With many of the teams with whom we have been involved, conflict arises. Even among the most capable, different opinions, viewpoints and preferences arise. This is a strength of a capable, agile team. It is also a failure point. Here’s the way it unfolds: difference...
As outlined in previous articles, Organizational Agility is the optimal balance between the speed of responsiveness to market or other environmental conditions and stability for the key stakeholders – be they employees, customers and/or board members. How much...
One way to encourage people to take a new look at their role in their organization is to answer the question: What do I actually get paid to do? The answer is not the usual job description. To answer this fully one has to think about how the system (colleagues,...
Organizational Agility is the appropriate balance of responsiveness – speed to innovate, iterate and pivot while providing the people who matter (employees, customers, board members) enough stability to engage, perform and excel. Many of our clients are striving to...
Many of my clients are looking at their organizations wishing for increases in results, or velocity or both. Some, in the face of shortfalls, have begun to squeeze expenses or slow down ambition. This is part of managing the enterprise. The challenge we see...
