Your first management position will shape your development as a leader for years to come. Yet the cards are not dealt for your success. Organizations rarely provide management training or mentoring for first-time managers. Your new peers are unlikely to extend a helping hand. Your subordinates, previously friends to whom you turned for support, begin treating you as a foreigner. Constraints and dependencies which you never imagined can dash your most optimistic goals.
The agile values and principles, emphasizing frequent results, productive collaboration, and rapid learning, provide the ideal foundation for the new manager's transition period. A new manager who understands and applies of agile principles will be rewarded with increased team engagement, better and more visible results, and most importantly, an expanded interest in team and self development.
This tutorial will guide you through applying the agile principles to team leadership. Through explanation and hands-on exercises, you'll learn principles and concrete techniques that you can use immediately to help create an environment for your and your team's success. You'll also have the opportunity to describe current issues you face and discuss them with your peers and the presenters.
Who should attend this session:
- Front-line managers.
- Those interested in becoming managers.
- Those who coach, assist, or are responsible for front-line managers.
- Subordinates desiring to encourage and support their managers.