I’m reading Ken Blanchard’s book, “Leading at a Higher Level” and one particular section really hit me. In chapter 10, Blanchard talks about “Organizational Leadership” and why leading change is so important. No organization is perfect and a leader must strive to continually move the organization in the right direction. Sometimes that involves small changes and other times it involves drastic moves. In both cases the need to mange change effectively is a skill set every leader needs. Here’s a list of 11 Predictable Reasons Why Change Efforts Typically Fail (again from Blanchard’s book). 1. People leading the change think that announcing the change is the same as implementing Read more [...]