When to step up,

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leading collaboration
When to step up,
when to step back
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step up
step back
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• Founder, Accelinnova
• President, Evolutionary Systems
• Director, Institute of Collaborative Leadership

Pollyanna PIXTON
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leadership challenges
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deliver business value
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deliver the right product

• Build Trust?

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to lead in the marketplace
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innovate!

• Leadership Influence

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• The way you will thrive in this environment is by
  innovating innovating in technologies,
  innovating strategies, innovating business
  models.
• - IBM CEO Samuel J. Palmisano
  

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increase
productivity

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how ?
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• unleashing talent

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develop great solutions
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since
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None of us are as smart as all of us. - Japanese
Proverb

• How Do We Deliver?

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Unleashing Innovation
foster collaboration

• Collaboration Process

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give ownership
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let people choose
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provide meaningful work
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step aside, let them work

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how do you step
aside ?

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open environment right people
foster innovation step back
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collaboration process
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agree to goals and objectives

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brainstorm
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• group

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prioritize
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• individuals
• volunteer
• for what

and by when
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trust
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Trust
create a culture of trust
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Remove Debilitating Fear

• Dependency Management

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what do people fear ?
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• losing
• identity

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losing intellectual mastery
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losing individualism
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to foster trust in teams
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Leading Agile
team based measurements

• Collaboration Model
• Collaboration Process

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• people do what they are measured
  by
• measure results
• let team evaluate
• themselves

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build team confidence
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short iterations early wins

• Collaboration Model

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protect team Boundaries

• Protect Team Boundaries

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step back summary
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Leading Agile
unleash talent through collaboration

• Collaboration Model
• Collaboration Process

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• Motivate through
• the 3 Cs
• Collaboration
• Choice
• Content
• - Alfie KohnPunished By Rewards

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• Remove Obstacles

trust
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wait! what if
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when
should you step up?
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how do you know a team is struggling?
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• lack of interest
• poor communication
• lack of velocity
• too much overtime
• lack of focus
• overloaded iterations
• body language

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trust your intuition
and experience
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what to do ?
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Getting Back on Track
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Keep the focus
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maintain team integrity
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and problem solving ability

• Get more done by doing less

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how ?
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• ask
• questions

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bring team together

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dont ask whats wrong

• Transaction
• Costs

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or where stuck
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ask the team .
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to describe their work

• Protect Team Boundaries

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their approach
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the path they went down
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Stay Positive

• and why ?

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help discover a new view
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• What would you ask?
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tell stories, experiences
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• dont
• rescue
• the
• teams

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dont give the answers
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Summary

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to lead change to unleash
innovation Collaborate!
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trust

• Risk Management

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• let people choose how,
• what,
• and when

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step up .

collaboratively
step back and
keep focus

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your tipping point?

• test for Success
• ask Questions

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• Stand Back and Deliver co-author, published by
  Addison Wesley, due out in early 2009
• The Seven-Day WeekendRicardo Semler
• Orbiting the Giant HairballGordon MacKenzie
• Punished By RewardsAlfie Kohn

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• accelinnova.com
• evolutionarysystems.net
• 1 . 801 . 209 . 0195
• p2_at_ppixton.com

Pollyanna PIXTON