Change Leadership: Methods To Transform, Innovate, And Overcome
I don’t want to pass up the opportunity to share an article I read about leadership. Here are a few highlights:
Adaptability lies at the very heart of what a great leader should be. The change leadership model has been borne out by this same need to face and overcome whatever obstacles one may encounter.
Change leaders can be distinguished by these 6 things that they seem to do really well:
1. Visionary
While all of us love a good success story, few are as inspirational as the one from Steve Jobs.
Although Jobs was neither particularly poor nor uneducated, what struck people's imagination is his vision of what Apple could be.
In layman's terms, being visionary is nothing more than the ability to look at the bigger picture.
Change leaders have the quality of visualizing the long-term organizational goals and aligning efforts to achieve them.
Effective leaders identify new opportunities for innovation and strive to arrange the resources, competencies, and tools to drive the change process forward.
2. Bold
Leading the process of complex changes is like riding on a roller-coaster. While the ups are undoubtedly exhilarating, the downs are sudden and terrifying.
As a leader, people will obviously look upon you to lead them through a process of ongoing change. Conversely, doing things differently will face resistance from others in the company.
It is a matter of convincing people to invest the time, energy, and efforts in a venture they are not interested in.
Thus, change leaders have to have firm resolve, determination, and confidence in standing by their visions.
First, find where the resistance is coming from. This step is about understanding why there is resistance to the proposed change. After understanding where it's coming from, it's a matter of addressing those concerns.
This is where the second step comes into play.
Instead of just relying on employee feedback , seek to involve them directly in the change project.
For a smooth change deployment, people have to feel like they were a part of the process. Also, it might help you in gathering newer perspectives that you haven’t considered.
3. Intuitive
To lead change efforts, a change leader must be intuitive to the present conditions of the company and the workforce.
The company culture, the state of engagement, the budget and resources- and more factors will impact the success of the change project.
Successful change leaders know "when" to appeal or introduce the concept of a new change.
They dedicatedly study the workplace dynamics and recognize what kind of efforts and manpower will be required to support the change.
Being intuitive enables change leaders to recognize and avoid the problems that can significantly hamper the transformation.
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Thanks,
Robert