Employee Engagement in Agile Practice
Syed Nazir Razik
April 12, 2016
HP Enterprise, Chennai
Board Member & Vice President
Vice President ,
Aerospace Industry Association
of Tamil Nadu
Social Media Strategist
Agile Mentor for ACP & Beyond
Agenda
What is Employee Engagement
Organizational teams and growing millennials
Agile Practices bring more team engagement
Servant Leadership and Collaborative teams
Why Agile is an emerging practice to engage millennials
Agile practices that catalyze
High performance = Better engagement
Steps forward …
Recommended Read
Employee Engagement
• Employee engagement is a
property of the relationship
between an organization and
its employees.
• An "engaged employee" is
one who is fully absorbed by
and enthusiastic about their
work and so takes positive
action to further the
organization's reputation and
interests.
Degrees of Employee Engagement
Effects of Team Engagement
• 41% fewer quality
defects
• 48% fewer safety
incidents
• 28% less shrinkage
• 65% less turnover (low-
turnover organizations)
• 25% less turnover
(high-turnover
organizations)
• 37% less absenteeism
Growth of Not Engaged Millennial workforce
• Traditionalist
• Baby Boomers
• Gen X
• Gen Y or Millennials
Growth of Millennials
Align
Purpose
Influencing factors of Millennials @ Team
Millennial team priorities
Team Culture Matters
Team engagement in Agile
Agile empowers Engagement
Servant Leader empowers Team
Engagement
Servant Leaders :
 Are self-aware.
 Listen.
 Share the power.
 Help other people grow.
 Coach people, not control them
 Collaborates , not dictates
 Unleash the energy and intelligence of others.
 Work to develop their foresight, so they can act, not react
 Doesn’t control team member actions but offers possibilities
Agile Practice empowers
High Performance
Agile Practice focus on
 Creating a collaborative
environment.
 Focus on Group goals
than individual goals
 Encouraging Team
interaction
 Team intelligence
precedes Individual
Engaged Team accelerates Growth
Engagement empowers High Performance
Teams
 Respect Each team members opinion
 Protect your team from all evil
 Effective decision making
 Measure Progress and provide feedback
 Set up clear process, checkpoints and Metrics
 Effective Team Meetings and Conflict Resolution
 Build capability and career path for each individual
"Remember, teamwork begins by building trust. And the only way to do that is to
overcome our need for invulnerability." --Patrick Lencioni
Effects of Agile (Engaged) Teams
Recommendation and Credits
State of Agile Report 2016
Employee Engagement Report 2015
Thank You !
U can reach me
Twitter @joesat @pmichennai
Mail : syed@pmi-chennai.org

Employee engagement in Agile Practice

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    Employee Engagement inAgile Practice Syed Nazir Razik April 12, 2016 HP Enterprise, Chennai
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    Board Member &Vice President Vice President , Aerospace Industry Association of Tamil Nadu Social Media Strategist Agile Mentor for ACP & Beyond
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    Agenda What is EmployeeEngagement Organizational teams and growing millennials Agile Practices bring more team engagement Servant Leadership and Collaborative teams Why Agile is an emerging practice to engage millennials Agile practices that catalyze High performance = Better engagement Steps forward … Recommended Read
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    Employee Engagement • Employeeengagement is a property of the relationship between an organization and its employees. • An "engaged employee" is one who is fully absorbed by and enthusiastic about their work and so takes positive action to further the organization's reputation and interests.
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    Effects of TeamEngagement • 41% fewer quality defects • 48% fewer safety incidents • 28% less shrinkage • 65% less turnover (low- turnover organizations) • 25% less turnover (high-turnover organizations) • 37% less absenteeism
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    Growth of NotEngaged Millennial workforce • Traditionalist • Baby Boomers • Gen X • Gen Y or Millennials
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    Influencing factors ofMillennials @ Team
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    Servant Leader empowersTeam Engagement Servant Leaders :  Are self-aware.  Listen.  Share the power.  Help other people grow.  Coach people, not control them  Collaborates , not dictates  Unleash the energy and intelligence of others.  Work to develop their foresight, so they can act, not react  Doesn’t control team member actions but offers possibilities
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    Agile Practice empowers HighPerformance Agile Practice focus on  Creating a collaborative environment.  Focus on Group goals than individual goals  Encouraging Team interaction  Team intelligence precedes Individual
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    Engagement empowers HighPerformance Teams  Respect Each team members opinion  Protect your team from all evil  Effective decision making  Measure Progress and provide feedback  Set up clear process, checkpoints and Metrics  Effective Team Meetings and Conflict Resolution  Build capability and career path for each individual "Remember, teamwork begins by building trust. And the only way to do that is to overcome our need for invulnerability." --Patrick Lencioni
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    Effects of Agile(Engaged) Teams
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    Recommendation and Credits Stateof Agile Report 2016 Employee Engagement Report 2015
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    Thank You ! Ucan reach me Twitter @joesat @pmichennai Mail : syed@pmi-chennai.org

Editor's Notes

  • #3 Add humor and a human side to what you share.
  • #13 "Teamwork is the ability to work together toward a common vision. The ability to direct individual accomplishments toward organizational objectives. It is the fuel that allows common people to attain uncommon results." --Andrew Carnegie
  • #26  Thank you!