Agile Leadership - Shift Happens

Rebecca Yanez – Keeping Austin Agile 2015 @bec4chen

Agile Leader?

Leader?…Guides or directs a group

…Creates environments for Agile teams to thrive and produce results, and leads with an Agile mind and instincts

“We shouldn’t direct our teams to achieve results, but rather manage the environment around them to create results.”

Michael Hamman & Michael Spayd

Where we’ve been…

Where we’re going…

Plan/PredictSolve problemsDirect outcomesDrive to resultsCommand/Control

Mentor/CoachEmpower/InspireCreate environmentsContinuous ImprovementOpen/Transparent

From Latin “limens” or threshold. It’s the boundary between one space and another.

The condition of being “in between”; in transition.

Liminal space is a term that applies of those uncertain times in our lives when we stand in the ‘threshold’ between the ‘old’ which may no longer work and the ‘new’ which is not yet clear.

Coaching

Practicing

Learning

From this perspective: Encourage & empower your teams Inspire development & an agile

mindset Understand industry learning

objectives and take a coaching stance

From this perspective: Observe and actively engage with

your teams Apply good agile behaviors Conscious effort to build habits

From this perspective: Understand the “Why” of agile

& Industry Topics and Trends Prioritize Your “Development

Backlog” Maintain a personal

development plan

Tom Bartow - 3 phases of Habit Formation1. The Honeymoon

2. The Fight Thru

3 Techniques for making it through this phase:

• Recognize

• Ask 2 Questions

• Life Projection

3. Second Nature

3 Common interruptions:

• The Discouragement Monster

• Disruptions

• Seduction of Success

Katherine AndersonA Conscious Practice of Becoming - Your Leader PATH1. Practice Awareness

2. Attend to What Falls

3. Trust Iterative Action

4. Hold Your Center