HOW TO CREATEA COMPLEMENTARY TEAM AND FINDA BLISS?

VLADIMIRS IVANOVSAGILETRANSFORMER.COM

• Programming for PDP11 in 80’s• Novell admin, PM in telco• CIO in retail• Consultant, trainer

VLADIMIRS IVANOVSAGILETRANSFORMER.COM

WHAT DO WE EXPECT?PROJECT MANAGER = LEADER

PROJECT MANAGER=

PERFECT MANAGER?

4 PERSONAS

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PRODUCER

• Bachelor in Computer Sciences• Knows at least 3 Programming languages• Promoted to PM because success in

technical lead role• Creates tools, automates processes• Extreme side - «The Lone Ranger»• Works very hard, FISH (First In, Still Here)• «YES» = «YES», «NO» = «NO»• Does not train, does not delegate• «WHAT?» oriented• Busy solving today’s problems• The Peter Principle «We promote people to

the level of their incompetence» is about him

4 PERSONAS

ADMINISTRATOR

• In charge of Release and Testing Process• Loves Processes and Documentation• In and out on time• Desk clean, Manages «by the book»• Extreme side - «Bureaucrat»• Silence = «NO!»• Typical answer: «NO!» = «MAYBE»• «HOW?» oriented• Focus on what Should be done• Would rather do wrong things right

than the right things wrong• - Did you had any language barriers?

- No, they did!

4 PERSONAS

ENTREPRENEUR

• Contributor, innovator• Often changes direction and priorities• No fixed time for meeting, coming & going• No agenda, does all the talking• Likes to see much activity, rushing, crisis• Overloads subordinates• Extreme side - «Arsonist»• Silence = «YES!»• Typical answer: «YES!» = «MAYBE»• «WHY-NOT?» oriented• Little appreciation for time, scope, budget• Is first to propose Agile, DevOps, Lean etc• Potential «Teacher»

4 PERSONAS

INTEGRATOR

• Integrity – a must for good Leader to have• Compromising• Listens well• Sensitive to power play• Spends his life in meetings, everyone talks• Extreme side - «Super Follower»• Typical answer: «Yes/No» = «MAYBE»• «WHO?» oriented• Potential «Good Right hand or Shepherd»• «I don’t know the way to success, but the

key to failure is trying to please everybody» Bill Cosby

MANAGEMENT STYLES (PAEI)

RESULTSPROCEDURES,SYSTEMS

MOTIVATION,CO-OPERATION

CREATIVITY,CONTINUITY

WHAT?HOW?

WHY-NOT?WHO?

MISMANAGERS, MANAGERS AND LEADERS

CONFLICT OF STYLES

9 CHARACTERISTICS OF GOOD MANAGERS1. Self-aware 2. Conscious3. Well-rounded (no zeros in PAEI code)4. Knows strenghts and weaknesses; know his uniqueness5. Accepts strenghts, weaknesses, and uniqueness6. Can identify excellence and weaknesses in others7. Can accept and appreciate differences in others8. Knows how to slow down and relax9. Creates a learning environment, in which conflicts can be

resolved, by both commanding and granting mutual trust and respect

Source: Ichak Adizes, «The Ideal Executive: Why You Cannot Be One and What to Do about It»

HOW TO FIND A BLISS?

Dr. Ichak Adizes, world's leading expert on improving the performance of business and government through fundamental change

MANAGERIAL JOB IS FAR TOO COMPLICATED FOR ANY SINGLE INDIVIDUAL TO DO...WE NEED A COMPLEMENTARY TEAM.

READING

CREDITS

1. Ichak Adizes, «Mastering Change (The Power of Mutual Trust and Respect)»

2. Ichak Adizes, «The Ideal Executive: Why You Cannot Be One and What to Do about It»

3. Ichak Adizes, «Management and Mismanagement Styles»4. Ichak Adizes, «Managing Corporate Lifecycles»5. Blog, Leveraging 3 Primary Management Styles,

http://corporatestrategiesbyskillpath.wordpress.com/2013/06/10/leveraging-3-primary-management-styles/

6. PAEI Project, http://paei.wikidot.com/adizes-methodology7. Picture, http://www.pinterest.com/pin/345299496400794458/8. Picture, http://f.pmo.ee/o/2014/11/13/3518977t1h5536.jpg9. Picture, http://www.management.com.ua/events/adizes_2013-5.jpg10. YouTube video «Adizes: What is a Leader»

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_SF0xSr5wW4

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