The Agile Leader (how To Create An Agile Business In The Digital Age)

By (author) Hayward, Simon; By (author) Hayward Simon
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Unleash the power of agile thinking methodologies to lead your team through the chaos of digital transformation and growth.
Description
Ever feel like you and your team are stretched across multiple demands or that the goal posts change constantly? Never before have businesses felt so acutely this constant need to adapt, pivot and change tack. This book will teach you how you can not only survive in the context of digital transformation, but also thrive and grow, by adopting a powerful agile leadership model. This new and revised edition of The Agile Leader lays out clearly in eight steps how agile leaders empower their team to make decision quickly, evaluate correctly where the biggest opportunities are and mould their strategies around market dynamics and ever-changing needs. If there''s one leadership skill that successful businesses have in spades, it''s the ability to enable teams to adapt and grow within complex eco-systems of clients, partners and suppliers. By focusing on teamwork and collaboration, as well as promoting shared decision making and ruthless prioritizing, leaders can transform the way they work as well as how their teams function to make them more malleable. Simon Hayward is an agile leadership expert. In this new edition of this successful book, he distills years of leadership and agile research into an actionable 8 step plan, brought to life with examples of agile digital businesses. Learn how to become agile and make digital transformation and delivery part of your business as usual.
Table of contents

• Section - ONE: Agile leadership and organizations;
• Section - 01: What is agile leadership?;
• Section - 02: Being an agile leader;
• Section - 03: Agile ways of working;
• Section - 04: Barriers to agility;
• Section - TWO: Becoming an agile leader;
• Section - 05: Safe to explore;
• Section - 06: Disrupt and innovate;
• Section - 07: Prioritization and performance;
• Section - 08: Agile execution;
• Section - THREE: Making it happen inside and out;
• Section - 09: Creating an agile enterprise;
• Section - 10: Agility and the network society;
• Section - 12: Index

Review quote
"You can''t have an agile company without agile leadership. Most ''traditional'' leaders, however, struggle to make the transition. It is not that they lack the desire. Rather, agile practices upend so many of the hard-won instincts honed by leaders over years of experience. The Agile Leader is a well-researched, thoughtful guide for those wanting to make the leap. Like any good leadership coach, Simon Hayward reminds us we must first look to ourselves, before asking others to follow."
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"In these turbulent times, thousands of companies are attempting agile transformations in order to survive. The primary cause of failure is a lack of agile leadership, which Simon Hayward''s book addresses forcefully. Reading it may save your company."
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"In his thought-provoking and necessary new book, Simon Hayward shares his deep understanding and sharp analysis of how organizations can and must embrace change, at speed and scale, to achieve growth. Leaders who follow his wise prescription for agility - acting as both disruptor and enabler, fostering a culture of collaboration and respect, building trust, and always staying close to customers - can emerge not only as trailblazers in their industries but also as catalysts of shared success for all stakeholders."
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"Digital is both disrupting and revolutionizing the way we work. Adopting a more agile style of leadership enables leaders to reshape organizations so people can flourish in a future aug