Leading teams in the Age of Agile

Presentation #6 out of 12,345,902

Elad Sofer Agile coach

co-founder @ practical-agile twitter: @eladsof

email: elad@practical-agile.com blog: www.thescrumster.com - It’s in Hebrew ;)

Connection before content

Sharpie

Physical examination

A-HA wall

Feedback

THE biggest problem

BORNLeaders are not

Leaders are

Grown

What are you responsible for ?

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Personal –Spouse –Children –Family –Friends –House chores

Product \ Project –Code –Requirements –Tests –Plans –Support –Bugs –Reports

Team \ People –Training –Teaching –Mentoring –Administrative

Communication –Phone calls –Meetings –E-mail –Proposals –Blog –Slides –Manual

Begging

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Do it yourself

Leadership

?Performing actions that will inspire change that is aligned with a specific goal. maybe/

George Edward Pelham Box

Essentially,

all models

are wrong,

but some are

useful.

Share with your team a problem you are currently

facing

(Describe the problem, what did you do)

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BlameShameJustify

Obligation

Responsibility

Christopher Avery

Analyze your problemsusing the responsibility

process.

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• In what stage are you? • What would be the responsible thing to do?

For each stage:• Find ways to keep the team in the stage • Find ways to advance the team to the next stage. • Find ways to move the team to the previous stage

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RET SOUCE

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Find a partner. (Choose who is A and who is B)

<A> shares with <B> a (new) problem with a colleague

role play: <B> gives feedback to <A> (<A> acts as the colleague, <B> acts as <A>)

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Find a partner. (Choose who is A and who is B)

<A> shares with <B> a (new) problem with a colleague

role play: <B> gives feedback to <A> (<A> acts as the colleague, <B> acts as <A>)

Switch roles4 3 2 15

Effective feedbackPre-Conditions:!

You Have accurate data You care about the person

Your goal is improvement (Double check) !

Guidelines:!Give feedback frequently

Be prepared. Speak for yourself Use I language.

straight to the point.

Giving effective feedback

Set the Stage!make sure the person is in a state to receive feedback !Describe the behavior or result!Be specific, accurate, speak from experience, validate facts !State the impact!The impact should be a real one, the painful the better !Make a request!Specific, accurate, leave room for other suggestion

Repeat the exercise using the model

prepare your feedback. Give it & Reflect with your partner

Switch

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Set the stage - Describe the behaviour state the impact - make a request

Be at the right state!If the time is not right, express it, offer alternative

Actively listen, do not judge!Conquer you ego, Listen, Ask for clarifications

Understand\Empathize with the impact!Show real Empathy, understand the impact, see the other side

Suggest a solution\ Ask for help!Be honest, even if you don’t think this is a problem.

Receiving effective feedback

NAVIGATING CONFLICT

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Dealing with conflictTh

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From 1 to 5 (1 - often , 5 - seldom): How do i deal with conflict ?

Competition - Avoidance - Surrender - Compromising - Collaborating

Reflect with yourself about the score

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For each conflict type describe at least one situation that it should be used.

Competition - Avoidance - Surrender - Compromising - Collaborating

Reflect with yourself about the score

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Conflict types

Conflict types symptoms.

Think of ways to identify conflict types

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Lack of clarify - Emotional attachment Different values - interpersonal conflict.

Suggest how to approach the

different conflict types

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Lack of clarify - Emotional attachment Different values - interpersonal conflict.

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Navigating conflict using The Perfection game

Growing leaders

You don't see the world very clearly!You feel that one listens to you.!Fragile, you break easily.

People now notice you.!You have a better picture of how the world works.!People don’t always understand what you mean.!You still have a lot to learn and you fail often.

You have learned a lot and gained experience.!You have more knowledge.!You are able to influence your environment.!It is now time to start hatching more eggs.

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Celebration of learning

#booster2014

Letter to future self

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Thank you! (Toda) .תודה