Companies who invest in agility training acquire significant advantages over their competitors. Agility is the capacity to recognize, create and exploit opportunities in a changing environment. Resiliency is the ability to access agility despite adversity and to leverage adversity to create more agility. The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) found that agile firms grow revenue 37% faster than non-agile companies. The study also discovered that firms skilled in agility generate 30% higher profits than less-agile competitors.
We’re creatures of habit. Throughout our lives, our collective experiences teach us ways of doing things that work, or at least work well enough. In fact, our DNA encourages us to develop habits and resist change. That makes it difficult to effectively respond to change and even harder to initiate the change that is often needed for long-term success. Developing agility is a set of techniques that includes overcoming these natural biases, seeking out new ways of operating, identifying opportunities for growth, and acting on the growth plan. Developing resiliency is set of techniques that leverages agility to create a responsive mindset (“Life is what I make happen”) that overcomes a reactive mindset (“Life is what happens to me”).
Organizations comprised of agile employees also have higher rates of innovation. Agility training prepares professionals with the mindset they need to approach common corporate challenges with creative solutions and out-of-the box ideas. This ability to foster innovation helps more agile companies seize market opportunities when they arise.
Resiliency Benefits
• Practical strategies for altering negative responses to stress
• Increases flexibility and adaptability with competitive advantages
• Improves workplace productivity, employee morale, and company culture
• Measures and classifies resilience skills as Unrealized, Emerging, or Prepared
Agility Benefits
• Creating positive change despite adversity
• Effective project management
• Insightful Selling
• Strategic Leadership
• Innovation