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Change Management During Unprecedented Times
A form of relating privileging inter-personal connection and the valuing of self, other and the relationship as being of value in and of themselves.
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Leading Change in an Unpredictable World: What Does Sustainable, Resilient Change Look Like?
Jennifer Bryan (ABChange Consultancy, UK) and John Higgins (The Right Conversation, UK)
Copyright: © 2023 |Pages: 18
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-6684-7509-6.ch002
Abstract
Both leadership and change are contested labels and there is no universal definition. What is usefully understood by leadership and change is specific to the unique nature of a particular change and the evolving context within which it is being carried out. By paying attention to what is specifically needed in the moment around leaders and leading, change leadership becomes an approach that is fit for a specific purpose and avoids becoming a generic approach which is incapable of adjusting to local realities. By noticing how the context of change is evolving and assumptions become validated and invalidated, the fitness of the chosen approach is also kept under constant review.
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