Let's Build Agentic Workplaces

Everything looks fine on the surface. Then the best people leave. Why?

Too many people have lost sight of their ability to shape their own success at work. And when they do learn to take ownership, the organisations they work for often lack the conditions that allow agency to flourish.

Thriving workplaces are not created through engagement initiatives alone. They are built when people have the confidence to think for themselves, managers enable personalised development, and systems encourage ownership, initiative, and growth.

The AgencyBACkbone™ model provides leaders with the tools and strategies to develop self-efficacious employees, agency-enabling managers, and organisational systems that support agentic workflows. Together, these create cultures of ownership, innovation, wellbeing, and sustainable performance.

Inside this book:

• Why agency is the missing ingredient in most culture work, and how to design for it
• How to build managers who enable agency by design, not just unstick people when they're stuck
• Why the manager role is bigger than coaching
• How to diagnose your organisation's agency: where the biggest gaps usually sit, and where to intervene for the most impact
• The Build, Ask, Cultivate model, explained with practical tools you can use immediately

Who it's for:

• Senior leadership and exec groups
• HR, L&D and people teams
• Transformation and change leads
• Professional bodies and member networks

Leaders have a responsibility to create the conditions that support their teams to have fulfilling careers. When people are crushed by inadequate systems, over-engineered processes, and endless bottlenecks, they flounder. This book is the practical guide to building the structures that let them thrive.