Are you experiencing rapid change and greater complexity both professionally and personally?
Do you want to increase your agility and adaptability?
Agility is more than just the corporate buzzword of the moment – it’s a way of life. It’s what ensures our survival in nature, and it’s the key to survival in business.
Thoroughly researched and based on a wealth of experience, Survive and Thrive is filled with practical advice, simple guidelines, actionable tips, and real-world examples to help you develop your agility and thrive in an increasingly complex world.
Table of Content
Introduction
The Business Case for Leadership Agility
The Six Rules of Thumb for Leadership Agility
Thinking Differently
Chapter 1 Reflective Practice
Chapter 2 Enhance Your Sense Making
Chapter 3 Reflection in Action (The Balcony and the Dancefloor)
Chapter 4 Adopt a Growth Mindset
Chapter 5 Understand Your Context
Chapter 6 Make Conflictual Interpretations of Your Context
Chapter 7 Become a Systems Thinker
Chapter 8 Embrace Dualities
Chapter 9 Demonstrate Curiosity
Chapter 10 Practice Mindfulness
Chapter 11 Manage Your Cognitive Biases
Engaging Differently
Chapter 12 Build Leadership Density
Chapter 13 Creating Psychological Safety
Chapter 14 Deep Listening
Chapter 15 Be Trustworthy
Chapter 16 Develop Empathy
Chapter 17 Embrace a Different Perspective
Chapter 18 Embrace Productive Conflict
Chapter 19 Embrace your Vulnerability
Chapter 20 Engage with Generative Dialogue
Chapter 21 Understand your Stakeholders’ World
Acting Differently
Chapter 22 Move Out of Your Comfort Zone and Into Your Learning Zone
Chapter 23 Be an Experimenter
Chapter 24 Let Simple Rules Guide You
Chapter 25 Know Your Purpose
Chapter 26 Don’t Overuse Your Strength
Chapter 27 Give Up (Some) Control
Chapter 28 Diversify Your Experiences
Chapter 29 Increase Your Understanding of Self . . . Through the Eyes of Others
Chapter 30 Open Yourself Up to Feedback
Chapter 31 Make Progress On Your Own Personal Adaptive Challenge
Chapter 32 Institute Your Own 90-Day Plan (And Weekly Plan).
Chapter 33 Understand Your Emotional Trigger
Chapter 34 Manage Your Emotions
Chapter 35 Unleash Your Creativity
Chapter 36 Decision Agility
Final Thoughts
Acknowledgments
About the Author References
About the author
Andrew Williams is the founder of Agility Consulting Group based in Melbourne. He loves helping people make progress on change that matters to them, Andrew is an outstanding coach, workshop facilitator, speaker and educator bringing a unique blend of energy, humour, creativity, and learning to every coaching session, program and speaking event. Find him at www.cultivateagility.comMore ebooks from the same author(s) / Editor
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