Being An Agile Organization Is Key For Strategy Implementation

A few months ago, my colleague Monica Oss wrote about the importance of "prospection" in leadership—the notion of executive foresight and anticipation. It is the act of looking forward and providing for future wants when mapping out sustainability and strategy. It is the ability to envision the future possibilities of the organization while preparing for the roadblocks that may happen along the way (see The Future Minded Leader). 

Another critical component of organizational leadership is agility. That ability to respond to market developments is the classic definition of an agile organization—one that reacts successfully to the emergence of . . .