Presentation at the Scrum Breakfast in Zürich on 2011, April 6th, providing a preview of the results of the PAM survey on “Successful Leadership in an Agile Environment” www.p-a-m.org
1. Agile Leadership A Preview by Sigi Kaltenecker www.p-a-m.org www.loop-beratung.at
2. Sigi Kaltenecker Co-Editor PAM Author Speaker Organizational Consultant Managing Director LOOP IT & Financial Services
3. 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!! …and line managers
5. A preview of answers sponsored by A survey on „Successful leadership in an agile world“ 58face-to-face interviews with IT and business-experts of 5 different companies 7 sets of quantitative and qualitative questions Gathering of insights by destilling the most important answers of each company and over all Interdisciplinary survey team, combining a variety of professional backgrounds (line management, OD, psychology, economics, IT, project management)
6. Business & customer value „TOP quality of results“ „delivering what is really needed by the customer“ „keep the velocity high“ „collaborate as actively as possible with the customer“
7. Structure & trust „recognize the contexts“ „create enabling conditions“ „Macro-management instead of micro-management“ „consistent trust in teamwork“
8. Leadership as team sports „Coaching instead of bossing“ „provide and receive honestfeedback on a regular basis“ „team works autonomously“ „leadership is shared“
9. Customized transformation process „Organizational culture is considered“ „Objectives and benefits of transformation are clear for everyone involved“ „clarification of roles & responsibilities“ „professional support of individuals & teams“
10. Special skills & competencies „appropriate staffing & teambuilding“ „improvement of social skills“ „empowering communication skills“ „observation skills“
11. Agile Leadership by focusing on business & customer value enabling structure & trust practising team sports customizing the transformation process building special skills & competencies