Leadership Link Round-Up

Written By Allison Pollard

Photo by Matti Mattila

A couple of blog posts caught my eye recently that I wanted to share related to leadership--how to become a leader, what to do, and what not to do.

Learn leadership by choosing to lead by T.J. Sullivan, co-founder of CAMPUSSPEAK.  T.J. is an amazing speaker, and his work inspires students to be better leaders every day.  I particularly love his advice to "Keep trying, keep failing, and keep learning"--a very agile sentiment.

Egocentric Leadership by Jurgen Appelo, agile author, speaker, and trainer.  While I do enjoying reading business/management books, I'll admit that they often suffer from what Jurgen calls Management 2.0.  Drucker's words about "knowledge workers" is a nice touch here.

Avoiding the Mistakes All Leaders Make by David Grossman, a guest post on Dan McCarthy's blog.  Hint: the mistakes are related to your organization's strategic plan.

How Telling Your Story Can Make You a Better Leader by Henna Inam.  Unlike my last post, this is related to the stories you tell about yourself to lead with authority. 

Allison Pollard

Allison Pollard is a coach, consultant, and trainer who brings the power of relationship systems intelligence to go beyond tasks, roles, and frameworks to create energy for change. She engages with people and teams in a down-to-earth way to build trust and listen for signals to help them learn more and improve. Allison focuses on creating alignment and connection for people to solve business problems together. Her experience includes working with teams and leaders in energy, retail, financial, real estate, and transportation industries to help improve their project/product delivery and culture. Allison currently volunteers as program director for Women in Agile’s mentorship program. Her agile community focus is championing new voices and amplifying women as mentors and sponsors for the next generation of leaders. Allison earned her bachelor’s degrees in computer science, mathematics, and English from Southern Methodist University in Dallas, TX. She is a Certified Professional Co-Active Coach (CPCC), a foodie, and proud glasses wearer. Allison is a prolific speaker at professional groups and international conferences, including Scrum Gatherings and the Agile Alliance Agile20xx conferences. Allison is co-owner of Helping Improve LLC.

http://www.allisonpollard.com
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