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How to Lead a Team by Doing Nothing

Arjan van der Gaag
May 10, 2017
Business
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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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Transcript

  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

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    not delegation

  9. 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

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

    around the work

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    projects

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    governance

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  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.