While the product teams deliver the vision and mid-level leaders are removing big impediments for them, now is the opportunity for senior leaders to show transformational leadership. Transformational leaders have shifted from day-to-day command and control tactics to a focus on aspirational and directional vision. They set up networks and connect the organization in ways […]
Category: Transformational Leadership
Our first three posts in this series established the foundation for leadership engagement in an agile organization: senior leaders create the long-term vision, mid-level leaders build the implementation plan and establish agile teams, and the product owners and teams deliver the vision using an agile discovery and delivery techniques. As the product teams are building […]
A compelling vision is in place, agile teams have been established, hopefully filled with amazing and fully dedicated agile teammates. Using an Agile methodology, the teams begin to build product roadmaps and backlogs geared towards delivering on the organizational vision and meeting customer needs. All sounds perfect…or is it? Often missing in a transformation to […]
If you are a director, senior manager or manager in an Agile organization, this post is for you. With an organizational vision in place, you will be expected to plan and build the teams and systems necessary to deliver on that vision. You are the conduit between vision and implementation…not an easy task! The challenge […]
Many books and articles have been written over the years advocating the need for leaders to provide a vision or to be a visionary. While it’s easy to read and talk about vision it can be elusive for some to create and even harder to effectively communicate. But in our Agile Leadership Engagement Model it […]
A challenge many organizations face when navigating a transformational journey is how to integrate leaders into the change process. The change is often supported (or perhaps mandated) from the top and while they know their organizational culture must function different than what it is today, leaders often don’t realize how they will need to change. […]
Have you ever been assigned to multiple projects or teams at the same time? If so, I’m sure you have experienced the “curse of allocation.” You know how it goes. You are assigned to be 25% on this project and 50% on another one. Let’s throw in 20% to support an existing product and another […]
To be truly effective and long-lasting, an Agile transformation must reach every nook and cranny of the organization and this obviously includes leadership. Organizational leadership includes everyone from front-line managers on up – everyone who has someone reporting to them. Oftentimes, managers are the last ones to participate in the transformation or they may not […]