Leadership Agility

The Authors Bill Joiner & Stephen Josephs are world-renowned consultants and executive coaches whose clients include Aetna, Corning, Dell, EMC, IBM, Hewlett-Packard, MIT, Sun Microsystems, Sunoco, and Travelers. They are partners in ChangeWise, a leadership and organization development firm with offices in Boston and San Francisco. Bill Joiner is an adjunct faculty member at the Winston Center for Leadership and Ethics at Boston College, and received his doctorate from Harvard University. Stephen Josephs is a master coach with degrees from the University of Massachusetts, Harvard University, Antioch College, and Clark University.

• Introduction: the Master Competency vPart One: What Is Leadership Agility?1 Agility in a World of Change and Complexity 32 The Five Eds 133 Four Competencies for Agile Leadership 31Part Two: Five Levels of Leadership Agility4 Expert Level: Solve Key Problems 435 Achiever Level: Accomplish Desired Outcomes 646 Catalyst Level: Mobilize Breakout Endeavors 917 Co-Creator Level: Realize Shared Purpose 1238 Synergist Level: Evoke Unexpected Possibilities 155Part Three: Becoming a More Agile Leader9 Assessing Leadership Agility 19310 Developing Leadership Agility 203Appendix A: Research Behind This Book 227Appendix B: Stages of Personal Development 235Notes for Inquiring Readers 249References 295Resources 307Acknowledgments 309The Authors 311Index 312

"... there is much to learn from this book and I commend the authors for their painstaking analysis" (The Learning Organisation, Vol. 15 No. 1, 2008)