1. Robbie Mac Iver,
Agile Consultant & Coach
If you want to build a ship, don't drum up the people to gather
wood, divide the work, and give orders.
Instead, teach them to yearn for the vast and endless sea.
- Antoine DeSaint-Exupery
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Evolving Leadership

2. The Challenge
We Are Changing Behavior
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3. The Goal
Experiment
Reflect
Adapt
Solutions
Create a Learning Organization
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4. The Measurement
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People Are
Helping Others
The first order of business is to build a group of people who, under
the influence of the institution, grow taller and become healthier,
stronger, more autonomous -- Robert K. Greenleaf

5. What Do I Mean By “Leadership”?
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6. Leadership IS…
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7. Leadership versus Management
 Leadership refers to an individual's
ability to influence, motivate, and enable
others to contribute toward
organizational success.
 Management consists of controlling a
group or a set of entities to accomplish a
goal.
Source: Three Differences Between Managers and
Leaders - Vineet Nayar
Influence and inspiration separate leaders from
managers, not power and control.
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8. Leadership Defined
Leadership is action taken with a
proactive attitude and the intention to
change something for the better.
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Source: Leadership Agility: Five Levels of Mastery for
Anticipating and Initiating Change – Joiner & Josephs

9. Leadership Agility Framework
 The ability to lead effectively under
conditions of rapid change and
mounting complexity
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Why is it Important?
 The pace of change will continue
to increase, and the level of
complexity and interdependence
will continue to grow

10. Leadership Agility
 As leaders grow into more advanced
stages they become:
 More adept at responding to change
 More visionary & collaborative
 More proactive at learning from their
experiences
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Business
Performance
Organizational
Agility
Leadership
Agility

11. Leadership Agility 360™ Assessment
 Personal Development Tool
 Not intended for performance evaluation
 Assesses Observed Behavior
 Provides Actionable Feedback
 Drives a Personal Development
Action Plan
 Supplements Other
Development Programs
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12. Leadership Agility 360™ Assessment
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Pivotal
Conversations
Personal Development
Action Plan
LA360 Leadership
Coaching Support
Gathering Feedback

13. A Program Built Around You
 What tells you that leadership
development is needed?
 What behaviors do you want to
see less of?
 What behaviors do you want to
see more of?
 How would you define success?
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14. Group and Individual
Coaching
Influence vs
Control
Effective
Actions
Growth
Mindset
Perspective
Taking
Focus
A Program Built Around You
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A Pragmatic Approach
Leadership
Agility 360™

15. A Program Built Around You
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Common Leadership Mindset
Organizational Needs
Individual Assessments
Development Action Plans
Start An Evolution

16. My Role
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Guide
Information Curator
Mirror

17. Robbie Mac Iver
▪ Past President/Advisor National Board of Directors
▪ Founder Houston Chapter
▪ Stage Producer – Agile 2010, Agile 2011
▪ Presenter – Agile 2010
▪ Stage Producer – Agile Executive Forum 2011
www.robbiemaciver.com
robbie@robbiemaciver.com
@robbiemaciver
robbiemaciver
Consulting ▪ Coaching ▪ Mentoring
▪ Agile Adoption ▪ Agile Leadership ▪ Product Management
▪ Leadership Agility 360™ Assessment
▪ Certified LeSS Practitioner
10+ Years Agile Techniques ▪ 10+ Years Project Leadership
▪ 20+ Years Information Technology