Host Leadership @ Better Software 2014

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Servant? I’d rather be a Host!

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Pierluigi Pugliese

What is Leadership?• What do you think?

Heroic Leadership

Leader as Hero

Not a hero, but a servant

Leader as Servant

R. Greenleaf, 1972

Servant-Leader Metaphor• What are the advantages and

disadvantages of the leader as a servant?

Host Leadership

McKergow, Bailey - “Host - Six new Roles of Engagement”, 2014

Host Leadership• Six Roles!• Four Positions!• Contextual flexibility!• A useful metaphor

McKergow - Host Leadership

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Host Leadership: The Six Roles

1. Initiator

Calling to action

2. Inviter

3. Space Creator

Create the Spaces AND

be active in them

4. Gatekeeper

Defend boundaries !AND!Allow participation!

5. Connector

6. Co-Participator

Providing for AND Joining in

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Host Leadership: The Four Positions

A. On the stage

B. Among the people

C. On the balcony

D. In the kitchen

Host Leaders for a Better Software• Use the metaphor of the Host: what

could each role do?!• Middle Manager!• Senior Manager!• Executive!• Developer!• Tester!• Product Owner / Product Manager!• ScrumMaster / [Team/Agile] Coach!

• Consider the 6 Roles and the 4 Positions

Host Leaders for a Better Software• Six Roles!

• Initiator!• Inviter!• Space Creator!• Gatekeeper!• Connector!• Co-Participator!

• Four Positions!• On the stage!• Among the others!• On the balcony!• In the kitchen

• Metaphor for Leadership!• Six Roles!

• Initiator!• Inviter!• Space Creator!• Gatekeeper!• Connector!• Co-Participator!

• Four Positions!• On the stage!• Among the others!• On the balcony!• In the kitchen

Host Leadership: Summary

Host Leadership: How will you use it?

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Questions?

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Pierluigi Pugliese

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