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What are the leadership styles that are most effective in leading change and especially in the current environment?

The key themes that emerges from a brief review of the research and literature on leadership are:

(1) Good management alone is not enough - key additional factors are:

"Leaders are people who do the right thing; managers are people who do things right." [ Bennis]

(2) Leadership is required and - in the form of leadership styles:

(3) The importance of a people-centred leadership that:

(4) Recognising the emotional dimension of leadership:

Ultimately, the quality of leadership that you provide is one of the top 5 factors that will determine whether you really do succeed and realise the benefits with your step change initiative - or whether -to put it bluntly - you join the long list of 70% failures.

The other 4 factors are:

  1. Determining that you are embarking on a step change that sits outside of business as usual and needs to be handled as a specific initiative
  2. Using a programme management based approach to your step change initiative
  3. The thoroughness of your pre programme review and planning process
  4. The extent to which you identify and address the cultural change in your organisation that is required to deliver the step change and the desired business benefit.


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Equip yourself to avoid the 70% failure rate of all change initiatives with the Practitioners' Masterclass - Leading your people through change, putting it all together and managing the whole messy business."

Stephen Warrilow, based in Bristol, works with companies across the UK providing specialist support to directors delivery significant change initiatives. Stephen has 25 years cross sector experience with 100+ companies in mid range corporate, larger SME and corporate environments.


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