Modern Management: Adapt How You Lead for Agile Success - Johanna Rothman

Abstract:
Agile approaches have downplayed the role of management. Too many people say, “We don’t need no stinkin’ managers.” On the contrary. We need managers to create and refine the agile culture and create leadership capability across the organization.
Without modern management, any agile transformation dies a quick and ugly death. Instead, it’s time to invite managers to change their behaviors to transform to an agile culture. Learn to see and create management excellence for your agile culture.

Level: Practicing

Learning outcomes:
 See the myths, traps, and illusions that prevent management from achieving
leadership excellence and agility.
 Learn actions to bypass several of these myths, traps, and illusions.
 Learn which management behaviors to change, to serve the agile team or
organization.
 Learn ways to invite your or your manager's thinking patterns to change.

Bio:
Johanna Rothman, known as the “Pragmatic Manager,” offers frank advice for your tough problems. She helps leaders and teams do reasonable things that work. Equipped with that knowledge, they can then decide how to adapt their product development. With her trademark practicality and humor, Johanna is the author of 18 books about many aspects of product development.

Her most recent books are the Modern Management Made Easy series, From Chaos to Successful Distributed Agile Teams (with Mark Kilby) and Create Your Successful Agile Project: Collaborate, Measure, Estimate,
Deliver.

See all her books, blog, and other resources at jrothman.com and createadaptablelife.com.