{"product_id":"the-new-nimble-leading-in-the-age-of-change-hardcover","title":"The New Nimble: Leading in the Age of Change - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJay Sullivan\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTransform your organization into an adaptable and flexible innovator\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn\u003ci\u003e The New Nimble: Leading in the Age of Change\u003c\/i\u003e, accomplished author, professor, and consultant Jay Sullivan delivers a clear, tangible, and actionable guide to implementing flexibility and creativity in your enterprise. Through interviews with senior leaders from a variety of industries and disciplines, the author shows you the trends and behaviors that allowed successful companies to navigate the changing realities and complexities that have defined recent years, including the COVID-19 crisis, the increasing awareness of racial injustice in society, and the January 6th insurrection.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe New Nimble\u003c\/i\u003e demonstrates how organizations can internalize and institutionalize lessons from recent paradigm shifts in thinking and learn how to apply those lessons to their everyday operations and to prepare for the next major challenge. You'll discover: \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eHow crucial it is to clearly articulate your mission, values, and parameters as an organization\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eHow to gather the types of data and insights that will allow you to make decisions quickly when the next change takes us all by surprise\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eHow building trust within your organization and with your external stakeholders gives you the confidence to take action in times of crisis\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe questions at the end of each chapter become your playbook for debriefing how your organization handled the myriad shifting realities of the last few years. That ongoing discussion with your team will prepare you to be more nimble as the next change appears. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs managers, executives, founders, directors, and entrepreneurs, we will all face enormous decisions in the coming years regarding environmental challenges, shifts in the supply chain and the global economy, and the runaway freight train that is AI. As those and other issues come fast and furious, \u003ci\u003eThe New Nimble\u003c\/i\u003e is the hands-on leadership guide that we'll all need as we do our best to manage our way through chaotic and volatile environments.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOver the last few years, the whole world has had to adjust--and then readjust--repeatedly, as world events forced us to rethink our health, our safety, the stability of our major institutions, and the relationships that form our social fabric. Every time we settled into what we thought was our \"new normal,\" the ground shifted under our feet yet again and we felt uncertain and unsettled. That vulnerability has tremendous costs to our finances, our confidence, and our psyche. But it has also taught us to be more flexible and creative in the way we approach problems and open to living with more fluid circumstances. We've learned that our \"new normal\" has been all of us learning to live in \"the new nimble.\" \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe pace of change and the types of changes we'll confront in the coming years will require us all to get comfortable shifting frequently and quickly as world events force us to rethink how we think and respond. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eThe New Nimble: Leading in the Age of Change\u003c\/i\u003e, award-winning author, columnist, and educator Jay Sullivan delivers a concise and actionable guide to creating the conditions for flexibility and creativity to flourish in your enterprise. Using interviews with senior leaders in a wide variety of industries and disciplines, the author distills the trends and behaviors that successful organizations use to navigate the ever-changing realities and complexities of a volatile and uncertain world. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYou'll read how organizations in higher education, consulting, fintech, supply chain, and professional sports dealt with Covid, supported initiatives around social justice issues, responded to the insurrection at the Capitol, and reacted to Russia's invasion of Ukraine. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlthough each chapter provides its own lessons, collectively the book provides a roadmap to help organizations hone their abilities to face the ongoing changes in the marketplace. The changes we face, whether they come from AI, new communication platforms, or evolving military challenges, will require us to be more nimble than ever as leaders. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA must-read resource for executives, directors, managers, entrepreneurs and other business leaders, \u003ci\u003eThe New Nimble\u003c\/i\u003e will prove invaluable for all professionals who serve innovative organizations in their never-ending quest to prepare for the next big challenge.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePRAISE FOR THE NEW NIMBLE\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"People naturally hunger for stability, but nothing under the sun is permanent and every facet of your work and life are continuously changing. At bottom, the future is fundamentally unknowable. This means great leaders are those that can rapidly adjust and adapt. Jay Sullivan lays out, through carefully selected stories, how to practice the art of being nimble. He gives life to the wise adage that one should be confident but never certain and confront change with an insatiable curiosity.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e--MICHAEL POWELL, Former Chairman of the FCC\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Jay Sullivan's \u003ci\u003eThe New Nimble\u003c\/i\u003e is the book for the present, and the future. \u003ci\u003eThe New Nimble\u003c\/i\u003e provides clear guidance, from a range of examples drawn from different industries, sectors, and settings, for anyone who wants to understand how to remain agile and responsive to change. It is essential reading in this time when even the pace of change is accelerating.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e--RAY BRESCIA, Hon. Harold R. Tyler Chair in Law and Technology and Professor of Law at Albany Law School, and author of \u003ci\u003eThe Future of Change\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"In \u003ci\u003eThe New Nimble\u003c\/i\u003e, Sullivan does a masterful job at capturing the heart of what it takes to truly be nimble in times of change. He challenges you to Understand Your Essence, Ask the Right Questions, and Be Bold, three keys to being successful in this new time of constant, rapid, unpredictable change. Please read this book! It will shape you, change you, inspire you!\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e--ERIC HUTCHERSON, Executive Vice President, Chief People and Inclusion Officer, Universal Music Group\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Jay Sullivan has done a huge service to leaders everywhere in this wise, engaging, and immensely practical book. Eager to leave the hard days of Covid behind us, we've failed to learn the real lessons of that awful time, which is that we are more capable of living with--and managing through--profound uncertainty than we ever guessed.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e--SANDRA J. SUCHER, Professor of Management Practice, Harvard Business School and Co-author of \u003ci\u003eThe Power of Trust: How Companies Build It, Lose It, Regain It\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJAY SULLIVAN\u003c\/b\u003e is a lawyer and the former Managing Partner of ExecComm, LLC, a communications consulting firm. He's an award-winning author and columnist and was an adjunct professor at Georgetown Law Center and Fordham University School of Law. His prior works include \u003ci\u003eSimply Said: Communicating Better at Work and Beyond\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 224\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.59 x 9.28 x 6.33 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 10, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51765430747424,"sku":"9781394185412","price":28.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/f9ef116bade9559c29e23f3b0f163a3d.webp?v=1780269443","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-new-nimble-leading-in-the-age-of-change-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}