Leadership Agility is the master competency needed for sustained success in today's complex, fast-paced business environment. Richly illustrated with stories based on original research and decades of work with clients, this groundbreaking book identifies five levels that leaders move through in developing their agility.
Praise for Leadership Agility
"Leadership Agility is a unique and extraordinarily important contribution to our understanding of what it takes to lead in a world of rapid change and increasing complexity. The authors show us with vivid real-life examples how leaders grow, that this growth is essential to achieving higher levels of success, and that agility is the new master skill of leadership. I highly recommend this book."
--Jim Kouzes, coauthor of the best-selling book, The Leadership Challenge
"Great coaching on how to develop leadership agility! Probably the most important competency for leaders to have in today's rapidly changing world."
--Marshall Goldsmith, author, Coaching for Leadership, Global Leadership, and The Leader of the Future
"In an era of turmoil and complexity, Leadership Agility is a breakthrough in thinking about leadership competencies.?Joiner and Josephs have achieved a creative synthesis of best practices in strategic thinking, emotional intelligence, problem-solving, and action learning. Profusely illustrated with clear examples from real-life leaders, this groundbreaking book will be welcomed by both the line leader and the leadership development professional."
--David Giber, senior vice president, consulting and leadership development, Linkage, Inc.
"As executives operating in an often chaotic business environment, we know instinctively that our company's ability to zig and zag is critical. Leadership Agility takes that instinctive understanding and defines it, measures it, and shows us how to develop it in ourselves and others. This is a timely, thought-provoking, and very important book on leadership."
--Betsy Bernard, former president, AT&T
"...there is much to learn from this book and I commend the authors for their painstaking analysis" (The Learning Organisation, Vol. 15 No. 1, 2008)
