Leadership Alignment

Leadership is critical to successfully implementing SAFe®, and effective Lean-Agile Leaders understand why an organization is adopting SAFe® and take responsibility for leading the change. Evidence from thousands of SAFe® implementations shows that, with engaged leadership, achieving better business results from new ways of working can happen very quickly. It also requires leaders to demonstrate the needed behaviors to be successful in the digital age and to be proficient in the practices of leading successful change.

Without the active involvement of leaders, a large-scale Agile transformation is far less likely to succeed. Leaders must invest in their change journey and proactively work to shift old mindsets and habits before they can help others do the same. Tera Allas, Will Fairbairn, and Elizabeth Foote reported that McKinsey & Company’s research found “transformations where leaders model the change themselves are more than...