Accelerating Change: Leveraging Leadership Presence
Organizations must constantly adapt to a changing world... but for senior leaders, the challenge is often in consistently demonstrating actions & behaviours that support the 'new way'.
You’ve seen it happen again and again, companies needing to change direction to respond to the changing world around them. And along with an updated or new business model comes the need for different leadership capabilities and organizational culture. Even though the required shift may be clear, engaging people to support, adopt and even advocate for the ‘new way’ is challenging.
Over the last couple of months, I’ve been working with leaders in two organizations undergoing significant change. As they move forward on their new strategy, they are attempting to make changes across multiple fronts. Market priorities are shifting, sales methods are being adjusted and customer relationships are in transition based on new measures of performance and profitability.
Internally, to support all these external changes, there’s a big push to align leadership behaviour and organizational culture with the overall strategic shift. All sorts of approaches – including town hall sessions, peer coaching and real-time learning -- help to accelerate the shift.
The real challenge, however........ (cont'd) |
