9Business agility is no longer an option. Rapidly accelerating change, driven by technology, is disrupting the world of work and redefining the game of leadership. Slow-moving, top-down, "command and control" leadership styles are less and less effective with each passing day. The successful leaders of today are finding ways to engage the entire workforce. They are focusing the attention of the whole enterprise on higher performance. These leaders are pivoting from delegation to invitation.INVITING LEADERSHIP is your tutorial and reference guide for implementing Invitation-Based Change(TM) in the new world of work. This book shows you how to leverage authentic invitations to engage your workforce and generate the positive business outcomes that emerge from self-managed teams. INVITING LEADERSHIP shows you how to do more with less. With this book, you will learn how to safely and pragmatically transform your leadership style and maximize your results: --Greatly increase employee engagement--Improve overall business efficiency with self-managed teams--Attract and retain top talent--Achieve higher scores in every business outcome you are measuring--Help your entire organization become more competitive and adaptive--Scale these business outcomes across the entire enterpriseINVITING LEADERSHIP is your road map for achieving authentic and lasting Business Agility.