A. Patterns and Anti-Patterns for Effective Leadership

Table A.1 describes traditional leadership behaviors that are less effective in helping teams to develop effective self-managing behaviors, alongside behaviors that agile leaders can adopt to help their teams develop effective self-managing behaviors. It provides a quick reference to which agile leaders can refer to help to catch themselves from falling back into old habits.

Table A.1 Traditional leadership behaviors that can hamper agility, and their agile counterparts

Less Effective

More Effective

As a leader, I should bear all

responsibilities.

As a leader, I’m responsible for helping individuals and teams to grow and take responsibility.

Decisions need to be taken by one single authority and then be cascaded down to those who do the work.

Decisions need to be taken by those who do the work using direct feedback from customers. Authority is everywhere.

My power in the organizations is determined by my ability to have influence on others.

My power in the organization is determined by my ability to enable others to take responsibility.

Not knowing something is a weakness, so we need to make sure we know everything before we act.

Not knowing something is a fact of life, so I need to institutionalize transparency and continuous learning.

I need to be the most talented individual.

I need to make sure teams are more talented than any individual.

I need to keep people as busy as possible to make sure we utilize our resources in the most efficient way.

I need to provide people with a goal, so they can use their knowledge to focus on accomplishing the greatest results.

People need to comply with the rules, so we are in control.

People need to continuously reshape the rules, so we can deal with change.

Winning means to be visible and on stage.

Winning means to work in the shadows and enable others to take the stage.

When faced with an impossible challenge, people need to be motivated.

People are intrinsically motivated, so when challenged they need personal guidance.

Successful change is determined by setting a goal and motivating people around that goal.

Successful change is determined by having the right people and involving them in creating a greater goal.

I need to protect my people from making mistakes.

I need to create a safe environment where people learn from their mistakes.

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