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Engage and Empower through Leadership Agility

David Hawks @austinagile

Leadership Coach

3 Problems with 9+ Solutions

Optimize for Output

The Workforce has Changed

We have an Engagement Problem!

Knowledge Workers want

Autonomy

Self-Organizing teams lead to better outcomes

Servant Leaders Support not Dictate

Human Knot

Daily Huddles drive Collaboration

Visibility is your Friend

Daily Huddle + Visual Board = Alignment

Regular Team Retrospectives

Servant Leadership +

Team Ownership +

Visibility =

Engagement, Innovation & Improvement

Drowning in a Sea of Opportunity

Is our Goal 100% Utilization?

How we Normally Assign Work

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All High Priority!

How does Alex decide what to work on next?

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Stop Starting, Start Finishing

We are working hard…

Why aren’t our stakeholders

happy?

Are your stakeholders engaged?

At what point do you get validation?

We need to iterate to develop a

shared understanding

Shorten the Feedback Loop

Concept

ImplementValidate

Outcome… …over, Output

Watch the Baton, not the Runners

David Hawks

David@AgileVelocity.com

www.AgileVelocity.comBlog: www.AustinAgile.com

Twitter: @AustinAgile

Engage and Empower through Leadership Agility