The New Nimble: Leading in the Age of Change

by Jay Sullivan

 
Transform your organization into an adaptable and flexible innovator. In  The New Leading in the Age of Change , accomplished author, professor, and consultant Jay Sullivan delivers a clear, tangible, and actionable guide to implementing flexibility and creativity in your enterprise. Through interviews with senior leaders from a wide array of industries and disciplines, the author shows you the trends and behaviors that allowed successful organizations to navigate the changing realities and complexities that have defined recent years, including the COVID-19 crisis, the increasing awareness of racial injustice in society, and the January 6th insurrection. This book demonstrates how organizations can internalize and institutionalize lessons from recent paradigm shifts in thinking and learn how to apply those lessons to their everyday operations and to prepare for the next major challenge. You'll
 
The questions at the end of each chapter become your playbook for debriefing how your organization handled the myriad shifting realities of the last few years. That ongoing discussion with your team will prepare you to be more nimble as the next change appears. As managers, executives, founders, directors, and entrepreneurs, we will all face enormous decisions in the coming years regarding environmental challenges, shifts in the supply chain and the global economy, and the runaway freight train that is AI.  As those and other issues come fast and furious, The New Nimble is the hands-on leadership guide that we'll all need as we do our best to manage our way through chaotic and volatile environments.  

1 pages, Audio CD

Published November 28, 2023

Reviews

[Virginia · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is a must read for all leaders. Each chapter profiles a series of companies and institutions during the pandemic and how they accomplished shifting to maintain themselves during the insurmountably difficult challenges presented. Equally helpful are the question sets at the end of each chapter which alone are such great guiding principles for leadership in all times. Additionally, scattered throughout the book are wonderful anecdotes that are great to use with your team.

An excellent and important book for all leaders or for those who want to be one.

[Kate R · Rating 5 out of 5]

This was very well done and a must read for anyone, as change affects all of us. I am not a business leader but my husband is featured in the book as one of the people interviewed. I took a lot out of this book. Being nimble and willing to pivot is essential for any aspect of your life, whether you're a leader or not. Lots of great advice in here. The questions at the end of each profile and takeaways were very helpful. I listened to the book and I would recommend that version as the author is the narrator. I would definitely recommend this one.

[Adam · Rating 4 out of 5]

Really insightful. What I liked most was the way Jay was able to “walk you” through the necessary and essential little steps required. One doesn’t just run and be nimble because you want to. You won’t have the skills or muscles’ needed to be successful when it matters, so leaders need to be working these small elements into their team performance.

Get on it. Never gonna be slower out there. ✊