DAC Servant Leadership Practices 2

Question 1

A Disciplined Agile Coach notices that a team member dominates every retrospective, silencing others. What is the servant leader's FIRST action?

Accepted Answer

Privately coach the dominant member on inclusive behavior

Answer

Servant leaders address interpersonal dynamics through private coaching before escalating or restructuring team participation.

Question 2

In the Disciplined Agile context, 'creating psychological safety' means a servant leader primarily ensures:

Accepted Answer

Team members can experiment and speak up without fear of retribution

Answer

Psychological safety enables teams to take risks, voice concerns, and learn from failure — a core servant leadership outcome.

Question 3

Which servant leadership behavior BEST supports a team's long-term capability growth according to DA principles?

Accepted Answer

Teaching the team problem-solving techniques and stepping back

Answer

Servant leaders grow team capability by teaching and then withdrawing support, rather than creating dependency by solving problems for them.

Question 4

A DAC practicing servant leadership is pressured by a stakeholder to commit the team to an unrealistic deadline. The best response is to:

Accepted Answer

Shield the team from the demand and negotiate a realistic timeline

Answer

Servant leaders protect their teams from unreasonable external pressure while negotiating openly with stakeholders to reach feasible commitments.

Question 5

According to Disciplined Agile, how should a servant leader handle a situation where the team's chosen way of working (WoW) is suboptimal?

Accepted Answer

Guide the team to reflect on and improve their WoW through retrospectives

Answer

DA servant leaders facilitate team reflection and continuous improvement of WoW rather than imposing solutions or ignoring problems.

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