achiever Leader
- 18. © 2016 Trail MyAHA! Agile Leadership Journey 1990 20152005 20101995 2000
- 19. © 2016 Trail MyAHA! Talk Journey Agile Leadership Leadership Evolution Leadership Perspective
- 20. © 2016 Trail For2.5 Million Years 200 Years 13,000 Years before people settled…
- 21. © 2016 Trail For2.5 Million Years ‣ Small & nomadic ‣ Informal Task-based leadership ‣ Leaders emerged ‣ Low tolerance for dominance ‣ People were free to leave AHA! people were agile… 200 Years 13,000 Years
- 22. © 2016 Trail For2.5 Million Years “Self-organization is not a startling new feature of the world. It is what we do until we interfere with the process and try to control one another.” - Margaret Wheatley AHA! people were agile… 200 Years 13,000 Years
- 23. © 2016 Trail ThePrevious 13,000 Years 200 YearsThen people settled… 200 Years
- 24. © 2016 Trail ThePrevious 13,000 Years ‣ Large sedentary city-states ‣ Formal hierarchical leadership ‣ Leaders imposed from above ‣ Dependent on city - not free to leave ‣ Power, wealth & dominance surge then people settled… 200 Years
- 25. © 2016 Trail ThePrevious 13,000 Years “As leaders gained more relative power, relations are based more on leaders’ ability to dominate and exploit rather than benefit followers.” - Price & Vugt 2014 assholes had a home… 200 Years
- 26. © 2016 Trail TheLast 200 Years… 200 Years rapid rise in complexity & change
- 27. © 2016 Trail TheLast 200 Years… ‣ Large organizations ‣ Formal hierarchical leadership ‣ Leaders imposed from above ‣ Dependence on organization ‣ Power, wealth & dominance AHA! organizations haven’t changed
- 28. © 2016 Trail Today! Choiceof Leader Team Power Autonomy Mobility Preference Reality Imposed Leaders Hierarchical Power Directive Rigidity AHA! it’s time for a change…
- 29. © 2016 Trail MyAHA! Talk Journey
- 30. © 2016 Trail AgileIsn’t Sticking or Scaling… Today’s Leadership i CULTURE STRUCTURE PROCESS Super-sizing agile processes fails to penetrate and stick
- 31. © 2016 Trail ScalingAgile Challenges Company culture at odds with agile values 46% Management concern about loss of control 38% Organizational resistance to change 42%
- 32. © 2016 Trail AgileLeadership is the key CULTURE STRUCTURE PROCESS Leaders must connect agile values within the culture
- 33. © 2016 Trail AHA!Agile Leadership Journey 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 Based on Leadership Agility by Bill Joiner & Stephen Josephs
- 34. © 2016 Trail Expandinga Leader’s AHA! Based on Leadership Agility by Bill Joiner & Stephen Josephs Less about skill acquisition, more about self-awareness and maturity
- 35. © 2016 Trail RefocusingAgile Leaders
- 36. © 2016 Trail Over-Focuson Organization Over-focus on Organizational Agility
- 37. © 2016 Trail NeedAgile Leaders! Over focus on Organizational Agility Organizations reflect Leadership
- 38. © 2016 Trail NeedAgile Leaders! ADAPTIVE MIND! ADAPTIVE BODY! "Unless leaders do their own development work, they are not likely to create business transformation. - Robert Anderson in Mastering Leadership
- 39. © 2016 Trail AnAgile Leader’s AHA! Researching Research! The focus and tools of research have changed much in the past 100 years How we research has not Global ResearchLars Bruns
- 40. © 2016 Trail ResearchingHimself Global Research Paired Leadership Lars leads by modeling a paired- leadership approach – sharing responsibility & developing others.
- 41. © 2016 Trail ResearchingPeople M(e) Staffing Researchers now self-organize on research projects – increasing energy & learning Global Research
- 42. © 2016 Trail ResearchingResearch Flash Works Researchers flash swarm selected projects across disciplines – creativity and progress soar. Global Research
- 43. © 2016 Trail NeedAgile Leaders! ✴Awareness of self ✴Reflects cognitively ✴Open to perspectives GROWTH MINDSET CATALYST HABITS ✴Experiments on self ✴Coaches for growth ✴Shares ownership
- 44. © 2016 Trail Over-Focuson Actions Over-focus on Productivity and other outputs
- 45. © 2016 Trail NeedFocus on Enablement Over-focus on Productivity and other outputs Results are enabled thru culture “You can’t build an adaptable organization without adaptable people” - Gary Hamel
- 46. © 2016 Trail AnAgile Leader’s AHA! Guiding Agile Culture With a pending integration, Philipp sought to know and save his company’s culture. He ended up influencing the acquiring company’s culture Philipp Engstler
- 47. © 2016 Trail DiscoveringTheir Agile Culture… Visualizing Culture Exploring their values iteratively through visualization and collaboration
- 48. © 2005-2016 TrailRidge Consulting, LLC
- 49. © 2016 Trail SharingTheir Agile Culture … Culture V1.02 The version number indicates that we expect to inspect & adapt our culture and behaviors Urs Schäppi, CEO Swisscom
- 50. © 2016 Trail SpreadingTheir Agile Culture…
- 51. © 2016 Trail SpreadingTheir Agile Culture…
- 52. © 2016 Trail Focuson Enablement ✴Imagines creatively ✴Connects emotionally ✴Seeks & uses feedback GROWTH MINDSET AGILE VALUES ✴Creates a safe workplace ✴Guides organization change ✴Builds organization culture
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- 54. © 2016 Trail AHA!Agile Leadership Workshops Certified Agile Leadership Workshops June 30 - July 1 in Bangalore, India August 29-31 in Denver, CO September 15-16 in Zurich, Switzerland September 28-30 in New York, NY October 26-28 in Seattle, WA November 16-18 in Washington, DC Nov 30 – Dec 2 in Orlando, FL Register at AgileLeadershipJourney.com/tour
- 55. © 2016 Trail CertifiedAgile Leadership (CAL) Program AHA! Journey!
- 56. © 2016 Trail Tyingit all together… Certified Agile Leadership More to come… Some Education Providers are pending Scrum Alliance Approval
- 57. © 2016 Trail CALProgram Teams Program Discovery Team 2015 • Pete Behrens • Steven Denning • Angela Johnson • Pollyanna Pixton • Simon Roberts Program Design Team 2016 • Pete Behrens • Peter Green • Angela Johnson • Assistance from Sanjiv Augustine, Scott Dunn and Brian Rabon Scrum Alliance Support Team • Manny Gonzalez • Erika Jones • Lisa Reeder
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