The Role of the Change Leader

Change leaders make sure they do certain things in planning and managing organizational change. Successful change leaders take responsibility for:

• Understanding the need for change
• Assessing the organization's readiness for change
• Designing strategies for increasing change readiness
• Managing the scope and speed of change
• Understanding stakeholders needs and their intellectual and emotional responses to change
• Communicating the purpose and direction of change
• Using communication to build commitment to change
• Understanding and dealing with resistance to change
• Creating a change management strategy and plan
• Demonstrating sound change management skills
• Making sure change initiatives are aligned with strategic direction
• Helping the organization learn from change
• Keeping change initiatives on track.