SPCs Unleashed S2E1 - "How to avoid leadership satire": Effective onboarding of leaders into SAFe

“Leadership is 'the art of getting people to want to do what must be done' - and this means not just the people who report to them but their peers and those they report to.”
Mark Richards.

In this episode of SPCs Unleashed, Nikolaos Kaintantzis, Mark Richards, and Stephan Neck explore Effective Onboarding of Leadership into SAFe — the essence of pivotal factors and ensuring that leaders not only understand the framework but can also adopt and champion its principles is key to driving long-term transformation.

Key Takeaways:

• The importance of effective leadership: Recognizing that the possibilities of your SAFe implementation are both created and constrained by the leaders who engage with it, and that great SAFe happens when you find a great leader and help them grab hold of the ways SAFe can support them in their intent.

• Key areas for onboarding: Finding the great leaders already present in the organization and helping them amplify their impact by addressing real pain points and challenges.
• Strategies and “The secret sauce”: Build a healthy dialogue between leadership champions and their peers, and help them build the capability of their direct reports as a leadership team to enable them to spend more time focusing up and out.
• Overcoming challenges – No leadership “satire”:  Mastering the patience to wait for the right moment and the insight to recognize it.