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Developing Agile LeadershipPete Behrens, CEC, CST®
Lars Bruns – GE Global ResearchPhilipp Engstler – Local.ch
Twitter: #SAMW16 @scrumalliance and @petebehrens
Pete Behrens, CEC, CST®
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• Leadership Agility Coach with Trail Ridge• Guided organizational agility in many companies:
• Certified Leadership Agility 360 Coach• Founder of the Scrum Alliance CEC Program• Scrum Alliance board member• Leading development of the new
Certified Agile Leadership (CAL) Program for Scrum Alliance
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Global Agile Leadership Awareness
Bangalore
Kiev
Orlando
DenverShanghai
Zurich
Today!
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AHA! Agile Leadership Awareness
Bangalore
Kiev
Orlando
DenverShanghai
Zurich
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Agile Leadership Perception
The World ofAgile
The World of Leadership
Whatis it?
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Agile Leadership Reality
The World ofAgile
Leadership
Agile Organizationsneed Leadership
Leaders needto be agile
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I haven’t always been agile…“I have a confession…”
I am A Recovering
asshole
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Why I know this…
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I’m not alone…
R. Hogan & Kaiser, 2005What we know about leadership.Review of General Psychology
“Climate surveys routinely show that about 70% of employees report the most stressful aspect of their jobs is the interaction with their immediate boss.”
70%Leadership
Failure
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My story as Development Mgr…
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How I came to “know”…video
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My real AHA! motivatorWe all need someone
like Jana in our lives…
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My AHA!
Task-focusedDo the workPeople = problems
ExpertLeader
I am an EXPERT asshole
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I was promoted to a VP…
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My way to be agile…
Weisbart.com
Video
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My real AHA! moment…
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My AHA!
Results-focusedDirect the workPeople = PawnsTask-focused
Do the workPeople = Problems
ExpertLeader
AchieverLeader
I am an achiever asshole
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My AHA! Agile Leadership Journey
1990 20152005 20101995 2000
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My AHA! Talk Journey
AgileLeadershi
pLeadershipEvolution
LeadershipPerspective
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For 2.5 Million Years
200Years
13,000Years
before people settled…
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For 2.5 Million Years
‣ Small & nomadic‣ Informal Task-based
leadership‣ Leaders emerged‣ Low tolerance for dominance‣ People were free to leave
AHA! people were agile…
200Years
13,000Years
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For 2.5 Million Years
“Self-organization is not a startling new feature of the world.
It is what we do until we interfere with the process and try to control one another.”
- Margaret Wheatley
AHA! people were agile…
200Years
13,000Years
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The Previous 13,000 Years200
YearsThen people settled…
200Years
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The Previous 13,000 Years
‣ Large sedentary city-states‣ Formal hierarchical leadership‣ Leaders imposed from above‣ Dependent on city - not free to
leave‣ Power, wealth & dominance
surge
then people settled…
200Years
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The Previous 13,000 Years
“As leaders gained more relative power,relations are based more on leaders’ ability
to dominate and exploit rather than benefit followers.”
- Price & Vugt 2014
assholes had a home…
200Years
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The Last 200 Years…
200Years
rapid rise in complexity & change
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The Last 200 Years…
‣ Large organizations‣ Formal hierarchical leadership‣ Leaders imposed from above‣ Dependence on organization‣ Power, wealth & dominance
AHA! organizations haven’t changed
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Today!
Choice of LeaderTeam PowerAutonomyMobility
Preference RealityImposed LeadersHierarchical PowerDirectiveRigidity
AHA! it’s time for a change…
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My AHA! Talk Journey
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Agile Isn’t Sticking or Scaling…
Today’s Leadership
Scaling A leigCULTURE
STRUCTURE
PROCESSOutside-In
Super-sizing agile processes fails to
penetrate and stick
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Scaling Agile Challenges
Company culture
at odds with agile values
46%Management concern aboutloss of control
38%
Organizational resistance
to change42%
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Agile Leadership is the key
Scaling A
Agile Leadershipleig CULTURE
STRUCTURE
PROCESS
Inside-Out
Leaders must connect agile values within the culture
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AHA! Agile Leadership Journey
Task-focusedDo the work
Results-focusedDirect the workDrive and measure
Growth-focusedGuide people/changeShare LeadershipCreative & Adaptive
ExpertLeader
AchieverLeader
CatalystLeader
Based on Leadership Agility by Bill Joiner & Stephen Josephs
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Expanding a Leader’s AHA!
