The Government Leader's Field Guide to Organizational Agility
The Government Leader's Field Guide to Organizational Agility
How to Navigate Complex and Turbulent Times
Edition: 1
Pages: 224
Publication Date: 14 September, 2021
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This is the first book to fully adapt the principles of agility for government leaders who want to make their organizations more effective and nimble while better serving their public mission.
This practical resource will equip government leaders with evidence-based, hands-on guidance for transforming their organizations, enabling them to better serve the public and their customers. While many books on organizational agility are available for leaders in for-profit companies, this is the first one tailored to the unique limitations and requirements government leaders face.
Public servants are increasingly asked to do more with less and must also find a way to accomplish their mission while balancing constant change. New laws are passed that impact their agencies, new technologies are introduced, and unexpected events occur. Government leaders at all levels are often in a position for only two to four years, rotating within and across agencies as they gain experience. They have a relatively short amount of time to learn a new role, make changes, and then begin seeking out their next opportunity. This guide will help leaders weather the storm of that constant change so they can help their agencies realize their missions to provide services and be better stewards of taxpayer or donor dollars.
This practical resource will equip government leaders with evidence-based, hands-on guidance for transforming their organizations, enabling them to better serve the public and their customers. While many books on organizational agility are available for leaders in for-profit companies, this is the first one tailored to the unique limitations and requirements government leaders face.
Public servants are increasingly asked to do more with less and must also find a way to accomplish their mission while balancing constant change. New laws are passed that impact their agencies, new technologies are introduced, and unexpected events occur. Government leaders at all levels are often in a position for only two to four years, rotating within and across agencies as they gain experience. They have a relatively short amount of time to learn a new role, make changes, and then begin seeking out their next opportunity. This guide will help leaders weather the storm of that constant change so they can help their agencies realize their missions to provide services and be better stewards of taxpayer or donor dollars.
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This is the first book to fully adapt the principles of agility for government leaders who want to make their organizations more effective and nimble while better serving their public mission.
This practical resource will equip government leaders with evidence-based, hands-on guidance for transforming their organizations, enabling them to better serve the public and their customers. While many books on organizational agility are available for leaders in for-profit companies, this is the first one tailored to the unique limitations and requirements government leaders face.
Public servants are increasingly asked to do more with less and must also find a way to accomplish their mission while balancing constant change. New laws are passed that impact their agencies, new technologies are introduced, and unexpected events occur. Government leaders at all levels are often in a position for only two to four years, rotating within and across agencies as they gain experience. They have a relatively short amount of time to learn a new role, make changes, and then begin seeking out their next opportunity. This guide will help leaders weather the storm of that constant change so they can help their agencies realize their missions to provide services and be better stewards of taxpayer or donor dollars.
This practical resource will equip government leaders with evidence-based, hands-on guidance for transforming their organizations, enabling them to better serve the public and their customers. While many books on organizational agility are available for leaders in for-profit companies, this is the first one tailored to the unique limitations and requirements government leaders face.
Public servants are increasingly asked to do more with less and must also find a way to accomplish their mission while balancing constant change. New laws are passed that impact their agencies, new technologies are introduced, and unexpected events occur. Government leaders at all levels are often in a position for only two to four years, rotating within and across agencies as they gain experience. They have a relatively short amount of time to learn a new role, make changes, and then begin seeking out their next opportunity. This guide will help leaders weather the storm of that constant change so they can help their agencies realize their missions to provide services and be better stewards of taxpayer or donor dollars.
Table of contents
- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Dedication
- Contents
- List of Tools
- Preface
- Chapter 1 | Constant Change Requires a Different Way of Organizing
- Chapter 2 | Build a Foundation of Psychological Safety
- Chapter 3 | Lead with Agility
- Chapter 4 | Make Decisions at the Right Level
- Chapter 5 | Promote Collaborative Learning
- Chapter 6 | Create Stability
- Chapter 7 | Create Flexibility
- Chapter 8 | Encourage the Routines
- Chapter 9 | Invest in People
- Chapter 10 | Putting It All Together
- Appendix: Organizational Agility Framework
- References
- Acknowledgments
- Index
- About the Authors
- About the Contributors
Review quote
“A must-read for anyone in government seeking to successfully lead in a rapidly changing world. Miller and Kirkpatrick have assembled an easy-to-read guide chock-full of useful examples illustrating how to lead with agility and drive the kind of impact all leaders seek.”
-David Brown, CEO, Learning Tree International
“The fresh and insightful analysis presented in this book is a gift to all leaders seeking to help their organizations become more agile. Beyond that, it provides a bonus-plentiful and easy-to-apply tools for assessing and developing each piece of the organizational work.”
-Ellen Van Velsor, PhD, Senior Fellow Emerita, Center for Creative Leadership
“The Government Leader's Field Guide to Organizational Agility provides practical advice, tips, and more than a dozen tools to help government leaders embed agility into their organizations. Adopting a very human-centered approach to create and maintain psychological safety, government leaders are equipped to continually sense, interpret, and respond to the external and internal factors that are likely to have an impact on the organization's ability to carry out its mission.”
-James D. Stockmal, Past President, Association for Strategic Planning
-David Brown, CEO, Learning Tree International
“The fresh and insightful analysis presented in this book is a gift to all leaders seeking to help their organizations become more agile. Beyond that, it provides a bonus-plentiful and easy-to-apply tools for assessing and developing each piece of the organizational work.”
-Ellen Van Velsor, PhD, Senior Fellow Emerita, Center for Creative Leadership
“The Government Leader's Field Guide to Organizational Agility provides practical advice, tips, and more than a dozen tools to help government leaders embed agility into their organizations. Adopting a very human-centered approach to create and maintain psychological safety, government leaders are equipped to continually sense, interpret, and respond to the external and internal factors that are likely to have an impact on the organization's ability to carry out its mission.”
-James D. Stockmal, Past President, Association for Strategic Planning
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