An agile leader leads through influence rather than authority. They model agile values like sharing information, collaborating as a team player, and challenging the status quo. An agile leader works to develop individuals by listening to them, giving effective feedback, and encouraging safe experiments. They work to build effective teams by amplifying all voices, designing work to promote collaboration, and facilitating meetings well. An agile leader creates a shared vision and demands high performance while caring about colleagues' development. The document suggests that anyone can be an agile leader through demonstrating integrity and influencing others in an agile way.

1. WHAT DO AGILE
LEADERS DO?
Flavius Stef

2. Me
≈ Flavius Stef
≈ 10 years in I.T.
≈ Was:
– Web Developer
– Co-founder
– Project Manager
– Scrum Master
– Product Owner
≈ CSM, Agile Coach and Trainer

3. You?

4. Authority, information
“Traditional” company

5. “Traditional” leader
≈ Issue commands
≈ Follow execution
≈ Encourage conformism
≈ No need for collaboration

6. “He who thinketh he leadeth and hath no
one following him is only taking a walk.”
John Maxwell

7. Authority, information
“Agile” company

8. Agile leader
≈ Servant leader
≈ Collaborate on tasks
≈ Encourage creativity

9. How does an agile leader cause
change?
… influence

10. You must work on...
Yourself Individuals
Teams

11. WORK ON YOURSELF

12. “Leaders can never take others farther
than they have gone themselves”
John Maxwell

13. Model the values
≈ Share information
≈ Be a team player
≈ Work in priority order
≈ Challenge the status quo

14. WORK ON INDIVIDUALS

15. “People don't care how much you know
until they know how much you care.”
John Maxwell
“Your job is to touch everyone and get
into their soul.”
Jack Welch

16. Listen

17. Give effective feedback

18. Give effective feedback
≈ Michael, may I tell you something?
≈ (Close to the event)
≈ The last couple of mornings I noticed
1. Ask for permission you were using your cell phone
during the Daily Standup.
2. Describe specific ≈ When you do that, you send the
behavior message that the meeting is not
important to you and that you don't
feel part of the team. In turn, that
3. Describe impact of may affect the way the rest of the
behavior team relates to you.
≈ How should we have the daily so
4. Discuss next steps that you are more involved?

19. Develop people

20. ENCOURAGE
SAFE TO FAIL
EXPERIMENTS

21. WORK ON TEAMS

22. Amplify or
dampen voices

23. Don't try to
win every
argument

24. Communities
of Practice

25. Design work to promote
collaboration
≈ WIP
≈ Pairing
≈ Code Reviews
≈ Collective Code
Ownership

26. Quick poll: Raise your hand if
you enjoy meetings

27. Effective Meetings
≈ Set an agenda: topics, goals, things to decide, what's in it for me
≈ Invite all stakeholders, send reminders
≈ Go before, make sure room is properly set up
≈ During
≈ Ensure it ends on time
≈ Park topics not relevant for purpose
≈ Generate next actions list with owners
≈ Confirm mutual understanding at the end
≈ Visual facilitation
≈Send notes about plans, next actions to other stakeholders

28. And more...
≈ Create a shared vision
≈ Demand performance. Never compromise on
quality
≈ Take it to the team
≈ Encourage accountability

29. LET'S WRAP IT UP

30. ≈ Agile Leaders lead by influence
≈ They show integrity: walk the talk
≈ They care about colleagues and help develop
them
≈ They make sure all the voices are heard in the
team and bring people together

31. Here's a simple mnemonic
Things other Things other
people do to you people do to you
that you dislike that you like
DON'T DO THEM DO THEM

32. Who can be an agile leader?
≈ Top management ?
≈ Middle management ?
≈ Scrum Masters ?
≈ Product Owners ?
≈ ???
YOU!

33. Books

34. Credits
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Business Man –
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Cool Guy – http://www.iconfinder.com/icondetails/51940/128/male_man_user_icon
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White man – http://www.iconfinder.com/icondetails/55753/64/man_person_user_icon
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Hand –
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House MD – http://www.flickr.com/photos/youhon/4120597918/sizes/m/in/photostream/
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Earth&Moon – http://www.flickr.com/photos/bluedharma/89187774/sizes/o/in/photostream/
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Crying smiley – http://www.iconfinder.com/icondetails/15492/128/cry_smiley_icon

35. @flaviusstef
flavius.stef@mozaicworks.com
THANK YOU!
QUESTIONS?