{"product_id":"the-agile-leader-9780136660422","title":"The Agile Leader","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eZuzana Šochová\u003c\/b\u003e is an independent agile leadership coach and Certified Agile Leadership Educator (CALE), who specializes in leadership, coaching, facilitation, and culture change using agile and Scrum in both startups and large enterprises. Šochová led one of the Czech Republic's first agile international projects, focusing on distributed Scrum teams working across Europe and the US. She has promoted agile adoption in telco, finance, healthcare, automotive, mobile, and high-tech software companies. A widely recognized public speaker, she co-founded the Czech agile community, which organizes the annual Agile Prague Conference. The author of \u003ci\u003eThe Great ScrumMaster: #ScrumMasterWay\u003c\/i\u003e (Addison-Wesley, 2017) and inventor of the #ScrumMasterWay concept, she has been elected by the agile community to the Board of the Scrum Alliance and was named one of 2019's top project management influencers.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eForewords xi\u003cbr\u003ePreface xv\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments xxi\u003cbr\u003eAbout the Author xxiii\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003ePart I: Agile Leader—Unleash Your Leadership Potential 1\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter 1: How It All Started 3\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003eThe Need for Change 6 \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eChapter 2: Leadership Is a State of Mind 9\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003eWhat Is Agile? 9 \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eChapter 3: Organizational Evolution 25\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003eOrganization 1.0: Traditional 25 \u003cbr\u003eOrganization 2.0: Knowledge 28 \u003cbr\u003eOrganization 3.0: Agile 31 \u003cbr\u003eReflect on Your Organization 34 \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eChapter 4: The Agile Leader 37\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003eThe Servant Leader 40 \u003cbr\u003eThe Leader-Leader 44 \u003cbr\u003eThe Leadership Agility: From Expert to Catalyst 48 \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eChapter 5: The Agile Leadership Model 75\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003eGet Awareness 77 \u003cbr\u003eEmbrace It 78 \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eChapter 6: Competencies 87\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003eVision and Purpose 88 \u003cbr\u003eThree Levels of Reality 92 \u003cbr\u003eHigh Dream and Low Dream 94 \u003cbr\u003eBringing Down the Vision 95 \u003cbr\u003eMotivation 100 \u003cbr\u003eEngagement 107 \u003cbr\u003eSuper-chickens 109 \u003cbr\u003eFeedback 113 \u003cbr\u003eGiving Feedback 116 \u003cbr\u003eLearn from Feedback 119 \u003cbr\u003eDecision 122 \u003cbr\u003eSociocracy 124 \u003cbr\u003ePower and Control Cycles 126 \u003cbr\u003eCollaboration 128 \u003cbr\u003eFacilitation 132 \u003cbr\u003eFour-Player Model 134 \u003cbr\u003eCoaching 139 \u003cbr\u003eChange 141 \u003cbr\u003eThe Change Dynamic 142 \u003cbr\u003eForce Fields 145 \u003cbr\u003eCompetencies Self-Evaluation 148 \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eChapter 7: Meta-skills 153\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003eThe Me Domain 154 \u003cbr\u003eThe We Domain 155 \u003cbr\u003eThe World Domain 156 \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eChapter 8: Building an Agile Organization 161\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003eInside Out 162 \u003cbr\u003eEvolutionary Purpose 166 \u003cbr\u003eEmergent Leadership 168 \u003cbr\u003eCulture 172 \u003cbr\u003e“We” Culture 183 \u003cbr\u003eCompeting Values 194 \u003cbr\u003eNetwork Structure 200 \u003cbr\u003eSmart versus Healthy 202 \u003cbr\u003eReinventing Organizations 205 \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003ePart II: The Different Parts of an Agile \u003c\/b\u003eOrganization 211 \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eChapter 9: Business Agility 213\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003eAgile at the Executive Level 216 \u003cbr\u003eThe CEO in an Agile Organization 220 \u003cbr\u003eAgile Board of Directors 223 \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eChapter 10: Agile HR and Finance 229\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003eAgile HR 229 \u003cbr\u003eAgile Finance 253 \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eChapter 11: Tools and Practices 257\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003eSystem Coaching and Facilitation 257 \u003cbr\u003eOpen Space 259 \u003cbr\u003eWorld Café 270 \u003cbr\u003eSystems Thinking 274 \u003cbr\u003eRadical Transparency 277 \u003cbr\u003eExperiment, Inspect, and Adapt 285 \u003cbr\u003eBe Inclusive 286 \u003cbr\u003eHave Courage 288 \u003cbr\u003eGrowing Trust 290 \u003cbr\u003eTeamwork 296 \u003cbr\u003eBuilding Communities 298 \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eChapter 12: Summary 303\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003eOrganizational Perspective 304 \u003cbr\u003eAgile Leader Perspective 307 \u003cbr\u003eWhat's Next 310 \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eBibliography 313\u003cbr\u003eIndex 321\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"Pearson Education (US)","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48732341010775,"sku":"9780136660422","price":24.69,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-agile-leader-9780136660422","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}