Transformational leadership is needed for business agility. Leaders should focus efforts, change systems to be more adaptive, and steer change from the edges of organizations. Barriers to agility include siloed teams and hierarchies, as well as organizational misalignment with agile methods. Leaders can overcome barriers by focusing efforts, changing systems like work hours and vacations to be more flexible, and enabling self-managed teams at the edges of organizations. Transformational leadership is key to enabling business agility.