Becoming an Agile Leader - Rituparna Ghosh

Rituparna Ghosh, General Manager and head of DevSecOps at Wipro
shares her view on Agile Leadership. Ritu will be the first to
tell you, she is still on the journey of becoming an Agile and
Servant Leader. 


In this episode we discuss:


How leadership styles have changed over the past 15 years -
what used to be "nice to have" leader skills are now a
"must-have."

What it feels like to transition from "command and control"
to "servant leadership."

The importance of psychological safety in creating the space
for team members to dissent.

Respecting the hierarchy of competence OVER the hierarchy of
authority - being the most senior person in the room does not
make you the most competent. Today's leaders need to recognize
the value of competence and ensure it is given equal, if not
greater, importance to seniority.

The importance of spending time developing new skills (too
often it is deprioritized to "get something else done."

i-shaped, T-shaped and Comb shaped skillsets.

Attributing success to the team, but failure to
yourself. 

Conducting blameless post-mortems or retros

Be a just and fair leader: balancing compassion, discipline
and accountability. Set high expectations with your team and hold
them accountable to it. 

Shifting between being the leader and being a member of the
team.