Mastering Agility: Successfully Navigating Uncertainty

Batten down the hatches; great change is upon us!

Excitement and uncertainty, in larger and more frequent doses, will define business and change management from here on out. To successfully navigate these uncertain waters, you and your crew will need to both understand business agility and practice to master its use to survive and thrive in these mounting seas of change.

Colossal mega trends combined with a perfect storm of precarious economic, geopolitical and societal circumstances will make the choppy economic seas of the past look calm in comparison. No business will be safe using tools, methods and management styles developed for yesterday’s business as usual.

The pace of change will be frantic and to cope will require a flexible, more agile state of mind, plus powerful tools to help you remain focused upon what is coming instead of measuring and anal-eyes-ing what has already occurred.

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Here is a book packed with simple, practical tools to prepare you and your crew for the ride of your life! Whether you are running a small or medium enterprise, or grappling with the demands of a super large, multinational concern, being agile in thought, action and result is now a necessity. It is no longer only about making good decisions; it is about mastering powerful tools to implement changes effectively. It’s about executing change with decisive and engaging leadership skills; to powerfully communicate with everyone involved to get them on board to quickly create measurable results.

Praise for "Mastering Agility"
“The message is clear: listen to what’s going on with all your senses. Get your business associates and partners to do the same. Pay attention. Get agile....“

Bob Waterman, Co-Author; In Search of Excellence, Author; The Renewal Factor, Adhocracy – the Power to Change, What America Does Right

“Hans Amell has written a really important book. For a couple of decades now we have seen a lot of volatility. This is unlikely to change in the foreseeable future. This book provides the reader with a sound intellectual framework for how to cope in different volatile situations using agility as a headline for different activities. It also gives a number of more practical advice coming from the vast experience of the author’s long life in the corporate sector. It is a book I really recommend for anyone entrusted with leading companies in the next volatile decade….”

Leif Johansson; Chairman Ericsson & AstraZeneca

“Mastering Agility offers a timely look at some of the global political, economic, technological and social forces rocking today's corporate world and offers plenty of well-crafted advice for not only staying afloat, but sailing ahead. It is a must read for business leaders who want to navigate the sea of changes taking place…”

Dr. John W. Graham, Ph.D, Professor of Economics, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

“Terrific opportunities! This book charts a clear course for your C-suite to consider for quickly and easily leading the business through the 'perfect storms' of uncertainty.... “

Hans Levenbach, President Delphus Inc. MS, MA, PhD, Co-Author; Forecasting, Practice and Process for Demand Management

“Hans is the very definition of intellectual, emotional and physical agility. His vision and belief in Platinum Equity when we were just starting out made an indelible impact, and over the past two decades I have seen firsthand his power to think creatively, act decisively and inspire others to succeed..."

Tom Gores, Founder & Chairman/CEO, Platinum Equity Group

Something clicked when a former director of one of the worlds most recognized consulting firms compared notes with an executive coach, with a background in international sales, marketing focused on the growing importance of conscious business communication. Coming from opposing sides of both business and life, they absolutely agreed upon one thing; future success depends upon your ability to sense and respond with agility to the colossal and quickening change that lie ahead.

Hans Amell, is a Harvard trained Swede who has lived in the USA since 1987. He is a McKinsey alumni, and former Corporate officer and CEO of units in leading global corporations such as Dun and Bradstreet Group, Cognizant Corp, Ericsson and others. He is called upon to execute major change in corporations and institutions via board memberships or via his company, Catalyst Acquisition Group. Mr. Amell is also the founding partner in The Minerva Group. He was also the lead founder and executive Chairman of Intrepid Learning Systems and created the GCR unit from Gartner Custom Research (now HANSA). He is a leading player in the cutting edge of agile consulting services and in the application of efficient blended learning solutions for large organizations. His vision is to make the corporate world more agile in both thought and execution. His passion is creating and applying agility within organizations that wisely recognize they need assistance to accomplish this.

Kurt Larsson is an American living in Sweden since the late 1980s. With a degree in Finance, he has sold everything from Automobile tires in Houston, Texas to retail banking delivery systems in over 20 countries. He has driven his own educational consulting company, Expanding Understanding, for more than 20 years. His niche is transforming consultative business teams into collaborative ones. To do this he specializes in effective selling, leadership and customer service practices, focused on more conscious and efficient communication. His skills work perfectly in line with transforming management, sales and customer service teams from a transactional to a collaborative business model where customer loyalty is the prime goal. He has now become an active member on both Catalyst Acquisition and Minerva Groups’s Board of directors. He has written articles on Ezine, his own blog and Catalyst's "masteringagilityblog.com"