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Developing Leadership Skills

Coach Yourself

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Introduction

Svetlana Mukhina

ICAgile ICP, ICP-ATF, ICP-BVA, PSM I

Agile and Career Coach at Luxoft Agile Practice

Experience: 12+ years in IT, Project and department management,

Computer Linguistics, Technical Writing, Quality Assurance

Interests: Project management, Agile transformation, Career and

performance coaching, Psychology

Hobbies: Horse riding, music, poker, travelling

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Situational Leadership

The fundamental underpinning of the situational

leadership theory is that there is no single "best"

style of leadership. Successful leaders can

change their leadership styles based on the

maturity of the people they're leading and the

details of the task.

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PDCA - Deming Cycle

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Well Designed Result

Transition Plan

Challenges

Resources

First Step

Current State

Criteria (VAK)

Context

Secondary Benefit

Tried solutions

Desired State

Criteria (VAK)

Context

Positive statement

Realistic and Relevant

Eco-friendly

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Decision Making. Choice Between Two Options.

Draw visual line on a floor

o The center of the line is the “now” moment

o On the one end of the line there is choice #1

o On the other end there is the choice #2

Stand on “now” marker facing one of the choices

Start moving backward to one of the choices

While moving, feel how you are approaching one of the choices, but leaving the other

While moving, tell how you will be approaching the choice.

o Come to a city of relocation to get more familiar with it

o Prepare documents for relocation

o Sell the car

o Moving the furniture out of the rent flat

o Do the same movement to the other side

o When done both sides, stand on the “now”, close the eyes, put your arms on sides, find the balance

You should move with your back to the choice you are

approaching. You should “see” the choice you are

leaving

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Wheel of Happiness

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Chocolate of Lady Godiva

Be careful when using this technique – you hardly can like doing everything

Create a motivational picture about something that you enjoy doing e.g. eating chocolate;

Visualize a task picture about the activity, that you need to do and you would like doing it with pleasure;

Ask yourself about resistance caused by the task picture. Stop the technique in case of strong

disagreement;

Visualize the task picture in front of the pleasure picture;

Create a small hole in the task picture, so you can see the pleasure one through it;

Widen the hole till you get pleasant feeling from the pleasure picture;

Start closing the hole in task picture, but keeping the feeling of pleasure picture;

Do the steps 3 times. The point is to stick the task picture with pleasant feeling from the pleasure picture;

Check how your motivation about the task has changed;

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Delegation and Control

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To Read on Leadership

"Leading through conflict" by Gerzon Mark

"Why should anyone be led by you?" by Goffee Rob and Jones Gareth

5-D Leadership: "Key Dimensions for Leading in the Real World” by Campbell Scott and Samiec Ellen

“True North: Discover Your Authentic Leadership” by Bill George and Peter Sims

"Tribes: We Need You to Lead Us" by Seth Godin

The Steve Jobs Way: iLeadership for a New Generation Hardcover by Jay Elliot and William L. Simon

“Predictable Results in Unpredictable Times” by Covey Stephen, Breck England и Bob Whitman

"What Matters Now: How to Win in a World of Relentless Change, Ferocious Competition, and

Unstoppable Innovation" by Hamel Gary

“Mr. Leader: Самоучитель по лидерству в иллюстрациях” Владимир Воронов

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