This document discusses how to become a better leader of agile organizations. It notes that the pace of change, austerity, and growing demands require leaders who are collaborative and adaptive. To achieve more for clients and obtain performance uplifts, leaders must spend less time directly managing and more time providing strategic direction. Agile leaders walk a razor's edge by letting organizations feel external pressures, creating fluid roles, allowing conflict to emerge, and encouraging disruption while maintaining core values as a true north.

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3. • The pace of change. Disruption, challenge and
uncertainty.
• Austerity and growing demand for services
• Leaders who are collaborative and adaptive will
achieve more.
• To build collective action and impact. To achieve more
for our clients.
• To obtain the 23% performance uplift from investing
in leadership (CMI).
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4. The Dancefloor or the Balcony?

5. • Less time on the dancefloor. More time on the balcony.
• Less research, more experiments. Less strategy, more tactics.
• Less stability. More disruption. Change management becomes
ongoing.
• Less authority. More ideas, feedback and challenge.
All leadership must be appropriate for the situation.
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6. Agile Leaders Walk on a Razor’s Edge

7. Agile Leaders are able to Walk on the
Razor’s Edge (Ronald Heifitz)
Leaders Agile Leaders
Give Direction Define problems and
solution
Frame questions and issues
Protection Shield the
organisation from
external pressures
Let organisation feel external
pressure within a range it can
stand
Management
of people
Clearly define roles
and responsibilities
Disorient current roles; create
fluid roles
Controling
Conflict
Restore order Allow conflict to emerge
Shaping
Norms
Maintain norms Encourage disrupters

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9. Agile Leaders Create Agile Organisations
In challenging times, know your values. Your TRUE NORTH.