The Government Leader’’s Field Guide to Organizational Agility

This is the first book to fully adapt the principles of agility for government leaders who want to make their organizations more effective and nimble while better serving their public mission.

This practical resource will equip government leaders at all levels with evidence-based, hands-on guidance for transforming their organizations, enabling them to better serve the public and their customers. While many books focus on organizational agility for leaders of for-profit companies, this is the first one tailored to the unique requirements government leaders face. They must find a way to accomplish their mission while navigating constant change.

Government leaders at all levels must maneuver their organizations through new, often complex challenges, ranging from new laws that impact their agencies, new technologies, changes in leadership, and unexpected events. By explaining how to manage and organize work differently, this guide will help leaders weather the storm of that constant change so they can help their agencies realize their missions and serve the public interest.

Sarah C. Miller is an organization development consultant at The MITRE Corporation, a not-for-profit organization that operates R&D centers for the federal government. She has worked with individuals and groups in the corporate, education, government, and nonprofit sectors internationally through coaching, leadership development, and organizational effectiveness initiatives.

Shelley A. Kirkpatrick, Ph.D., is a Principal at The MITRE Corporation. She is also an adjunct professor of human resource management at George Mason University, and a former professor at Carnegie Mellon University and The American University. As founder of Visiontelligence LLC, she applies her research to help entrepreneurs grow their business.