Today, I want to draw your attention to a short discussion of some key elements of being a leader in a volatile unpredictable time - being an Agile Leader. Necessarily this requires being able to distinguish between simple, complicated and complex decisions and the ability to use the appropriate process and style for each (or suffer very negative consequences. In this discussion, Trish Gorman of Columbia Business School summarizes her list of the 6 traits of an agile leader. One additional point that I would suggest, is to broaden the "awareness" attribute to include self and team as it is the foundation. Of course, we are biased as this is the core of our practice.
Improving Business Performance through Better People
Decisions, Management and Engagement: A Discussion
Predicting of the Performance of People
One of the most difficult challenges managers face is choosing the right people and understanding how to get them to perform at their best. During the last 12 years of our experience, we have found no other tool except the Harrison Assessment that enables this kind of capability with incredible accuracy and insight.
"The U.S. Department of Labor has estimated the costs to replace an employee to be approximately 1/3 their annual salary; but when you start looking at the impact of hiring the wrong employee and having to replace them, some studies say 2.5 times annual earnings, some 4 times and some even higher." AGILEdge
