Leadership Lessons from the Agile Manifesto

Whether you’re a Tech Lead, Engineering Manager, or Project Manager for an engineering team, you probably weren’t handed an instruction manual when you were given your first team to lead. This talk will show you how to apply the principles in the Manifesto Agile Manifesto to become a better leader.

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1. LEADERSHIP LESSONS FROM THE AGILE MANIFESTO @ANJUAN
2. @ANJ UAN “A hero ventures forth from the world of common day into a region of supernatural wonder: fabulous forces are there encountered and a decisive victory is won: the hero comes back from this mysterious adventure with the power to bestow boons on his fellow man.”
3. @ANJ UAN ORDINARY CALL REFUSAL MENTOR CRO SSING TRIALS APPROACH ORDEAL REWARD ROAD ATO NE RETURN PART 1 – CALL TO ADVENTURE PART 2 – EXTREME TRIALS PART 3 – TRANSFORMATION PART 4 – ROAD BACK
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5. @ANJ UAN “The Law of Influence: The true measure of leadership is influence. Nothing more. Nothing less.”
6. @ANJ UAN “Transactional Leadership is a type of leadership whereby rewards and punishment are used as a basis for initiating the followers.” “Transformational Leadership is a leadership style in which the leader uses his charisma and enthusiasm to influence his followers.”
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9. @ANJ UAN THE MANIFESTO FOR AGILE SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT
 We are uncovering better ways of developing software by doing it and helping others do it. Through this work we have come to value: Individuals and interactions over processes and tools Working software over comprehensive documentation Customer collaboration over contract negotiation Responding to change over following a plan That is, while there is value in the items on the right, we value the items on the left more.
10. INDIVIDUALS AND INTERACTIONS OVER PROCESSES AND TOOLS TEAM INFLUENCE
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12. @ANJ UAN “Preserve Dignity at All Costs”
13. WORKING SOFTWARE OVER COMPREHENSIVE DOCUMENTATION BUILD INFLUENCE
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15. @ANJ UAN “Working Always Ships Faster than Perfect”
16. CUSTOMER COLLABORATION OVER CONTRACT NEGOTIATION CUSTOMER INFLUENCE
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18. @ANJ UAN “Customers Trust Colleagues, Not Contracts”
19. RESPONDING TO CHANGE OVER FOLLOWING A PLAN SCHEDULE INFLUENCE
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21. @ANJ UAN “Don’t Fear Surprises, Fear Inflexibility”
22. @ANJ UAN LEADERSHIP LESSONS FROM THE AGILE MANIFESTO •Preserve Dignity at All Costs •Working Always Ships Faster than Perfect •Customers Trust Colleagues, Not Contracts •Don’t Fear Surprises, Fear Inflexibility
23. @ANJ UAN ORDINARY CALL REFUSAL MENTOR CRO SSING TRIALS APPROACH ORDEAL REWARD ROAD ATO NE RETURN PART 1 – CALL TO ADVENTURE PART 2 – EXTREME ORDEAL PART 3 – TRANSFORMATION PART 4 – ROAD BACK
24. THANK YOU! I’m Anjuan I love delivering software projects. You can find me at: @anjuan linkedin.com/in/anjuan