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If you’re a leader or aspiring leader of an Agile team, this session will provide clear implications of where to focus your efforts and what serves to catalyse and nourish progress (and what does the opposite). What could be more important for leaders than increasing their teams' productivity? Conventional thinking would rank ‘increased motivation’ as one of the most important tools for increasing productivity of teams (Motivation > increases Progress > increases Productivity). This interactive session disrupts and challenges this and provides the alternative view (Progress > increases Motivation > increases Productivity). Drawing upon 10+ years’ research including 26 project teams, 7 companies and a deep analysis of nearly 12,000 daily diaries by team members, this session uses real case studies to illustrate the key elements of Catalysts, Inhibitors, Nourishers and Toxins.
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Unleashing the Full Potential of Your Agile Teams
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By Dipesh Pala
AGILENZ 2014
3 September 2014UNLEASHING THE FULL POTENTIAL OF YOUR AGILE TEAMS
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Once upon a time…
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Once upon a time…Teamwo
rk
Leadership
Collaboration
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What will we cover in this session?
Power of
Progress
What serves to Catalyse and Nourish
Progress
Power of
Small Wins
Checklist for
Team Leaders
What makes Agile Teams
Happy
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What makes us Happy?
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What makes an Agile Team Happy?
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Which one is the number 1 Motivator?
Providing Clear Goals
Providing Interpersonal Support
Providing Recognitio
n for Good Work
Providing Rewards
and Incentives
Providing Support for
Making Progress
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People are most motivated when they
get an opportunity to experience
achievement - Frederick Herzberg
1968 HBR
The Power of Progress
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A Surprise for Leaders!
Providing Clear Goals
Providing Interpersonal Support
Providing Recognition
for Good Work
Providing Rewards
and Incentives
Providing Support for
Making Progress
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“Small wins are something people can experience pretty regularly if the work is chunked down to manageable pieces.”
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If you can’t fly, Run.If you can’t run, Walk.
If you can’t walk, Crawl.But, by all means
keep moving. - Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
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Of all things that can boost
emotions and motivation, the single most
important is making progress in
meaningful work.
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Progress
Setbacks
Daily Checklist for Team Leaders
Toxins
NourishersCatalysts
Inhibitors
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Catalysts
Clear Common Goal Autonomy Safe to Fail Continuous Learning Courage to challenge, and be
challenged
“If you always do what you always did then you will always get what you always got” – Albert Einstein
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Inhibitors Unclear Goals Unable to ask for help Constraints with Resources Lack of Information Failure is punished Not learning anything new
The strongest pillar for Agile teams is built on
trust – with complete transparency
Agile teams thrive when
they are trust-based, not
control-based
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* Inspired by Mary Kay Ash
MMFI Nourishers
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Nourishers
Respect Courage Support Belongingness Recognition Trust
The words you use impact the attitude of
others
MMFI
* Inspired by Mary Kay Ash
Make Me Feel Important*
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Toxins Disrespec
t Fear Neglect Discourag
e
People will forget what you said,
people will forget what you did, but people will never
forget how you made them feel.
- Maya Angelou
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1 Disorganised2 Inflexible3 Stubborn4 Inconsistent5 Emotionless6 Shy7 Irresponsible8 Boring9 Unrealistic10 Negative11 Intimidating12 Arrogant13 Indecisive 14 Impatient
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1 Disorganised---> Creative2 Inflexible ---> Organized3 Stubborn ---> Dedicated4 Inconsistent ---> Flexible5 Emotionless ---> Calm6 Shy ---> Reflective7 Irresponsible ---> Adventurous8 Boring ---> Responsible9 Unrealistic ---> Ambitious10 Negative ---> Realistic11 Intimidating ---> Assertive12 Arrogant ---> Self-Confident13 Indecisive ---> Patient 14 Impatient ---> Passionate
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1 Disorganised---> Creative2 Inflexible ---> Organized3 Stubborn ---> Dedicated4 Inconsistent ---> Flexible5 Emotionless ---> Calm6 Shy ---> Reflective7 Irresponsible ---> Adventurous8 Boring ---> Responsible9 Unrealistic ---> Ambitious10 Negative ---> Realistic11 Intimidating ---> Assertive12 Arrogant ---> Self-Confident13 Indecisive ---> Patient 14 Impatient ---> Passionate
Hidden StrengthWeakness
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Every has a
Competencies Values
Huge overlap required when it comes to Values
Little or no overlap required with Skills
and Strengths
Hidden StrengthWeakness
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Progress
Setbacks
Daily Checklist for Team Leaders
Toxins
NourishersCatalysts
Inhibitors
www.ibm.com/au/devops/agile_checklist/
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Thank You
Dipesh PalaAgile Capability LeadIBM
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