Learn how to Engage and Empower your workforce through Leadership Agility.

1. Lead with Organizational Agility
David Hawks
@austinagile
Leadership Coach
3 Problems with 9+ Solutions

2. Old School = Optimize for Output

3. The Workforce has Changed

4. We have an Engagement Problem!

5. Knowledge
Workers want
Autonomy

7. Self-Organizing teams lead to better outcomes

8. Servant Leaders Support not Dictate

9. Human Knot

10. Daily Huddles drive Collaboration

11. Visibility is your Friend

12. Let’s Build a Board

13. Daily Huddle + Visual Board = Alignment

15. Regular Team Retrospectives

16. Servant
Leadership +
Team
Ownership +
Visibility
=
Engagement,
Innovation &
Improvement

17. Problem #2 - Drowning in a Sea of Opportunity

18. Is our Goal 100% Utilization?

19. How we Normally Assign Work
Project 1
Project 3
All High
Priority!
How does Alex decide what to work on next?
Carter
Alex
James
Camryn
Janet
Will
Project 2

21. Numbers,
Fives,
Alphabet
1, 2, 3, … 15
5, 10, 15, … 50
A, B, C, … Z
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22. How we should prioritize work?
Project 1
Project 3
Carter
Alex
James
Camryn
Janet
Will
Team
Prioritized
Team Backlog
Project 2

24. User Stories
As a <WHO>
I want <WHAT>
So that <WHY>

25. User Story Example
As a frequent flyer
I want to rebook a past trip
So that I save time booking
trips I take.

28. Stop Starting, Start Finishing

29. Watch the Baton, not the Runners

30. David Hawks
David@AgileVelocity.com
www.AgileVelocity.com
Blog: www.AustinAgile.com
Twitter: @AustinAgile
Lead with Organizational Agility