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But many old-school companies face real barriers to becoming more agile. Leadership and its effect on culture are the biggest.
Especially leadership
Nonagile companies pay a big price for their outmoded ways.
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Stable practices
(enabling efficiency and reliability)
Dynamic practices
(enabling speed, responsiveness)
22%
Agile
28%
In “start-up” mode
27%
Bureaucratic
23%
Trapped
Respondents rate their performance units
–33
–37
–40
% of respondents whose performance units …
have a performance orientation
flexibly allocate resources
sense and seize opportunities
Agile units
Bureaucratic units
Transforming the culture and ways of working
76
42
Lack of leadership and talent
34
Establishing a
clear vision and implementation plan
Top 3 challenges during an agile transformation,
% of respondents (who could select up to 3)
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Above and beyond
To succeed at being agile, top executives need to both extend and transcend the competencies that made them successful leaders in the past.
Foster innovation by moving from certainty to discovery.
Foster collaboration by moving from authority to partnership.
Foster value creation by moving from scarcity to abundance.
Build and empower small, diverse, and connected teams—and address their unmet needs.
Embrace design thinking and business-model innovation.
Distill a clear, shared, and compelling purpose—a north star—for your organization.
Design the strategy and operating model based on agile organization principles and practices.
Shape and role model a new culture based on the creative mind-sets of discovery, partnership, and abundance.
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Your team
Your organization
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