I often hear of Communities of Practice as it relates to—
Product Ownership;
Scrum Mastery;
UX & Design;
DevOps;
Architecture;
Agile & Lean;
And Coaching
In agile contexts. But I rarely, if ever, hear of a Community of Practice as it relates to agile leadership. I wonder why?
I actually think the notion makes the most sense at the leadership level because there’s so much transformational work for leaders to take on around—
Finding the Vision and WHY behind their agile transformational efforts;
Establishing clarity around roles & responsibilities;
Creating more trust & empowerment across the organization;
Creating a more strategic focus;
Coaching their teams;
Actively culture-shaping in day-to-day behaviors;
Establishing effective metrics;
Learning, growing, and developing as effective agile servant leaders.
Shifting that must happen at the leadership level for an effective and successful agile transformation to unfold. And the best strategy for this is not each individual leader going it alone. The best approach is to form a team of leaders who are going to be receiving training and coaching together. In other words, forming a learning and collaborating cohort who helps each other in their journey. A group of accountability partners, if you will.
Let’s explore one idea around that next.
