Servant Leadership Practices Flashcards
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A Disciplined Agile Coach notices that a team member dominates every retrospective, silencing others. What is the servant leader's FIRST action?
Answer: Privately coach the dominant member on inclusive behavior
Servant leaders address interpersonal dynamics through private coaching before escalating or restructuring team participation.
In the Disciplined Agile context, 'creating psychological safety' means a servant leader primarily ensures:
Answer: Team members can experiment and speak up without fear of retribution
Psychological safety enables teams to take risks, voice concerns, and learn from failure — a core servant leadership outcome.
Which servant leadership behavior BEST supports a team's long-term capability growth according to DA principles?
Answer: Teaching the team problem-solving techniques and stepping back
Servant leaders grow team capability by teaching and then withdrawing support, rather than creating dependency by solving problems for them.
A DAC practicing servant leadership is pressured by a stakeholder to commit the team to an unrealistic deadline. The best response is to:
Answer: Shield the team from the demand and negotiate a realistic timeline
Servant leaders protect their teams from unreasonable external pressure while negotiating openly with stakeholders to reach feasible commitments.
According to Disciplined Agile, how should a servant leader handle a situation where the team's chosen way of working (WoW) is suboptimal?
Answer: Guide the team to reflect on and improve their WoW through retrospectives
DA servant leaders facilitate team reflection and continuous improvement of WoW rather than imposing solutions or ignoring problems.
In servant leadership, 'listening to understand' differs from 'listening to respond' in that it:
Answer: Prioritizes comprehending the speaker's perspective before reacting
Active listening to understand means a servant leader fully absorbs the team member's perspective before forming any response.
A servant leader in a DA environment is LEAST likely to do which of the following?
Answer: Make all architectural decisions to protect the team's time
Making all architectural decisions on behalf of the team concentrates authority rather than empowering team members — contrary to servant leadership.