Agile Leadership: Secret Practices and Tips for Successful Agile Leader (Agile Project management with Kanban Book 3) by Campbell Alex

Author:Campbell, Alex [Campbell, Alex]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2021-01-22T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 5: Prioritize Team Development with Clear Actions

In most workplaces, managers feel as though they are responsible for their skill set but not that of their staff. Many companies and managers will only prioritize development when a team is clearly lacking a skill necessary for conducting their day-to-day work. As an Agile leader, you are only as strong as your team's abilities. Additionally, your projects are only as effective and productive as your team's skill set allows.

Take this opportunity to deliver something that most leaders and managers fail to provide personal and professional development. Think back on your favorite managers and teachers, and you'll see that they often cultivated the desire to learn an advance. What you want to establish through these practices and experiences is the desire for consistent betterment. You want to establish this within yourself and within each individual of your team. Unlike the mentorship tip, this is something that you can implement without voluntary agreement from your staff. This is a time where you may need to advocate for the need to do these extra activities or additional training sessions for those outside the Agile team. Emphasize that employee and team development can result in greater consistency and the ability to respond to changes quickly. Those are two vital Agile skills that your team must showcase to the company.

What Does Team Development Mean?

Professional development, employee development, and team development are all buzzwords that have circled through many circuits over the last 20 years. Team development refers to the advancement of skill sets and abilities across the entire team. That is not possible without a plan for employee development and a focus on professional development. Leaves 3 hot words are interdependent.

Starting on a small scale, professional development refers to the leadership's attention and focus on aiding employees in improving their skill set on a professional scope. Employee development backs out slightly and focuses on using professional development to improve morale, reduced turnover, and encourage top performers. Employee development spans outside of the scope of professional development and seeks to promote improving those skills that don't exclusively serve the company. For example, professional development may refer to using specific software that the company uses regularly. On the other hand, employee development may refer to improving communication habits or building resources, which would enable that employee to more clearly understand how to approach learning new software.

Team development again operates on an even bigger scope. It looks to address the employee and professional development individually in a way that affects and builds up the entire team. These activities listed here will help you focus on team development while giving each individual the attention for purposeful employee development that they need.

Team and Employee Engagement

On a final matter, team and employee engagement also fall within the scope of development. Employees that are often undergoing personal improvement are likely to show higher levels of engagement and loyalty to their managers and their company. When employees are engaged individually, it's possible for the team to act as an engaged unit.

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