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Lean-Agile Leadership Competency

“It’s not enough that management commit themselves to quality and productivity, they must know what it is they must do. Such a responsibility cannot be delegated.”

—W. Edwards Deming

Lean-Agile Leadership is one of the five core competencies of the Lean Enterprise. It describes how Lean-Agile Leaders drive and sustain organizational change and operational excellence by empowering individuals and teams to reach their highest potential. They do this by learning, exhibiting, teaching, and coaching SAFe’s Lean-Agile mindset, values, principles, and practices.

Why Lean-Agile Leadership?

Among the SAFe competencies, Lean-Agile Leadership is foundational. Only an enterprise’s managers, leaders, and executives can ...

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