With discussions on the ‘death of agile’ circulating and many calling for a ‘return to basics,’ it’s essential to recognise the pivotal role leadership plays in either accelerating or impeding agile success. Agile, at its core, is about fostering an environment ripe for innovation, with high talent density and rapid delivery of customer value. However, without leadership fully committed to understanding and applying agile principles, transformations risk becoming empty gestures. 

We take a look at the power of building a people-centric, innovation focused culture, through the lens of Netflix and their values. Our Founder reflects on her experience of how strong values can help companies whether major changes.

There are some key reasons why high EI is important for leaders. These may seem obvious however, I’ve seen too many times individuals promoted quickly up the ladder who have excellent professional acumen, but poor emotional agility and little self-awareness.

A highly capable leader who feels they are doing their job to the highest level of excellence can still fail themselves, their company and their team if they lack the essential skills of high emotional intelligence.