TZFM850 Agile Leadership and Management

Agile Leadership Workbook 3: Collaboration

Introduction
During the course, you will be able to download three Agile Leadership Workbooks, each one related to one of the Agile Business Consortium’s three
Cs of Agile Leadership. This third workbook focuses on the third C: collaboration.
This Workbook should be used for tasks in Weeks 9–11. We recommend that you use this document to collate your reflections and capture any
important suggestions from your co-learners in one location. This will help you to select the areas to focus on as part of your final assessment.
When answering the questions, you can talk about a current, past or future role. This could be for an organisation linked to your work, or perhaps a
volunteering role or a hobby.
The Workbook follows the structure of the course. For each task, there is a box for your notes. You can write as much as you like, as the boxes will
expand as you type.
At the end of each week of content, you’ll find a Generic notes section where you can note down any insights that you had during the week that are not
covered by specific tasks.

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Week 9
Power and influence, delegation and empowerment
Your task: Reflect on power and influence
Insert your thoughts here and any useful comments that you wish to capture from the discussion:

Reflect on the need for empowerment

Your task: Pause and reflect on the material so far
Insert your thoughts here, including any you may wish to reflect upon further:

Case study: K&H Superstores – exploring empowerment

Your task: Create guidance for Sean as the Agile Project Lead
Insert your thoughts here and any useful comments that you wish to capture from the discussion:

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Reflect on the power of teams
Your task: Reflect on high-performing teams and their characteristics
Characteristic Question to reflect on Your answer
Psychological 1. Are members of my team comfortable brainstorming with each other?
safety 2. Can members of my team fail openly?
Dependability 3. When team members say they’ll get something done, do they do it?
4. Do team members proactively communicate with each other about
delays and take responsibility for them?
Structure and 5. Do team members know what the team and project goals are and how to
clarity get there?
6. Do team members have autonomy, ownership, and discrete projects to
work on?
Meaning 7. Does the work give team members a sense of personal and professional
fulfilment?
8. Is work matched to team members based on only skills and ability, or do
you consider their interests?
Impact 9. Do team members see their work as creating change for the better?
10. Do team members feel their work matters for a higher goal?
11. How are current team processes affecting wellbeing?
Source: Re:Work (no date) Team effectiveness discussion guide. Available at: https://rework.withgoogle.com/print/guides/5721312655835136/
Your overall reflection on the task:

Good practice tips for empowerment

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Your task: Share your own tips
Insert your thoughts here, including any you may wish to reflect upon further:

Frameworks for empowerment: Hackman’s five factor model

Your task: Analyse your own leadership in terms of Hackman’s model
Insert your thoughts here and any useful comments that you wish to capture from the discussion:

Unleashing the power of teams

Your task: How do you currently unleash the power of your team?
Insert any thoughts you may have on the poll here. Include any useful comments too that you wish to capture from the discussion:

Putting Principle 7 into action

Your task: Reflect and act on Principle 7
Insert your thoughts here and any useful comments that you wish to capture from the discussion:

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Weekly experiment
Your task: Complete your experiment task
Insert your thoughts here from your chosen option and any useful comments that you wish to capture from the discussion:

Preparing for Week 10

Your task: Reflect on Week 9
Complete your personal starfish diagram by considering the following: What do you want to…
Do more of:
Keep doing:
Start doing:
Stop doing:
Do less of:

Week 9: Generic notes section

A space to capture any further thoughts or feedback from discussions you may have had during the week:

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Week 10
Defining agile collaboration
Your task: Reflect on your current approach to collaboration
Insert your thoughts here and any useful comments that you wish to capture from the discussion:

How well do you collaborate?

Your task: Reflect on your current approach to collaboration
Insert your thoughts here and any useful comments that you wish to capture from the discussion:

Remote collaboration
Your task: Reflect on how you collaborate remotely with your team
Sailboat: who’s in your boat – you/your team?
Island: what’s your goal?
Wind: what helps you to get there?
Anchor: what’s holding you back
Rocks: what future risks may prevent you from reaching the island?

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How to lead collaboratively
Your task: Reflect upon and discuss your own experience of collaborative dysfunction
Insert your thoughts here and any useful comments you may wish to capture from the discussion to refer to in your end-of-course assessment:

Trust is key to developing an agile culture

Your task: Identify why trust is key
Insert your thoughts here and any useful comments that you wish to capture from the discussion:

How to build trust and credibility as an agile leader

Your task: Apply methods to build trust
Insert your thoughts here and any useful comments that you wish to capture from the discussion:

Communities of practice
Your task: What communities of practice are you part of?

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Insert your thoughts here including notes of any aspects you may want to follow up and investigate further:

Building a collaborative community

Your task: Take action to help build your own collaborative community
Insert your thoughts here including any you may wish to further develop and explore as part of your end-of-course assessment:

Case study: K&H Superstore – exploring collaboration

Your task: Reflect on issues around collaboration in the case study team
Insert your thoughts here, including any you may wish to reflect upon further:

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Reflect on your own approach to collaboration
Your task: Reflect upon and compare your own collaborative approaches in practice
Insert your thoughts here, including any you may wish to reflect upon further:

Preparing for Week 11

Your task: Reflect on Week 10
Insert your thoughts here, including any you may wish to reflect upon further:

Week 10: Generic notes section

A space to capture any further thoughts or feedback from discussions you may have had during the week:

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Week 11
Those closest to the problem...
Your task: Reflect on your problem-solving capabilities as a team
Insert your thoughts here, including any reflections you may wish to capture from your observations:

Rebels, not clones

Your task: Reflect on whether your team are clones or rebels
Insert your thoughts here, including any you may wish to reflect upon further:

Appreciative inquiry in action

Your task: Find an example of appreciative inquiry for your industry or area of interest
Insert a note of your example here, including your reflections on how it may inspire you in your future practice:

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Discuss the case study team
Your task: Analyse the case study team’s final retrospective
Insert your thoughts here and any useful comments that you wish to capture from the discussion:

Reflect on the case study team

Your task: Capture your thoughts and reflect on the case study and your Action Learning Group discussion
Insert any discussion points here that you contributed to your Action Learning Group about the case study. Add any useful comments too that
you wish to capture from the discussion:

Wrapping up and committing

Your task: Wrap up and think about future commitments
Insert your thoughts here, including any reflections you may wish to capture from your observations:

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Preparing for Week 12
Your task: Reflect on Week 11 and the course
Insert your thoughts here, including any reflections you may wish to capture from your observations:

Week 11: Generic notes section

A space to capture any further thoughts or feedback from discussions you may have had during the week:

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