LEADERSHIP TEAM AGILITY

We know the business world is too volatile and complex for the “predict and plan” leadership style to work as it did in the past. At the same time, the teams are using Agile to deliver value and their needs have shifted from being told what to do to needing top leaders to create environments in which their delivery of business value flows smoothly.

How do leaders step into the new “sense and respond” capability all this requires when their inner workings are still running on a “predict and plan” operating system?

This is where the Leadership Circle Profile™ steps in. For the leadership team, the Agility that counts is leadership agility which is marked by an increasing ability to think and make decisions from an outcome creating orientation rather than a problem-solving orientation.

The Leadership Circle Profile is a powerful instrument because it measures the two primary leadership domains – Creative Competencies and Reactive Tendencies – and integrates this information so that key opportunities for leadership development immediately rise to the surface.

Most 360° profiles focus on either Management Style and Personality, Competencies, or Underlying Tendencies. The Leadership Circle Profile combines all three of these areas into one comprehensive, accessible tool.

With expert guidance and coaching by Certified Practitioner, Lyssa Adkins each leader, and the leadership team as a whole, sees the path forward toward a more Agile way of functioning that is a match for the complexity of the issues
they face every day.

In a nutshell, a pathway that yields Agile leaders!

Individual leaders complete the 360° profile and participate in a personal coaching session debrief. The team, as a whole, receives a debrief on their aggregate profile. With these insights, leaders are ready to start moving their thinking and behaviors toward the outcome-creating competencies Agile environments need. They also have salient insights that allow them to shift the way they work with their peers and the team as a whole.

With follow-on coaching sessions, leaders have the support they need to make the necessary “operating system” upgrade to the way they think and lead. This is the pathway that gets opened up for leaders as they make their own progress toward leadership Agility.

Lyssa guides you step-by-step. This offering includes:

• Design session to align on intentions and expectations regarding the organization’s goals and Leadership Circle Profile

• Orientation/getting started session for participants

• Administrative support during the assessment period

• Comprehensive profile interpretation and leadership development manual

• 1 60-90 minute personal debrief session for each leader

• 2 follow-on personal coaching sessions at 1 and 3 months for each leader

• 1 follow-on whole-group session to debrief the leadership team’s aggregate Leadership Circle Profile

• 1 follow-on pair coaching session to process conflict or opportunity between leaders and consciously
design a better way going forward

• Small group sessions that catalyze action learning cycles to make the change stick and make it relevant to the leaders’ daily challenges.