Developing People and Teams [P2]: Leadership Styles - Leading high performing teams

Question 1

Patterns of success for leading high performing teams?

Answer 1

• goal
• leadership - lead by example, work hard and expect others to do so, largely self-managing
• culture - extreme teamwork, always having each other’s backs, fill in the gaps
• continual improvement - i..e retro, talk through goods and bads
• transparency - everything exposed
• rapid experimentation - try new ideas, get feedback
• fun
• courage
• trust

Question 2

What two things must be present for self-management

Answer 2

• Anabsenceof traditional management.
• A light set of constraints. Constraints help balance autonomy with accountability. Constraints might be an iteration, a Sprint Review, a social contract or a facilitated meeting.

Question 3

How do you create the right level of an absence of traditional management? (3 areas)

Answer 3

• The art of it is choosinghow much space to leaveby actively stepping out, in order to allow others space to step in.
• Clarity
• Competence
• Control

Question 4

Explain clarity

Answer 4

what do you seek? What difference does it make and to who? Why is this important? What does success look like?

Question 5

Explain competence

Answer 5

does the team/individual have the competence to deal with this situation (or at least the growth mind-set to learn what is required). Does the structure support them in their level of competence? What help might they need?

Question 6

Explain control

Answer 6

delegate control to the people doing the work, once the platform of Clarity and Competence is in place.

Question 7

What is the Cynefin Framework?

Answer 7

4 corners :

• simple,
• complicated,
• complex
• chaotic

Question 8

Explain the “simple” corner of the Cynefin Framework

Answer 8

• standard operating procedures
• best practices
• one or few good answers

Question 9

Explain the “complicated” corner of the Cynefin Framework

Answer 9

• analysis
• expert mindset
• a range of possible answers

Question 10

Explain the “complex” corner of the Cynefin Framework

Answer 10

• patterns
• never complete
• the stakeholders decide what is good

Question 11

Explain the “chaotic” corner of the Cynefin Framework

Answer 11

• take action
• push into other domains