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How to Lead a Team by Doing Nothing

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.

Transcript: http://arjanvandergaag.nl/blog/lead-by-doing-nothing.html

Arjan van der Gaag

May 10, 2017
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  1. how to lead a team
    by doing nothing
    Arjan van der Gaag • arjanvandergaag.nl
    Agile Manchester 2017

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  2. Arjan van der Gaag • Brightin
    brightin

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  3. Arjan van der Gaag (@avdgaag) • brightin.nl
    ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

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  4. Arjan van der Gaag (@avdgaag) • brightin.nl
    survival mode
    learning mode
    self-organisation mode

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  5. Arjan van der Gaag (@avdgaag) • brightin.nl
    survival mode
    learning mode
    self-organisation mode

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  6. Arjan van der Gaag • Brightin

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  7. Arjan van der Gaag (@avdgaag) • brightin.nl
    transparency
    balance
    collaboration
    customer focus
    flow
    leadership
    understanding
    agreement
    respect

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  8. Arjan van der Gaag (@avdgaag) • brightin.nl
    micro management is
    not delegation

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  9. Arjan van der Gaag (@avdgaag) • brightin.nl
    domain
    accountability
    purpose

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  10. Arjan van der Gaag (@avdgaag) • brightin.nl
    domain
    accountability
    purpose

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  11. Arjan van der Gaag (@avdgaag) • brightin.nl
    domain
    accountability
    purpose

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  12. Arjan van der Gaag (@avdgaag) • brightin.nl
    domain
    accountability
    purpose

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  13. Arjan van der Gaag (@avdgaag) • brightin.nl
    organise the team
    around the work

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  14. Arjan van der Gaag (@avdgaag) • brightin.nl
    delegate authority,

    not projects

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  15. Arjan van der Gaag (@avdgaag) • brightin.nl
    evolving architecture
    evolving governance

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  16. Arjan van der Gaag (@avdgaag) • brightin.nl
    evolving architecture
    evolving governance

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  17. Arjan van der Gaag (@avdgaag) • brightin.nl
    mind the shadow
    governance

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  18. Arjan van der Gaag (@avdgaag) • brightin.nl
    embrace science

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  19. Arjan van der Gaag (@avdgaag) • brightin.nl
    great feedback
    is optimistic
    is positive (at first)
    is based on values

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  20. Arjan van der Gaag (@avdgaag) • brightin.nl
    great feedback
    is specific
    is positive (at first)
    is based on values

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  21. Arjan van der Gaag (@avdgaag) • brightin.nl
    great feedback
    is specific
    is positive
    is based on values

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  22. Arjan van der Gaag (@avdgaag) • brightin.nl
    great feedback
    is specific
    is positive (at first)
    is based on values

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  23. Arjan van der Gaag (@avdgaag) • brightin.nl
    great feedback
    is specific
    is positive (at first)
    is based on values

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  24. Arjan van der Gaag (@avdgaag) • brightin.nl
    getting things done

    is hard

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  25. Arjan van der Gaag (@avdgaag) • brightin.nl
    the coaching mindset

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  26. Arjan van der Gaag (@avdgaag) • brightin.nl
    leaders translate goals
    and values into
    concrete actions

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  27. Arjan van der Gaag (@avdgaag) • brightin.nl
    constant maintenance

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  28. Arjan van der Gaag (@avdgaag) • brightin.nl

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  29. Arjan van der Gaag (@avdgaag) • brightin.nl
    ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

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  30. Arjan van der Gaag (@avdgaag) • brightin.nl
    transparency
    balance
    collaboration
    customer focus
    flow
    leadership
    understanding
    agreement
    respect

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  31. Arjan van der Gaag (@avdgaag) • brightin.nl
    experiment. translate.
    visualise. shut up.

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