A different narrative on Agility and Leadership seen from the eyes of Team Members

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HOW AGILE IS YOUR BOSS?
Vinod Sankaranarayanan
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2. Does she maintain Healthy
Relationships?
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3. Is he focused on Effectiveness
or Efficiency?
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4. Does he act on Feedbacks?
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5. Has he earned your Trust?
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6. Does he increase competition amongst
team members or co-operation amongst
the team?
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7. Does he Behave differently with his
bosses and differently with the team?
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8. Is she a Changemaker?
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9. Does he create Motivational
Debt?
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10. Does she think of Optimising
the Whole or only the parts?
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11. Is she Evolving continuously?
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12. Do you look forward to
meeting your boss?
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13. Lead by Example
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14. BE PUNCTUAL
FOR MEETINGS
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15. VIEW STATUS
ON ALM
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16. ATTEND
SHOWCASES IN
THE TEAM ZONE
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17. LEAD YOUR
RETROSPECTIVES
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18. KEEP YOUR
WEBCAM ON
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19. WALK YOUR
WALL
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20. SPEND MORE
TIME WITH YOUR
REPORTEES AS
AGAINST YOUR
SUPERIORS
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21. REMOVE ONE
BLOCKER A
WEEK
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22. SPEND TIME
WITH YOUR TEAM
MEMBERS WITH
NO AGENDA
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23. “Your beliefs become your thoughts, your thoughts become
your words, your words become your actions, your actions
become your habits, your habits become your values, your
values become your destiny”
- Mahatma Gandhi
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24. WHAT QUESTIONS DO YOU HAVE?
VINOD SANKARANARAYANAN
vinod.sankaranarayanan@thoughtworks.com
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@vinod_san