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For Immediate Release
November 14, 2001
Contact:
Nick Horney, President
Agility Consulting & Training, LLC
336.286.7250
Greensboro, NC –
Local management consultant Nick Horney has launched Agility Consulting
& Training to help organizations respond to and manage complex,
and often unexpected, situations. Based
on the concept of developing agility, the company provides tools,
consulting and training to individuals, teams and organizations.
Agility can be defined
as the “focused nimbleness” that allows a company to effectively deal
with unforeseen circumstances. Agility
occurs when there is effective alignment of a number of factors, such as
individual mental flexibility, processes that can be rapidly modified, and
technology that enables quick action.
Horney – whose background includes consulting, training and
coaching in the areas of change management, leadership development, and
quality and productivity – has seen agility as a common factor in
successful, well-managed organizations.
“We hear a lot about
organizations needing to be flexible, nimble and resilient in order to
adapt to change and take advantage of new opportunities,” says Horney. “But we spend little time actually developing this
capability and capacity at the organizational, team or individual
level.”
Developing agility,
according to Horney, requires a blend of people, processes and
technologies to allow an organization to challenge assumptions, understand
the environment and remain limber. The
result is the ability to take effective action and gain competitive
advantage.
Prior to forming Agility
Consulting & Training, Horney was vice president of client and
constituency relations for the Center for Creative Leadership in
Greensboro, NC. There, he had
the global responsibility for alliances and partnerships, business
development, marketing and the client contact center.
Previously, Horney was vice president of change management
consulting services at ODR, Inc. in Atlanta, GA.
His experience also includes ten years of change management
consulting with Coopers and Lybrand Consulting and Nicholas F. Horney
& Associates, as well as human resources development positions in
divisions of Nestle and Pepsi and in the utility industry.
Horney also retired as a Captain from the US Naval Reserves after
23 years in navy diving.
Horney is the author of a
number of articles and publications, most recently Project Change
Management (McGraw-Hill, 1999). He
served for two years on the Board of Examiners for the Malcolm Baldrige
National Quality Award and was a judge for the USA Today Quality
Cup Award for ten years. He
received his Ph.D. in Industrial/Organizational Psychology from the
University of South Florida.
Agility Consulting &
Training, Inc. provides tools, consulting and training to individuals,
teams and organizations to help them effectively respond and manage in the
context of a continuously changing environment. For more information call 336.286.7250.
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