“Change leadership requires a different set of skills than leading normal day-to-day operations, this capability must be developed before leading organisational change”
Last week in Kuwait I presented the "Leadership of Change - 10 Change Management Lessons Learned" to mostly Finance and Petrochemical Leaders from Kuwaiti organisations. Great interaction with the audience as we discussed 10 potential challenges for leaders of change when they are implementing organisational change. We also discussed the advantage of using change management gamification to prepare leaders for driving change. This is part of our "Change Leadership Alignment" workshop approach.
I covered the change question set that all leaders should be able to answer is:
"Do you have a change vision? Are you aligned on your strategic objectives? Are you a high performing team? Does your team have change leadership skills to lead the change or improvement that your organisation is facing?"
This was nearly eight years to the day after I started to lead my first transformation project as an expat, the start of a five year stint. Many thanks to the hosts and organisers Promedia International.
Peter F Gallagher is a Change Management Global Thought Leader, Expert, International Speaker, Author and Leadership Alignment Coach.
Ranked #1 Change Management Global Thought Leader: Top 50 Global Thought Leaders and Influencers on Change Management (May 2020) by Thinkers360.
Business Book Ranking: Change Management Pocket Guide - Leadership of Change® Volume 2, ranked within the top 50 Business and Technology Books (Jan 2020) from Thinkers360 Thought Leaders.
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