Change Management or Change Leadership? | CBO Projects

We believe it is BOTH.

In order to help defrost a hardened status quo within your organisation you are going to need people that carry both change management and change leadership skills and ability.

A definition or two is always a good starting point:

Management?is a set of processes that keep a system of people or technology running smoothly. Key aspects of management will include planning, budgeting, organising, controlling and problem solving.

Leadership?is a set of processes that creates organisations in the first place or adapts them to significantly changing circumstances and environments. Leadership defines what the future should look like, aligns people to that vision, and inspires them to make it happen despite the obstacles.

The process of managing change is extremely important. Without competent management the business transformation effort will get out of control. For most organisations, the bigger challenge comes with leading change. Strong leadership can remove the various sources of organisational apathy and it can motivate the actions required to alter behaviour within the organisation.

Leadership will get change to stick by embedding it into the culture of your organisation.?

Pressure on organisations to transform is only going to increase and grow over the coming years and decades. The increased pressure is going make learning and understanding what creates and enables successful change even more critical for organisations. Understanding of the processes involved in managing change is critical, alongside understanding the driving force behind the change processes which is leadership.

With the States of Jersey recently announcing the appointment of a Change Leader (under the title of Director of Organisational Development) there will be questions raised about the ?value for money? with this type of role. But in today?s climate the question should be asked of the cost of not having change leadership and change management skills within your organisation?

Mind you, you can always be an organisation that rejects change??He who rejects change is the architect of decay. The only human institution which rejects progress is the cemetery.? ? Harold Wilson

Source: http://cboprojects.com/2012/11/change-management-or-change-leadership/

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