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TagHow companies can help midlevel managers navigate agile transformations
Agile organization models have less hierarchy and fewer conventional managers. Here’s how executives making the move to agile can keep the..
The One Key Element to Achieving True Agility
To encourage innovation, leaders need to create the right workplace culture. People need the right resources to be innovative and agile.
The Five Trademarks of Agile Organizations
Agile organizations—of any size and across industries—have five key elements in common.
Agility at the top
Want a more agile company? Become a more agile leader.
How Three Leaders Are Building Their Teams and Boosting Results
Traditional leadership models are out of date. These three leaders have deliberately chosen to move away from a hub-and-spoke configuratio..
Achieving Management Agility Requires Leaders to Change
The agile approach relies on small, self-organizing, self-managing teams. Team members have “T-shaped” skills, meaning they are deep in on..
How to Select and Develop Individuals for Successful Agile Teams
What personality traits and values help agile teams bloom? The ability to handle ambiguity and a high level of agreeableness contribute mo..
Fostering Employee Innovation at a 150-Year-Old Company
Our solution, transferable to other organizations pursuing innovation, has been to create an agile network of volunteer ambassadors and co..
Management In The Age Of Agile
Here’s how the roles of CEO, manager and frontline employee must evolve to support greater agility.
Why Managers Are Central to an Agile Culture
A culture of agility can’t happen unless organizations first get the manager experience right.