Bill Joiner’s Leadership Agility Blog
Continued writing with occasional podcasts on Leadership Agility, the research-based book on stages of personal and leadership development. This blog captures and extends the book's key ideas; shares new insights, research, and applications from client work. Comments welcome! You can also follow Bill on Twitter: @leaderagilityHow to use the Leadership Agility Compass
May 30, 2017 by Bill Joiner
Filed under Applications of Leadership Agility, Leadership coaching, Leadership development, Research on Agility, What is Leadership Agility?
The Leadership Agility Compass is a graphic tool developed by ChangeWise, that emerged from the 5 years of intensive research and writing underlying the book, Leadership Agility. When you know how to use it, it’s a tool that can make any leadership initiative you undertake more effective. Our research on Leadership Agility found that the most effective leaders we […]
Perspective-Taking as a Leadership Practice
May 24, 2017 by Bill Joiner
Filed under Applications of Leadership Agility, Leadership coaching, Leadership development
Some leadership coaches help their clients expand their “perspective taking” ability, even if they don’t use this term. “Perspective taking” is linked to a body of research – now stretching back many decades – called “stage development psychology” (think Jean Piaget, Jane Loevinger, Bob Kegan). This field is getting increasing attention from coaches and leadership […]
How to Practice the Art of “Stepping Back”
May 15, 2017 by Bill Joiner
Filed under Applications of Leadership Agility, Leadership development, Research on Agility, What is Leadership Agility?
Being absorbed in our work is a good thing in many ways, better than being distracted or feeling disengaged. Getting into the flow of our daily tasks is energizing, and it helps us get our work done with a certain level of efficiency and effectiveness. At the same time, we are so busy in our […]
