How to Lead a Team by Doing Nothing

Get out of the way of your team. Show them where to go, and trust their expertise to get the job done. Provide them with actionable feedback. It all sounds simple enough, but how can you actually do it? The organisation looks to you, as a tech lead, for results; while the team looks to you for direction. By taking a step back and implementing accountabilities, tensions, visualisation, feedback and flow, you can take a team on an inspiring journey of improvement and autonomy — but beware: doing nothing can take a surprising amount of work.

This talk will show you how to build a motivated and creative team by stepping back and growing a culture of leadership on all levels.

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1. how to lead a team by doing nothing Arjan van der Gaag • arjanvandergaag.nl Agile Manchester 2017
2. Arjan van der Gaag • Brightin brightin
3. Arjan van der Gaag (@avdgaag) • brightin.nl ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
4. Arjan van der Gaag (@avdgaag) • brightin.nl survival mode learning mode self-organisation mode
5. Arjan van der Gaag (@avdgaag) • brightin.nl survival mode learning mode self-organisation mode
6. Arjan van der Gaag • Brightin
7. Arjan van der Gaag (@avdgaag) • brightin.nl transparency balance collaboration customer focus flow leadership understanding agreement respect
8. Arjan van der Gaag (@avdgaag) • brightin.nl micro management is not delegation
9. Arjan van der Gaag (@avdgaag) • brightin.nl domain accountability purpose
10. Arjan van der Gaag (@avdgaag) • brightin.nl domain accountability purpose
11. Arjan van der Gaag (@avdgaag) • brightin.nl domain accountability purpose
12. Arjan van der Gaag (@avdgaag) • brightin.nl domain accountability purpose
13. Arjan van der Gaag (@avdgaag) • brightin.nl organise the team around the work
14. Arjan van der Gaag (@avdgaag) • brightin.nl delegate authority,
 not projects
15. Arjan van der Gaag (@avdgaag) • brightin.nl evolving architecture evolving governance
16. Arjan van der Gaag (@avdgaag) • brightin.nl evolving architecture evolving governance
17. Arjan van der Gaag (@avdgaag) • brightin.nl mind the shadow governance
18. Arjan van der Gaag (@avdgaag) • brightin.nl embrace science
19. Arjan van der Gaag (@avdgaag) • brightin.nl great feedback is optimistic is positive (at first) is based on values
20. Arjan van der Gaag (@avdgaag) • brightin.nl great feedback is specific is positive (at first) is based on values
21. Arjan van der Gaag (@avdgaag) • brightin.nl great feedback is specific is positive is based on values
22. Arjan van der Gaag (@avdgaag) • brightin.nl great feedback is specific is positive (at first) is based on values
23. Arjan van der Gaag (@avdgaag) • brightin.nl great feedback is specific is positive (at first) is based on values
24. Arjan van der Gaag (@avdgaag) • brightin.nl getting things done
 is hard
25. Arjan van der Gaag (@avdgaag) • brightin.nl the coaching mindset
26. Arjan van der Gaag (@avdgaag) • brightin.nl leaders translate goals and values into concrete actions
27. Arjan van der Gaag (@avdgaag) • brightin.nl constant maintenance
28. Arjan van der Gaag (@avdgaag) • brightin.nl
29. Arjan van der Gaag (@avdgaag) • brightin.nl ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
30. Arjan van der Gaag (@avdgaag) • brightin.nl transparency balance collaboration customer focus flow leadership understanding agreement respect
31. Arjan van der Gaag (@avdgaag) • brightin.nl experiment. translate. visualise. shut up.