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: @leaderagilityMariposa Leadership Interview
November 16, 2006 by Bill Joiner
Stephen Josephs and I did a fun interview today with Sue Bethenis, CEO of Mariposa Leadership, a coaching firm in the San Francisco Bay area. Sue does one teleseminar-style interview each month, all on leadership-related topics. She asks great questions, and she has a way of listening and commenting that really gets to the heart […]
McKinsey Survey on Agility
November 13, 2006 by Bill Joiner
According to a survey conducted earlier this year by McKinsey & Co., executives in all industries around the globe agree that the agility and speed of their companies are urgent business issues. In fact, almost 90% said that agility is “very” or “extremely” important for business performance. Consequently, the majority of these executives are taking […]
Chris Argyris
November 10, 2006 by Bill Joiner
After our article on leadership agility was published in The OD Practitioner, we had the honor of doing a book-signing at the national Organization Development Conference in San Francisco back on October 24. We had some wonderful conversations there. One of the warmest moments for me was the opportunity to present my former mentor, Chris […]
Boeing CEO McNerney on the Agility Imperative
November 7, 2006 by Bill Joiner
In a variety of ways, more and more executives are talking about what we call “the agility imperative.” For example, in the Oct. 16 issue of Fortune Magazine Boeing CEO James McNerney says, “Institutionally, the ability to be agile enough is the gut issue in leading an organization today.” McNerney, 57, has had an outstanding […]
Origins of Leadership Agility
November 6, 2006 by Bill Joiner
We had a wonderful book launch party here in Boston yesterday. I got to thank many people personally for all the support they provided Steve Josephs and me throughout our 4+ year journey of researching and writing the book. It was especially nice to be able to acknowledge Bill Torbert, who originally introduced me to […]
