There is a need at present for agile managers. Across regions, tenures, industries, company sizes and functional specialties, business research was conducted by McKinsey to gauge the moods of the people. It merged that 37% of the respondents’organizations were carrying out such transformative exercises and another 4% have already implemented these changes. The agile workplace has smaller empowered teams divided known as squads. Management roles are allocated for this system, different to the traditional ones. On top is the chapter leader who heads functional levels. Then there is the tribe leader whose role is akin to the traditional general managers. They ae often termed as mini-CEOs. The squad leaders meanwhile are not bosses in the traditional sense, but coordinate the activities of their team members.

Source:https://www.mckinsey.com/business-functions/organization/our-insights/the-agile-manager

Uploaded Date:15 November 2018