Modern Management: Adapt How You Lead for Agile Success

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.

Learning outcomes:

1. See some of the myths that prevent management from achieving leadership excellence and agility.

2. Learn the 7 principles that create leadership (as opposed to management).

3. Consider several actions to bypass these myths.

4. Choose which of your management behaviors to change, to serve the agile team or organization.

5. Consider options to invite your or your manager's thinking patterns to change.

About Johanna
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 decide how to adapt their product development.

Johanna is the author of eighteen books and hundreds of articles. Find the Pragmatic Manager, a monthly email newsletter, and her blogs at jrothman.com and createadaptablelife.com.