Based on three decades of work with leaders, and informed by extensive original research, we believe that agility is the “master competency” for effective leadership in today’s complex, rapidly changing world.

Our findings about increasingly effective “levels” of agile leadership are captured in our award-winning book, Leadership Agility, by Bill Joiner and Stephen Josephs.  This book has been called “a breakthrough in thinking about leadership competencies” and the “new gold standard in the leadership field.”  (Read more reviews).  You can read a brief description of the book, read a short case study that shows what leadership agility looks like in action.

To purchase your own copy of the book at a 1/3 discount, go  to the book's website click on “order the book.”

Leadership Agility 360

Especially appropriate for executives and high-potential managers

The fruit of 6 years of research and development, this innovative 360-feedback tool is the first to assess levels of leadership agility.  Based on a behaviorally specific, integral framework, it identifies where managers are in developing from tactical problem-solvers into strategic managers and then into highly participative, visionary leaders. 

Seasoned coaches and leadership development managers have been delighted to discover the added value that this new tool and accompanying Development Planner can bring to their practices and leadership development activities.  To learn more about the Leadership Agility 360 and to see how we certify coaches to use this instrument, visit our dedicated website.

The Agile Change Leadership Lab

For executives, managers, and leadership development professionals

The Agile Change Leadership Lab is a 2-day program for organizational managers at all levels.  Based on extensive research and three decades of experience consulting to change leaders, this practical, hands-on workshop focuses on strategic, stakeholder, creative, and self-leadership agility, the four kinds of leadership agility needed to lead change effectively. 

Pivotal Conversations

For executives, managers, and leadership development professionals

Pivotal Conversations is a flexible training and coaching process through which executives and other managers develop the key competencies necessary for success in today’s turbulent business environment.  It has a well-established track record for developing sophisticated collaborative problem-solving skills, fostering significantly higher levels of teamwork, and helping to change organizational culture.

Action Learning Programs

Especially appropriate for executives and high-potential managers

Our tailored Action Learning Programs usually include some combination of the following elements: 

Leadership Agility 360, individualized coaching, leadership workshops, team coaching, and individual or group organizational change projects.

Leadership Agility 360 Certification

For experienced coaches, internal or external

Leadership Agility 360 Certification:  ChangeWise certifies both internal and external coaches to work with leaders using this innovative feedback instrument.  For more information, visit our dedicated website.

Introduction to Leadership Agility Coaching

For experienced coaches, internal or external

Introduction to Leadership Agility Coaching is a highly interactive two-day public workshop, where internal and external coaches learn how to incorporate into their coaching practice the deeply researched, stage-development framework presented in Leadership Agility, Bill Joiner and Stephen Josephs.   Coaches who attend this workshop get to experience different “levels of leadership agility” for themselves, learn how to diagnose their clients’ agility levels, and learn what it takes to facilitate growth from one level to another.   A significant part of the workshop involves working with actual coaching situations volunteered by participants.

Extended Learning Groups for Leadership Agility Coaching

For experienced coaches, internal or external

For internal and external coaches based in or near Boston, Massachusetts, Bill Joiner provides extended learning groups for coaches who want to incorporate Leadership Agility principles and methods into their coaching repertoires.  In these half-day monthly sessions, coaches go deeply, practicing the application of the framework’s core concepts and methods to their own coaching cases in a stimulating, supportive atmosphere.   Attendance is limited to experienced coaches who have attended at least the first day of Introduction to Leadership Agility Coaching, described above.  For more information, contact Debbie Whitestone: dw@changewise.biz