Niranjan Nerlige V, Agile Consultant, Coach and Trainer

CSP,CSM, PMI-ACP,SPC4

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What Agile Leaders are great at?

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Agenda

Introduction to Agile Leaders of 21st Century – (3 min)

#1 - Incubate Transformational Leadership –(5 min)

# 2 - Develop Transformational Leadership Team –(3-5 min)

# 3 - Expand as a Leader from Expert-Achiever-Catalyst–(3-5 min)

# 4 - Develop People –(3-5 min)

# 5 - Lead the change–(3-5 min)

# 6 - Set the Goal and Minimize work requirements–(3-5 min)

# 7 - Unlock the hidden potential –(3-5 min)

Q&A – 5 Min

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Barriers for Agile Adoption

Company Culture at odds with agile values

46%

Management concern about loss of control

38%

Organizational resistance to change

42%

10th State of Agile report-Version One- 2016

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Source: Developing Agile Leadership presentation by Peter Behrens

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Agile Leadership

An Agile leader...• Operates effectively amid uncertainty,

complexity, and rapid change• Is knowledgeable about Agile values,

approaches, and practices• Surfaces more creative solutions

through increased self-awareness, a growth mindset, and engaging others

• Aligns and empowers teams toward delivering more customer value

• Takes a collaborative continuous-improvement approach to organizational effectiveness

• Catalyzes change in others and facilitates organizational change

Source: https://www.scrumalliance.org/agile-leadership

The World of

Agile

The World of

Leadership

What isIt?

The World of

Agile

Leadership

Source: Developing Agile Leadership presentation by Peter Behrens

Leaders needto be agile

Agile Organizationsneed Leadership

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Agile Leaders

#1-Incubate Transformational Leadership

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Leaders go first

• Live the values

• Lead by example

• Seek to truly understand their culture

• Be as transparent as the teams they lead

See presentation: Agile From the Top Down: Executives & Leadership Living Agile by Jon Stahl

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Scrum=Agile?

• Does your company think following “agile practices” therefore they are agile.

• They have to recognize agile is set of value and principles

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Agile from top down practices

• Clear communication is the foundation. “ I am glad we all agree”

• Genuine shared understanding. – “ I am glad we’re all agreed then”

• Create BVR(Big Visual room)

• Put your values on the wall, agile manifesto, XP values and Lean (kaizen)

• Visualize what you manage– Application assets

– Leadership

– Financial, operation etc.

• Transparent leadership- doesn't’t mean you have all answers.

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Standard work practices

Source:

Define Core competencies, matrix and ownership

Standard work: Agile Practices

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#2-Develop Transformational Leadership Team

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Temenos Transformation Model

“The ability to transcend many visions into compelling shared vision across the organization is the key stone what Temenos offers organizations”

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Integrity and sacredness of leadership team

Personal visions of many

Compelling organization shared vision

“ Continued commitment to maintaining integrity and sacredness of

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#3- Expand as a Leader from Expert-Achiever-Catalyst

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Task-focusedDo the work

Results-focusedDirect the workDrive and measure

Growth-focusedGuide people/changeShare LeadershipCreative & Adaptive

ExpertLeader

AchieverLeader

CatalystLeader

Agile Leadership Journey

Source: Developing Agile Leadership presentation by Peter Behrens

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Need Agile Leaders

GROWTH MINDSET CATALYST HABITS

Awareness of self Experiments on self

Reflects cognitively Coaches for growth

Open to perspective Shares ownership

" We need more agile leaders who demonstrate Growth

mindset and Catalyst Habits

Source: Developing Agile Leadership presentation by Peter Behrens

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Discovering Agile culture

"Discovered agile culture and explored their values

iteratively through visualization and collaborationSource: local.ch engineering manifesto -©2016 18

#4 – Lead the change

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It is upto you

It is not enough that management

commit themselves to quality and

productivity, they must know what it

is they must do.

Such a responsibility cannot

be delegated.

—W. Edwards Deming

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Anchor new approaches in the culture

• Leaders and managers own habits and behaviors

• Culture is realized in the habits of the organization

• New culture requires new habits

• Celebrate short wins

• Consolidate gains; produce more wins

“people are already doing their best. It’s the system

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#5 – Develop People

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Agile Leadership style shall focus on

Developing skills and career paths

Creates team jointly responsible for success

Inculcate Lean , Agile Thinking and Behaviors

Joint problem solving

Respect People and Culture

Develop People

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Employee Engagement in Google

Regarding work-life balance, Google gDNA findings:

Segmentors : 31 %(work without care for looming deadlines)

Integrators : 69 %(checking mail all evening, check daily see if new work has come)

Googlers into two categories:

Segmentors and Integrators.

Source: https://www.rivs.com/blog/employee-engagement-and-google-how-are-they-linked/©2016 24

# 6 - Set the Goal and Minimize Constraints

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Set Goals , but minimize work requirements

Agile Leaders

Set Goals but provide minimum work requirements

Build Agile Teams organized around Value

Eliminate demotivating policies and procedures

“ As we look ahead into the next century leaders will be

those who empower – Bill Gates

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# 7 - Unlock the hidden potential of the team members

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What motivates us?

Workers are knowledge workers if they know more about the work

they perform than their bosses.

—Peter Drucker

It appears that the performance of the

task provides its own intrinsic reward …

this drive … may be as basic as the

others …

—The Surprising Truth About

What Motivates Us, Daniel H. Pink

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Create Environment of Mutual Influence

Agile Leaders encourage direct reports:

• To disagree where appropriate

• To advocate for the positions they believe in

• To push for their own needs

• To enter into joint problem solving

• To negotiate, compromise, agree, commit

Everyone should have an opportunity to learn in a positive environment to

enjoy the learning process and feel comfortable and conduct within it –

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References

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