Presentation at the Scrum Gathering Johannesburg, September 2011. The presentation focuses on the PAM study "Successful Leadership in an Agile World" and translates success factors into specific organizational practices.

1. The Elephant Is Dead Long Live Agile Leadership! By Sigi Kaltenecker www.p-a-m.org www.loop-beratung.at

2. Sigi Kaltenecker Organizational Consultant Managing Director LOOP IT & Financial Services Speaker Author Co-Editor PAM

4. Large group kick-off of agile transition

5. The „elephant“ understood as traditional manager Single point of organizational power Privileged decision maker Central commander and controler One-way communicator Untouchable hero

6. Commander & controller powerful & dangerous Political player One-way communicator Traditional Management Privileged decision-maker Super expert Solution hero loop organisationsberatung gm 6 www.loop-beratung.at

7. This elephant is dead Who killed the elephant?

8. The „lions“ killed the elephant Increased complexity of markets Global mobility of customers & workers Communication technology Higher education levels Multiple stakeholders Conflicting customer needs & demands

9. Internal „buffalos“ Only 1 of 5 workers is fully engaged 75% of the workforce lacks passion 15% of teams realize their full potential Organizational life expectancy < 20 years 40 million jobs created by start-ups Almost none created by established firms

10. “Given the deep change that has taken place in both the marketplace and the workplace, should we be suprised that we need different management today?“ Stephen Denning, Radical Management

11. How to become different? What is needed? In Practice?

12. The PAM Study 58 face-to-face interviews with IT and business experts of 5 different companies Crossfunctional survey team: line management, OD, project management, agile coaching Gathering of insights by destilling the most important answers of each company and over all Discussing the end results with a diverse group of managers of different companies

13. The results: practical success factors Trust Open, hierarchy-bridging communication Leadership as a team sport Professional self-management Middle management as change agent

15. sincerely delegate responsibility

16. cope with uncertainty and democracy

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

19. All key players are involved in major decisions:

20. Complex problems are viewed and solved from different perspectives

22. New core challenges:

23. Context management

24. Coaching

25. Change management

26. Facilitating

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

28. Stop bashing management Start helping them to learn

29. Please discuss for the next 10 minutes the following questions: How do these success factors fit to our own experience of „agile leadership“? Feedback loop on study results How can we practically improve leadership? Decide on a group speaker to present a written summary statement of your discussion: one flip chart incl. 3 concrete building blocks for a leadership learning journey

30. Successful agile leadership by: Trust Open, hierarchy-bridging communication Leadership as a team sport Professional self-management Middle management as change agent

31. My personal TOP 5 Agile Leadership Training Team leadership coalition Agile Transition Teamwork Peer coaching of middle managers Large group kick-off of agile transition

33. Team Leadership Coalition

34. Agile Transition Team

35. Peer coaching of middle managers

36. For a relationship-centered model of change „the basic building block of change is dialogue“

37. The need for greater agility & innovation in a rapidly changing business environment

39. Agile leadership challenges teams… You guys are lacking teamwork and organization! Again, you didn´t hit me! You don´t hit me because you´re not aligned!! …as well as line managers