Strategic agility is the muscle organizations use to jump into action and capitalize on opportunities even with incomplete information and time pressure. Organizations have strategic agility when they can take risks and grab opportunities when circumstances are extremely uncertain. Organizations rely on strategic agility in order to achieve long term goals by recognizing that unique and great opportunities can’t be planned or predicted. In order to enhance strategic agility senior leaders must understand the value in …

Last week we outlined directive leadership; what it means, what forms it takes, and when it is used. We were careful to point out that directive leadership, although task driven, isn’t the only or the best way to sustain momentum within an organization. Sometimes it can force an organization to produce unexpected results and, on other occasions, it can smother employee motivation and drive.
Leaders who are opposed to directive leadership’s main tenants and rely on …