Agile leadership

Agile leadership

Find out what problems need to be solved and why.

https://vimeo.com/85490944 Minute 4. https://hbr.org/2016/05/embracing-agile

Find people with skills to solve the problem.

Build agile projects around motivated individuals.

Involve passionate volunteers.

https://www.agileconnection.com/article/do-cross-functional-teams-mean-cross-functional-people https://hbr.org/2016/05/embracing-agile

Find 1 owner for each innovation initiative.

https://hbr.org/2016/05/embracing-agile

Define work goals before each cycle starts.

Steve Denning http://www.forbes.com/sites/stevedenning/2011/04/29/scrum-is-a-major-management-discovery/

Create an environment that people need to work well.

https://hbr.org/2016/05/embracing-agile

Create flexibility -  in time, place, resources, and processes.

https://medium.com/@nickyleijtens/agile-and-agility-not-just-for-hipsters-a315e0d94d9f#.nq41gdrtk https://medium.com/@timrayner01/say-agile-one-more-time-making-space-for-collaborative-innovation-de4834a096a0#.uglb51y9l

Share plan and results with everyone.

Openness is a key agile value.

https://www.atlassian.com/software/confluence/product-managers

Stop behaviours that make it difficult for agile workers to work well.

Adapted from https://hbr.org/2016/05/embracing-agile

Use process facilitators to help agile workers learn manage conflicts.

https://hbr.org/2016/05/embracing-agile

A story about agile As agile methods spread to all of Systematic’s software development teams, Michael Holm began to worry that his leadership team was hindering progress. The agile development teams were doing things differently, while the management team was stuck doing things the same old-fashioned way - moving too slowly and relying on too many written reports that were out-of-date.

So Holm decided to run his leadership team as an agile team. The team  eliminated more than half of reports,  increased attention to customer satisfaction,  began having daily 20-minute stand-up meetings to discuss 1) what people did the day before, 2) what they would do that day, and 3) where they needed help.

Other functions - including HR, legal, finance, and sales, now operate like this. https://hbr.org/2016/05/embracing-agile

Further inspiration https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/What-is-good-leadership-1489536