Big corporation, by nature, maneuver like battleships. Held back by their own inertia and current business strategies, turning quickly can be difficult when competitive environment changes. Likewise, high performance as measured by shareholder returns is impossible to sustain over a long period of time. No company consistently beats the market.

A recent in-depth study of long-term performance however suggests an alternative point of view about business strategy. A few large companies outperform peers when the measure of performance is profitability. They maintain this performance edge even during significant business change in their competitive environments. Agility is one factor that differentiates them from others.

Agile companies adapt business change more quickly and reliably than competitors. Even as battleships, they have learned to turn quickly as speedboats. Learning the routines of Agility makes them be at the forefront of competition.

This presentation discusses the 4 Agile Activity Groups that make high-performing organizations distinguish themselves from others: the underperformers and thrashers.

1. Dynamic Strategy Development
2. Market Environment Response
3. Response Refinement
4. Change Management

A few large companies in every industry show consistently superior profitability relative to their peers. They all have one thing in common: a highly developed capacity to adapt their business to change.

This deck also includes slide templates for you to use in your own business presentations.

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