How does leadership change for organizational agility?

In Industrial age management hierarchies leaders often serve as conduits, ensuring the flow of ideas, strategies, and messages throughout the organization. Their role was to maintain the integrity of strategies and structures, bringing deviations back in line. The term "line manager" reflects this responsibility. As organizations respond to? the need to be constantly adapting to different flows of information and technology, leadership looks and feels different because the sense of responsibility changes. Leaders shift from enforcers to a more dynamic approach to roles and responsibilities.. This approach needs to? protect the implementation of the core vision and also empower all members of the organization to contribute meaningfully and align their actions to it.

Embracing Variability

Goals and tasks in adaptive organizations are ever-changing. What you did yesterday might not be what you do today. Roles evolve based on team dynamics and organizational needs, whether growing or contracting. Strategy and policy guide individual and team goals, while overarching aims and areas of influence align with the mission and vision of the organization.

Protecting the Vision

Protecting the vision in an adaptive structure means safeguarding the spirit or essence of that vision, not just its wording. As the organization moves from vision to execution, leaders must allow for variability and flexibility, avoiding the pitfalls of micromanagement. The failure of a traditional manager often lies in micromanaging tasks, while the failure of an adaptive leader is prioritizing structure over vision or fixating on strategy at the expense of the mission.

Facilitating Collective Change

An adaptive leader must help all members of the organization harness their sense of purpose, and translate it into impactful action aligned with organizational aims.? Leading and facilitating significant transitions in organizational systems involves not just tactical changes but shifts in mindset, perception, and identity.

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