Successful Leadership in the Agile World

Sigi Kalteneckerwww.p-a-m.org www.loop-

beratung.at

Organizational Consultant

Managing Director LOOP

IT & Financial Services

SpeakerAuthorCo-Editor PAM

Sigi Kaltenecker

The PAM Study

58 face-to-face interviews with IT and business experts of 5 different companies

Gathering of insights by destilling the most important answers of each company and over all

Crossfunctional survey team: line management, OD, project management, agile coaching

Discussing the end results with a diverse group of managers of different companies

Open, hierarchy-bridging communication

Middle management as change agent

The results: practical success factorsTrust

Leadership as a team sport

Professional self-management

Trust

Trust in:• the competence of the team• their ability to self-organize• yourself and your ability to deal with new challenges

See www.p-a-m.org: „A recipe for trust building“

”To work agile is like climbing stairs without handrails“ Senior Management Business

requires leaders to:• adopt to change• sincerely delegate responsibility• cope with uncertainty and democracy• learn

Agile leadership challenges teams…

…as well as line managers

Again, you

didn´t hit me!

You guys are lacking

teamwork and organization!

You don´t hit me because

you´re not aligned!!

Leadership as a team sport

Team decisions instead of individual decisions

All key players are involved in major decisions:Business, Product Owner, Scrum Master, Team and IT-Line-management

Affected stakeholders become involved stakeholders

Complex problems are viewed and solved from different perspectives

Leadership is shared and a result of goal-oriented networking rather than an individual property

Middle Management as Change Agent

Not middle management, but command & control leadership becomes obsolete

New core challenges: role clarification, recruiting, feedback, change mgmt

Crossfunctional mgmt team approach

Hierachy-bridging learning journey

Tailored external support in terms of training & coaching

How do you rate the potential that the entire company can benefit from the agile transition?(1: very positive, 2 positive, 3: neutral)

„Why do we have line managers – so that someone signs our vacation forms?“ – Team Member

Stop bashing management

Start helping them to learn

Please build groups of 3 to 5 people and discuss for the next 10

minutes the following question:

“How do these success factors help us mastering

agile transitions?“

Feedback loop on study results

Decide on a group speaker to present a summary statement of your discussion (max 1 min).

Open, hierarchy-bridging communication

Middle management as change agent

Successful agile leadership by:Trust

Leadership as a team sport

Professional self-management