Based on Leadership Agility by Bill Joiner & Stephen Josephs
Less about skill acquisition, more about self-awareness and maturity
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Refocusing Agile Leaders
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Over-Focus on Organization
Over-focus on
Organizational Agility
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Need Agile Leaders!
Over focus on Organizational
Agility
Organizations reflect
Leadership
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Need Agile Leaders!ADAPTIV
EMIND!
ADAPTIVE
BODY!
"Unless leaders do their own development work,
they are not likely to create business transformation.
- Robert Andersonin Mastering Leadership
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An Agile Leader’s AHA!Researching Research!The focus and tools of research have changed much in the past 100 years
How we research has not
GlobalResearchLars Bruns
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Researching Himself
GlobalResearch
Paired LeadershipLars leads by modeling a paired-leadership approach – sharing responsibility & developing others.
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Researching People
M(e) StaffingResearchers now self-organize on research projects – increasing energy & learning Global
Research
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Researching Research
Flash WorksResearchers flash swarm selected projects across disciplines – creativity and progress soar. Global
Research
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Need Agile Leaders!
✴ Awareness of self✴ Reflects cognitively✴ Open to perspectives
GROWTH MINDSET
CATALYST HABITS✴ Experiments on self✴ Coaches for growth✴ Shares ownership
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Over-Focus on Actions
Over-focus on Productivity and other outputs
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Need Focus on Enablement
Over-focus on Productivity and other outputs
Results are enabled thru
culture“You can’t build an adaptable organization without adaptable people”
- Gary Hamel
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An Agile Leader’s AHA!
Guiding Agile CultureWith a pending integration, Philipp sought to know and save his company’s culture.He ended up influencing the acquiring company’s culture
Philipp Engstler
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Discovering Their Agile Culture…
Visualizing CultureExploring their values iteratively through visualization and collaboration
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Sharing Their Agile Culture …
Culture V1.02The version number indicates that we expect to inspect & adapt our culture and behaviors
Urs Schäppi, CEO Swisscom
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Spreading Their Agile Culture…
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Spreading Their Agile Culture…
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Focus on Enablement
✴ Imagines creatively✴ Connects emotionally✴ Seeks & uses
feedback
GROWTH MINDSET
AGILE VALUES✴ Creates a safe workplace✴ Guides organization change✴ Builds organization culture
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AgileLeadershipJourney.com
AHA!Workshop
Leadership Compass
Leadership Journey
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AHA! Agile Leadership WorkshopsCertified Agile Leadership Workshops June 30 - July 1 in Bangalore, India August 29-31 in Denver, CO September 15-16 in Zurich,
Switzerland September 28-30 in New York, NY October 26-28 in Seattle, WA November 16-18 in Washington, DC Nov 30 – Dec 2 in Orlando, FL
Register at AgileLeadershipJourney.com/tour
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Certified Agile Leadership (CAL) Program
AHA! Journey!
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Tying it all together…
CertifiedAgile
Leadership
More to come…
Some Education Providers are pending Scrum Alliance Approval
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CAL Program Teams
Program Discovery Team 2015
• Pete Behrens• Steven Denning• Angela Johnson • Pollyanna Pixton• Simon Roberts
Program Design Team 2016
• Pete Behrens• Peter Green• Angela Johnson• Assistance from
Sanjiv Augustine, Scott Dunn and Brian Rabon
Scrum Alliance Support Team• Manny Gonzalez• Erika Jones• Lisa Reeder
Thank you!
