Thawing the Frozen Middle: The role of Managers in organisations using Scrum

Em Campbell-Pretty Partner, Context Matters @PrettyAgile www.prettyagile.com au.linkedin.com/in/ejcampbellpretty/ em@contextmatters.com.au

Thawing the Frozen Middle:

The role of Managers in organisations using Scrum

Time for a quick exercise

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NOTE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE EMPATHY MAP

What about me?

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Three wise monkeys?

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Beware of wolves in coach’s clothing

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”Those who can read and don’t, are

only marginally better off than those

who can’t.” -Verne Harnish

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GO TO THE GEMBA

"Farming looks mighty easy when your plow is a pencil and you're 1,000 miles from the corn field."

— Dwight Eisenhower

ENCOURAGE TEAM TO USE PHYSICAL WALLS

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“The vulnerability paradox: It's the first thing I look for in you and the last thing I want you to see in me.”

- Brené Brown

BUBBLE UP

The role of management is to support the people

who do the work.

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COMMUNICATE THE VISION

PROVIDE TRAINING TO EVERYONE

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FUND TECHNICAL ENABLERS

CARVE OUT TIME FOR INNOVATION

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PROTECT THE TEAMS

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LET GO & TRUST THE TEAM

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•  Tap into your empathy •  Be a friendly ear •  Encourage and enable learning •  Help them display vulnerability •  Facilitate their transition to their new role –

Supporting the people that do the work

THAWING THE “FROZEN MIDDLE”

“…they are people too, they are just stuck in the system”

– Jim Benson on Middle Management

Em Campbell-Pretty Partner, Context Matters @PrettyAgile www.prettyagile.com au.linkedin.com/in/ejcampbellpretty/ em@contextmatters.com.au

WANT TO KNOW MORE?

Check out my blog: •  Advice for coaches on “dealing with” management: http://bit.ly/FrozenMiddle •  Book Clubs at work - Are you serious? http://bit.ly/AgileBookClub •  Leading Through Vulnerability: http://bit.ly/LeadingVulnerability •  Bubble Up: http://bit.ly/agilebubbleup •  Lean Coffee: http://bit.ly/AgendalessMeeting •  An Agile Team of Agile Leaders: http://bit.ly/AgileTeamOfLeaders •  Train everyone: http://bit.ly/TrainEveryone

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