Five *oops* Six mistakes leaders make
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Teams are not delivering quickly enough. Velocity is flat. People are not self-organizing. Business and technology blame each other. Leaders are not stepping up to take ownership. This scaling approach isn’t scaling. Customers are complaining and stakeholders are not happy. If you are facing one or more of these challenges, or hearing it from your leaders, it’s time to step up. The lack of Agile Leadership is the #1, #2, and #3 causes limiting your agile practice. Join us to learn about the six leadership mistakes you are likely making that is hindering your organizational effectiveness.
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- 3. by Trail Ridge © 2005 - 2017 first, a story… Pete learns a valuable lesson in how his kids reflect his parenting approach
- 4. by Trail Ridge © 2005 - 2017 first, a story… How are YOU showing up as a leader?
- 5. by Trail Ridge © 2005 - 2017 Mistake over-focus on others You Organization is a reflection of you obedient employees Do The Agile!
- 6. by Trail Ridge © 2005 - 2017 Management’s Record… ?! ! R. Hogan & Kaiser, 2005 What we know about leadership. Review of General Psychology 70% SAY THEIR MANAGER IS THE MOST STRESSFUL PART OF THEIR JOB.
- 7. by Trail Ridge © 2005 - 2017 ReFocus on YOU! “Unless leaders do their own development they are unlikely to create business transformation.” - Robert Anderson in Mastering Leadership
- 8. by Trail Ridge © 2005 - 2017 Lars’ Story… While little has changed in the way research is conducted. Lars is taking it personally and experimenting on himself. Global Research Director
- 9. by Trail Ridge © 2005 - 2017 Taking Ownership… This is a mindset shift! Lars offers, AND JOINS agile training every year - for 5 years! inviting leaders and engaging different stakeholders each year
- 10. by Trail Ridge © 2005 - 2017 Experiments on Himself Paired-Leadership Mission-oriented Me-staffing
- 11. by Trail Ridge © 2005 - 2017 Co-creating with others Flash-Swarm Experiments
- 12. by Trail Ridge © 2005 - 2017 Results… Lars models a safe-to- experiment culture where researchers not only experiment on research, they experiment in HOW they conduct research! Global Research Director Employee engagement Customer satisfaction New contracts signed results… I’m experimenting on me too!
- 13. by Trail Ridge © 2005 - 2017 Refocus for Agile Leaders You othersbefore
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- 15. by Trail Ridge © 2005 - 2017 Grace’s story… Her and her POs conduct Sprint Reviews with key “Stakeholders” Business Operations Leader
- 16. by Trail Ridge © 2005 - 2017 Experiments with more stakeholders Feeling uncomfortable she opened the review up to more real users… …and learned a great deal…
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- 20. by Trail Ridge © 2005 - 2017 change in focus… EMERGE CO- CREATION AND IT ERAT I ON THROUGH
- 21. by Trail Ridge © 2005 - 2017 Engaging stakeholders Now Grace connects and engages users every chance she gets.
- 22. by Trail Ridge © 2005 - 2017 Engaging stakeholders Example co-creative engagement with stakeholders
- 23. by Trail Ridge © 2005 - 2017 Refocus for Agile Leaders You others Experiments Delivery before before
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- 27. by Trail Ridge © 2005 - 2017 Self-Awareness is the key AHA! Maybe it’s me Fixing this does not require skill acquisition. It requires self enlightenment !
- 28. by Trail Ridge © 2005 - 2017 My Leadership Journey the achiever Aligns resources Drives productivity “Facilitates” others Nobody leads better
- 29. by Trail Ridge © 2005 - 2017 Awareness is the starting point AWARENESS precedes CHOICE ? CHOICE precedes CHANGE AHA!
- 30. by Trail Ridge © 2005 - 2017 Rachel’s story… Financial Portfolio Director Rachel was seeking to improve her leadership effectiveness. She chose to conduct a 360° view of herself
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- 32. by Trail Ridge © 2005 - 2017 Balancing Power Style Accommodate Assert Ask Wait Listen Tell Do Share she is over- accommodative Self-Awareness is the meta-skill
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- 35. by Trail Ridge © 2005 - 2017 Mistake over-focus on behavior Don’t be a January Person January February 73% of people with fitness goals give them up bodybuilding.com in November 2012
- 36. by Trail Ridge © 2005 - 2017 Satty’s Story… Managing Director With a financial crisis in force, Satty faced tough decisions
- 37. by Trail Ridge © 2005 - 2017 Traditional structures Like many organizations, they separated development & support. SupportArchitecture USA India
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- 39. by Trail Ridge © 2005 - 2017 Focused empowered teams Business Analysts project managers Software Developers systems testers scrum team Professional Development Leader Eliminated job titles to drive self-organized teams to solve problems.
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- 41. by Trail Ridge © 2005 - 2017 Ongoing success… Created a Digital Labs Service to partner with clients and guide agility. Profits CostsManaging Director
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- 56. by Trail Ridge © 2005 - 2017 Mistake over-focus on the destination Join me in the closing keynote to get the rest of this story…
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