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                                                                           Agile Leadership
                                                         The Power of Influence 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       Groups of 2 or 3
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       Discuss “what is leadership”?
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                                                           Groups of 2 or 3                                                                                                                                                                                       “Leadership is the capacity to 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        translate vision into reality.” 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                – Warren Bennis
                                                           Discuss “what is leadership”?
                                                           As a table, complete the sentence on 
                                                           a flipchart: Leadership is ……
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                                                      “Servant leadership is the skill of 
                                                                               influencing people to 
                                                           enthusiastically work together 
                                             towards goals for the common good, 
                                                                 with character that inspires 
                                                                                                 confidence.” 
                                                                                           –James Hunter
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                                        Leaders help themselves and others to do the right things. They set direction, build an 
                                        inspiring vision, and create something new. Leadership is about mapping out where 
                                        you need to go to "win" as a team or an organization; and it is dynamic, exciting, and 
                                        inspiring.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Design your own Scrum board
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              Document the 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          characteristics 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           of leadership in 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          an Agile 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 environment?
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                                                                  An Agile Leader . . .
                                              Operates effectively amid                                                                                                                                                                                                  Is knowledgeable about Agile 
                                                   uncertainty, complexity,                                                                                    https://scrumalliance.org/scrum/med                                                                                  values, approaches, and 
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                                                                                                                                                               Leadership/AgileLeadershipLOs.pdf                                                                                                                        practices
                                                     Surfaces more                                                                                                                                                                                                      Aligns and 
                                                creative solutions                                                                                                                                                                                      empowers teams 
                                               through increased                                                                                                                                                                                         toward delivering 
                                               self-awareness, a                                                                                                                                                                                             more customer 
                                          growth mindset, and                                                                                                                                                                                                                       value
                                                  engaging others
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                        Personally integrates feedback 
                          and experiments, and adapts                                    Takes a 
                                       their ways                                    collaborative 
                                                                                      continuous-
                                                                                     improvement 
                                                                                      approach to 
                                                                                    organizational 
                                                                                     effectiveness
                       Catalyzes change in                                                             Table Talk
                      others and facilitates                                       Think about what we just covered with leadership 
                     organizational change                                                               traits….
                                                                                   What do you think 
                                                                                   is your strongest 
                                                                                   leadership 
                                                                                   characteristic?
                                                                                   Which one do you 
                                                                                   need to work on?
                                                                                                     Power is….
                                                                                       “The skill of getting people to 
                                                                                     willingly do your will because of 
                                                                                              your personal clout.” 
                                                                                                 – James Hunter
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                                                                                                                          Influence                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             Agile Executives
                                                                                                                                       • Power is positional. 
                                                                                                                                       Influence is personal.                                                                                                                                                Choose a statement…
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             If you are looking at a 
                                                                                                                                              • Power is wielded.                                                                                                                                            leader – what traits 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             will you see when:
                                                                                                                                          Influence is granted.                                                                                                                                              1)The Leader is 
                                                                                                                                                        • Power pushes.                                                                                                                                      leading from position 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             of power
                                                                                                                                         Influence persuades.                                                                                                                                                2) The Leader is 
                                                                                                                                           • Power is resented.                                                                                                                                              leading from the 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             position influence
                                                                                                                                   Influence is respected.
                                                                                                                                                        • Power expires. 
                                                                                                                                                Influence endures.
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                                                Power Pushes & Influences Persuades?
                                                                 Pushing                                                               Persuades
                                                                 autocratic / tells                                                    listens to you and 
                                                                 you what to do.                                                       negotiates with you                                                                                                “Leadership is influence, nothing 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        more, nothing less.” 
                                                                 Traits you see:                                                       Traits you see:                                                                                                                                             –John Maxwell
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