Change Agility: Leadership, Transformation and the Pursuit of Purpose - Paperback

by Kiran Chitta (Author)

Change Agility asks leaders to relate how they think, feel and behave with who they want to be. The book shares insights on ways in which leaders can enhance collective aspiration, build a deep sense of organizational alignment and grow the capacity for acceleration at critical moments. The models and advice within the book draw on insight from behavioural science, complexity theory and psychotherapy, providing an original, holistic and compelling framework to transform performance during times of change. Change agility can help leaders thrive in this era of global economic transformation. Large-scale business transformation efforts often fail to deliver value because leaders sweep complex human realities under the carpet and then try to deal with these realities when it is already too late. This is a leader's guidebook to change that is grounded in both research and professional experience. The book contains several practical tips for the development of change agility which can be absorbed quickly and put to use immediately by a busy executive reader.

Author Biography

Dr. Kiran Chitta is a leading international organizational psychologist with twenty years of experience. Kiran has held executive positions in both mature and emerging markets for blue-chip, multinational corporations. He has been a member of the British Senior Civil Service, facilitating UK central government transformation. He has held senior human capital advisory roles in global consulting firms including Oliver Wyman, Deloitte, and Accenture. He works as an enabler of change in several sectors including financial services, consumer goods and retail, telecom, media, technology, professional services, travel, hospitality, health care, and government. Kiran has a degree in experimental psychology from the University of Oxford, a master's in organizational psychology from the University of Manchester Institute for Science and Technology, and a doctorate in psychotherapy from the Metanoia Institute. He is a UK chartered psychologist and an associate fellow of the British Psychological Society. Kiran is a British citizen of Indian origin, who has lived and worked in Europe, the US, the Middle East and Asia. He has a cross-cultural perspective informed by his own life and diverse experiences as a facilitator, leadership and organization development consultant.