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Strategic imperative: Build an agile organization
to become fit for the future
goetzpartners AGILITY DIAGNOSIS AND TRANSFORMATION
OUR APPROACH
goetzpartners revealed a strong
correlation between the agility
index [1] and financial performance.
Agile leaders show 2.7x performance
of weaker players
IMPLEMENT PROVEN
AGILITY FITNESS PROGRAMS
Build an agile organization by
conducting a fitness test to assess
the company’s degree of agility
and reveal improvement potential
Benchmark the agility degree
internally against relevant
competitors and the automotive
industry
Fact-based DIAGNOSIS [1] on cross-functional
level (incl. all regions, units, and hierarchies)
BENCHMARKING against internal units/
regions, competitors and car industry
SETTING OF TARGETS and PRIORITIES based
on company-specific degree of agility
FROM CONSTITUTION …
SHARED LEADERSHIP and CROSS-FUNCTIONAL
TEAMS to handle speed and complexity of customer
interfaces
Continuous FEEDBACK LOOPS to improve
performance and react to changing customer
requirements
… TO PERFORMANCE
4 agility fitness programs
80+ measures
>60 agility programs analyzed
Execution of proven goetzpartners AGILITY FITNESS
PROGRAM based on previous target setting
Set targets and priorities to derive
a customized fitness program
across five company dimensions
and four frameworks
Implement shared leadership
models and define small, crossfunctional
teams to ensure full
impact across the organization
and avoid uncoordinated efforts
Set up feedback loops to
rigorously measure, learn, and
adapt to changing customer
requirements
[1] The Agile Performer Index© developed in cooperation with Prof. Christopher Worley (NEOMA Business School)
Source: goetzpartners analysis