Becoming-an-agile-leader

Becoming-an-agile-leader

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  Becoming an AgileLeader Regardless of Your Role Johanna Rothman www.jrothman.com @johannarothman [email protected] +1-781-641-4046 1
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  © 2015 JohannaRothman TraditionalView of Leadership • Guide, champion,“lead” • Champion a cause • People follow you 2
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  © 2015 JohannaRothman DoTraditional Leadership Views Fit Agile? • Agile is about team collaboration • Servant leadership • We need leaders at all “levels” in agile 3
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  © 2015 JohannaRothman Some Stories of Inadvertent Leadership 4
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  © 2015 JohannaRothman Common Themes • See a problem • Brainstorm ideas to solve it • Involve others • Experiment • Create a new reality 6
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  © 2015 JohannaRothman What is Leadership? • Change something about the status quo • Collaborate with others • Create effective change when the situation changes • Adaptability 7
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  © 2015 JohannaRothman Adaptable leaders create effective change when the situation changes. 8
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  © 2015 JohannaRothman Change Invites Reinvention • Take advantage of opportunities • Make more opportunities • Experiment 9
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  © 2015 JohannaRothman Why DoYou MakeYour Choices? • We each have a personal mission • You can discover this with a career timeline • Your timeline explains your values 10
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  © 2015 JohannaRothman Start With Why • What do you desire for fulfilling work? • Purpose (why) • Autonomy (how) • Mastery (how and what) 11
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  © 2015 JohannaRothman Everyone Lives Up or Down to Expectations • Expectations shape us • Everyone on your team has potential—of some sort • It’s all about mindset 12
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  © 2015 JohannaRothman Start WithYour Mindset 13 Carol Dweck, Mindset
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  © 2015 JohannaRothman Focus on the Possible • When you focus, you change how your brain works • When you consider the possible, your expectations shape reality • Source: http:// www.strategy- business.com/article/ 06207?pg=all 14
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  © 2015 JohannaRothman Changing Mindset is Challenging • We often confuse our roles or titles with our identities 15
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  © 2015 JohannaRothman Change is good. You first. 16
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  © 2015 JohannaRothman Have the Courage to Become… • A T-shaped person • Someone who questions the way things are • Collaborative • Change artist 17
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  © 2015 JohannaRothman Inspect and Adapt to Change • Ability to solve problems • Focus on what could be • Adaptability • Perseverance • Leadership 18 Inspect Adapt
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  © 2015 JohannaRothman How DoYou Solve Problems? 19 From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OODA_loop
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  © 2015 JohannaRothman Satir Change Model 20
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  © 2015 JohannaRothman People don’t resist change; They resist being changed. — Peter Senge 21
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  © 2015 JohannaRothman WaysYou Persevere • Tell yourself the value of the change • Know what keeps you going • Celebrate incremental progress 22
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  © 2015 JohannaRothman Agile is Change • Cultural change • Project change • Process change • Teams might change • Each person can become a leader in a self- organizing team 23
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  © 2015 JohannaRothman Become a Change Artist • Invite people to change • Experiment • Listen to everyone • Don’t label people • Start with the smallest possible change 24
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  © 2015 JohannaRothman Artistry is Difficult • Requires a particular mindset: • Let’s experiment • Let’s learn early (instead of fail fast) • Let’s learn as we go • Think Growth Mindset 25
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  © 2015 JohannaRothman Lead from Anywhere • Your title is irrelevant • Your actions count • Adapt • You can change to fit your reality 26
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  © 2015 JohannaRothman Agile Leadership • Start with yourself… • See the environment/ system: • What needs to change? • Work with others to effect change • Learn from results • Do it again 27
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  © 2015 JohannaRothman References and Resources • My questions on createadaptablelife.com • Pragmatic Manager and other articles on jrothman.com • Explore more at the InfluentialAgileLeader.com 28
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  © 2015 JohannaRothman Let’s Stay in Touch • Pragmatic Manager: • www.jrothman.com/ pragmaticmanager • Please link with me on LinkedIn 29