Slides and participant's flip charts of my workshop at Better Software 2014

1. Servant? I’d
rather be a Host!
Pierluigi Pugliese
http://blog.connexxo.com

2. What is Leadership?
• What do you think?

7. Heroic Leadership
Leader
as Hero

8. Not a hero, but a servant
Leader as
Servant
R. Greenleaf, 1972

9. Servant-Leader Metaphor
• What are the advantages and
disadvantages of the leader as a
servant?

10. Host Leadership
McKergow, Bailey - “Host - Six new Roles of Engagement”, 2014

11. Host Leadership
• Six Roles!
• Four Positions!
• Contextual flexibility!
• A useful metaphor
McKergow - Host Leadership

12. Host Leadership:
The Six Roles

13. 1. Initiator
Calling to action

14. 2. Inviter

15. 3. Space Creator
Create the Spaces
AND
be active in them

16. 4. Gatekeeper
Defend boundaries !
AND!
Allow participation!

17. 5. Connector

18. 6. Co-Participator
Providing for AND Joining in

19. Host Leadership:
The Four Positions

20. A. On the stage

21. B. Among the people

22. C. On the balcony

23. D. In the kitchen

24. Host Leaders for a Better Software
• Use the metaphor of the Host: what
could each role do?!
• Middle Manager!
• Senior Manager!
• Executive!
• Developer!
• Tester!
• Product Owner / Product Manager!
• ScrumMaster / [Team/Agile] Coach!
• Consider the 6 Roles
and the 4 Positions

25. Host Leaders for a Better Software
• Six Roles!
• Initiator!
• Inviter!
• Space Creator!
• Gatekeeper!
• Connector!
• Co-Participator!
• Four Positions!
• On the stage!
• Among the others!
• On the balcony!
• In the kitchen

30. Host Leadership: Summary
• Metaphor for Leadership!
• Six Roles!
• Initiator!
• Inviter!
• Space Creator!
• Gatekeeper!
• Connector!
• Co-Participator!
• Four Positions!
• On the stage!
• Among the others!
• On the balcony!
• In the kitchen

31. Host Leadership: How will you use it?

32. Questions?
Now or per email pierluigi [dot] pugliese: [at] agilereloaded [dot] it

33. Pierluigi Pugliese
http://blog.connexxo.com