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From Servant Leadership to Shared Leadership

Leading Answers

We will examine what leadership entails and how it applies to agile teams. Then discuss the transition from servant leadership to shared leadership.   EQ as a Foundation for Leadership. As we saw in the previous articles about Emotional Intelligence (EQ), leadership is built on top of EQ.

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A Simple Exercise To Define The Product Of Your Scrum Team

Scrum.org

— What should product leadership look like? It influences the Product Owner's role, determines the self-managing capabilities of the Scrum team, and the opportunities to ship fast and gather feedback from your stakeholders. You can make it a 15-minute exercise conducted after the Daily Scrum or a 2-hour workshop.

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Project Leadership: What Does it Really Mean to Lead, Not Manage?

MPUG

So, when we ask about project leadership, the answer is all about attitude. I believe that a mature approach to projects would see all project management replaced by project leadership. My answer is that Project Leadership requires us to be intentional about the following: Team – the people we lead, day-to-day.

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Project Leadership In Uncertain Environments with Carole Osterweil

Rebel’s Guide to PM

What’s the difference between project management and project leadership? A recent APM report, Project Leadership; skills, behaviours, knowledge and values , explored this question. . The authors concluded project leadership is future-focused. Repeat the exercise often and review your project management approach accordingly.

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How to Manage Stakeholder Conflict

Project Risk Coach

Turn Conflict into a Problem-Solving Exercise You can help stakeholders resolve the conflict by reframing the conflict as a problem-solving exercise. Project managers must use their leadership skills to influence the stakeholders. There's less likelihood of stakeholders undermining the decisions later.

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Leadership Tips for Project Managers – Part 4

International Institute for Learning

By Mike Griffiths Welcome to part four, the last installment of this series introducing basic leadership ideas that any project manager or Scrum master can employ. Be sure to see articles one , two , and three , which cover topics including how leadership differs from management, servant leadership, and team motivation.

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Why Great Leaders Mentalize and Five Exercises to Help You Do So

International Institute for Learning

And there is a direct link between the leader’s ability to mentalize and the creation of a safe attachment, where the employee feels that the leader wants the best for them, which again directly influences the employee’s ability to mentalize, as well. Maria Ebro is a Presenter for IIL’s upcoming Online Leadership and Innovation Conference!