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- 1. Ajit Singh Arora EMAIL- [email protected], [email protected] PHONE- +91-981-024-8737 LINKEDIN- HTTPS://IN.LINKEDIN.COM/IN/AJIT-ARORA-425A349
- 2. What are we going to learn? - Leadership - Evolution - New Game; New Rules - Leadership and Agile Coaching - The Model - Coaching Leaders - Leader to Servant Leader Journey - 6…1 – words to remember - Catalyzing agile leaders - for new game with new rules - Case Studies NEVER STOP LEARNING, BECAUSE LIFE NEVER STOPS TEACHING
- 3. The specific takeaways you’ll get- - Hmmm…some new thoughts about leadership…hopefully - Leadership Agile Coaching - Leader Agile Catalyst Leader - Create catalyst agile leaders BE CURIOUS, NOT JUDGMENTAL – WALT WHITMAN
- 4. Leadership – Evolution The “Trait” Era (mid 1800’s - 1940’s) Behavioral Theories – The “Style” Era (1940’s -1960’s) The “Contingency” Era (1960’s – 1980’s) Transactional & Transformation Theories – The “New” Leadership Era (1980’s – 1990’s and beyond) The “Post- transformational ” Era/Adaptive Leadership (2000’s & beyond) Concern for People Concern for Results “CAN LEADERSHIP BE MADE?” VS “HOW LEADERSHIP CAN BE MADE?”
- 5. Leadership – new game; new rules Source: Job Satisfaction Index 2015 – Happiness Research Institute 88% Impact on the world 63% Socially Respon- sible 37%Supports a cause Barkley advertising agency study on “the Millennials” (born 1980-2003)
- 6. Leadership and Agile Coaching – The Model Mindset, Philosophy, Culture and Thinking •Encourages •Challenges •Motivates •Orchestrates •Engages •Help reinvent •Strong feedbacks Leaders •Visible and Transparent •Value Focused •Business Focused •Feedback Oriented •Develop people •Improve Collaboration Feedback Feedback Honesty Commit ment Transpar ency Agile Coach “SYSTEM SHALL FIND YOUR WEAKNESSES BUT THAT'S THE POINT.”
- 7. 54% Inability to change org culture 42% General resistance to change Sustainable Agile Adoption Version One “State of Agile” survey Coaching Leaders Predict-and-Plan •Future is, indeed, predictable •Events & outcomes are by their nature stable •Capable of seeing or predicting all relevant variables of a future situation •Cause-and-effect is stable and linear •Work with functional and departmental silos •Most big things are planned ahead of time Sense-and- Respond •Future cannot be predicted •Things will change, unexpected and unwelcome ways •Cannot see or anticipate all relevant variables of a future situation •Make decisions quickly, and with limited information •Make things visible and transparent •Know how to give and receive feedbacks
- 8. Coaching Leaders Leader to Servant Leader • LEADING BY SERVING • SERVING BY LEADING THE TEST OF LEADERSHIP IS NOT TO PUT GREATNESS INTO HUMANITY, BUT TO ELICIT IT, FOR THE GREATNESS IS ALREADY THERE – JAMES BUCHANAN
- 9. Leading by serving • An environment in which each person is valued • Team member’s success, happiness and growth are paramount concerns. • Enriched and satisfied people contribute excellent results to organization. Serving by leading • Model the behavior and actions that will guide the team members • Hold the vision for the team and demonstrate excellent results through actions THE AIM OF LEADERSHIP IS NOT MERELY TO FIND AND RECORD FAILURES OF MEN, BUT TO REMOVE THE CAUSES OF FAILURE.
- 10. Coaching Leaders 6,5,4,3,2,1…ignite…here it goes…up, up and up 6 I admit that I was wrong 5 You did a great job/You were fantastic 4 What do you think? 3 Could you please… 2 Thank you 1 WE
- 11. Catalyzing Agile Leaders Agile Leader’s Roadmap
- 12. Leadership and Engagement Role: Coach-Leader Principle: Leaders grow other leaders Psychological Window Competencies and Products Role: Process-Leader Principle: Be a champion of Agile Process Thinking Behavioral Window Organizational Culture & Shared Vision Role: Facilitative-Leader Principle: Foster a culture of trust, empowerment and accountability Cultural Window Organizational Architecture & Shared Vision Role: Systems-Leader Principle: Become obsessed with the flow of value System Window TheAgileLeader’sCompass AS AN AGILE LEADER, IT IS IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND WHICH WINDOW YOU NEED TO LOOK FROM FOR A SPECIFIC SITUATION, IN ORDER TO ASSUME APPROPRIATE ROLE AND RESPONSIBILITIES.
- 13. Thoughts on leadership styles •Common style in “Technology” •Problem Solver •Technically focused at job •Effectiveness: Manager has more knowledge than reportee •Concerns: Limits the growth of sub- ordinates Expert •Central decision maker •Manages across individuals, teams and departments •Manages across individuals, teams and departments •Effectiveness: Organization requires co-ordination for peak performance •Concerns: Conflict push upwards – boss to fix Conductor •Teaches agile mindset •Teaches lean-agile principles, culture and practice •Teaches agile product approach - MVP Developer of People
- 14. Doing Agile • Rules and Procedures • Knowledge intellectual • Skills • One Truth Being Agile • Principles & Values • Knowledge intuitive • Beliefs and values • Multiple truths possible
- 15. Leader as Developer of People Teaches lean agile principles, culture and practices
- 16. Leader as Developer of People Teaches agile product approach – MVP
- 17. Leaders; follow Murphy and prepare yourself
- 18. Nothing is ever as simple as it first seems Everything you decide to do costs more than first estimated Every activity takes more time than you have It's easier to make a commitment or to get involved in something than to get out of it. Whatever you set out to do, something else must be done first If you improve or tinker with something long enough, eventually it will break By making something absolutely clear, somebody will be confused. Murphy’s Classics
- 19. Questions?
- 20. References • The Agile Leader White paper – Agile coaching institute http://www.agilecoachinginstitute.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/whitePaper-ACI-The-Agile- Leader-Jan-2015.pdf • The Evolution of Leadership http://skeptikai.com/2015/12/08/the-evolution-of-leadership/ • Crisp’s blog - http://blog.crisp.se/2015/11/10/henrikkniberg/what-is-an-agile-leader • Niranjan Nerlige V - Scrum Gathering SE Asia 2015 talk- http://www.slideshare.net/niranjannerlige/w-49058920
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