XSCALE Roles¶
There are two kinds of Servant Leader role in an XSCALE Organization: Coach and Leader. In general one coach pairs with one leader per the Leadership as a Service practice pattern. Each carries distinct responsibilities to reinforce their squads’ autonomy.
Coach Responsibilities
- Determining the Last Responsible Moment for the team to make a decision
- Structuring and scheduling ceremonies
- Quality-assuring the outcome of each ceremony
Leader Responsibilities
- Making the decision if there’s no unanimity in the Last Responsible Moment
- Prioritising the input to each ceremony
- Representing outcomes of ceremonies to other teams
Leader and Coach are functional roles, not job titles, so it is possible for someone to play more than one such role at the same time. It is also commonplace that doing so is sub-optimal as it overloads an individual while imbalancing power relationships in their team.
For the specific responsibilities of leaders and coaches per squad see XSCALE Coaches and XSCALE Leaders.
