Leadership & change management

Leadership and Change Management

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Introduction

Leaders have a great responsibility to ensure that the most valued assets of an organization (employees ) work together to achieve the goals and objectives set in the organization .Change management in an organization or company is important because it initiates changes that improve work and increase the productivity of the workers . Before a leader adopts a change management style , there is need to ensure that there is effective communication between workers , active participation of the workers and the

support of the executives . There are various change management styles or techniques that can be used by leaders to have all the relevant parties engaged in decision in supporting changes that are beneficial . Leaders should be able to equip employees with skills that are important to initiate as well as to manage changes that are experienced in an organization . Cote and Miners (Cote and Miners 2006 ) states that a leader in a company should be able to develop effective ways of assisting teams or workers to move from the current state to the desired state .In addition , it is very important that leaders are able to identify changes that require a company to develop new programs to facilitate positive change . Change management influences the technological requirements , behavior patterns of workers and the work processes in a given company . Change management styles that are adopted by leaders such as managers in a company should be able to promote an environment at work which is...