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Leadership: Is Authority in Your Way?
As I created that quote, I wasn’t sure that I really liked it all that much. Felt kind of judgy… maybe a little controversial… I actually “focus grouped” it out to a couple of coaches and other folks to get their opinion and the ensuing discussions were actually pretty interesting and valuable – so I’ll run with it – and maybe expand a bit – so here it goes. If you, as a leader, have to exercise direct authority (tell someone to do something) you've either: not created a clear vision of where your organization needs to go, not developed your people’s skills to the point where they can execute, or not created an environment where your people are empowered to get there. Our agile values and principles are pretty clear about what we believe in, and how we view leadership. Leaders are there to lead. They are there to put in place a vision for how the organization needs to be. They are there to continually grow and challenge their organization to be as effective, eff...
