The Leadership Habits That Quietly Kill Agility

In a fast-changing business environment, agility is often treated as a technology or process challenge. But leadership habits can be just as important. In an article for The Drum, Alan Davies, Global Consulting Lead at WPP Enterprise Solutions, explores how behaviors such as micromanagement, slow decision-making, unclear ownership, and constantly shifting priorities can quietly undermine an organization’s ability to adapt and move at pace. He argues that real agility starts with leaders creating the clarity, trust, and accountability that allow teams to make decisions, challenge assumptions, and respond to change.