Agile Leadership
In Agile Organization I talked about the transition of being an agile organization, in this post I will focus more on Agile Leadership and what does it take to be one.
In the modern business world, many leaders emphasize the importance of being “agile.” Borrowed from the software world’s concept of agile development, this management style requires a leader to be flexible, adaptable and fast in their decision-making.
Agile — the management approach that relies on small, entrepreneurial, close-to-the-customer teams — has a reputation that reflects its rapid adoption in software development. Agile innovation methods have revolutionized information technology. Over the past 25 to 30 years they have greatly increased success rates in software development, improved quality and speed to market, and boosted the motivation and productivity of engineering teams.
Now agile methodologies — which involve new values, principles, practices, and benefits and are a radical alternative to command-and-control-style management — are spreading across a broad range of industries and functions and even into the C-suite.
- National Public Radio employs agile methods to create new programming.
- John Deere uses them to develop new machines, and
- Saab to produce new fighter jets.
