Team of Leaders

QA at ThoughtWorks@nattivolk

Natalie

Developer at ThoughtWorks@acbarbosa

Alexandre

Team of Leaders

Let's talk a bit about leadership

is this leadership?

or this?

or this?

Leadership is not

Senior Chief

Executive

Leadership is about teams

Bill Gates: “As we look ahead into the next century, leaders will be those who empower others.”

John Maxwell: “Leadership is influence – nothing more, nothing less.”

Leadership is a process of social influence, which maximizes the efforts of others, towards the achievement of a goal.

The best architectures, requirements, and designs emerge from self-organizing teams.

Build projects around motivated individuals. Give them the environment and support they need, and

trust them to get the job done.

Business people and developers must work together daily throughout the project.

At regular intervals, the team reflects on how to become more effective, then tunes and adjusts

its behavior accordingly.

Agile is about teams

Timebox: 10 Minutes

Would you be up for an exercise?

Round 1:Let’s form triangles

Round 2:Let’s try it a bit differently

How long did it take us?

How ants do it

But humans ...

None of us are as smart as all of us ...

… because each one adds something different

Technical Master

Party Maker

Organizational Wizard

What Leaders do you have in your team???

Team of Leaders

Self-organized teams+

Leadership

Team of Leaders

Really that easy?

● Passion● Commitment● Proactivity● Openness● Courage

Choose the right people

● open environment● communication● trust● motivation● safe ● respect

Create the environment

● support learning● give opportunities● coaching● feedback

Support your people

Evolve your leadership model

Situational leadership

Team of Leaders

Leadership is not the sole prerogative of people with fancy titles, corner offices, and loads of frequent-flier miles. (...) We purposefully focus on “leadership,” not the “leader.”

Bob and Greg Vanourek

Questions?