April 10, 2023

Lessons in leadership and change

A selection of lessons learned from adventures in leadership capability development and organisational change

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The true determinants of successful change leadership are

constancy of purpose and consistency of practice.

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Sustainable change requires a clear and unequivocal ‘go to’

position that we can all see, understand and strive to attain.

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Burning platforms are useful as a catalyst for change but they

inspire only movement, not aligned and directional movement.

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The arrowhead is a useful means of depicting critical

elements of the change journey and focusing leaders on

creating the environment within which their teams can be

successful.

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There are two clear determinants for effective change.

The ability to envision a future state and the ability to execute a

delivery plan to achieve the future state.

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The 4 Ps

PurposePrinciplesPracticePerformance

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The double helix illustrates the need to concurrently place a

high focus on task management and a high focus on

people management.

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Compliance is short-lived and requires reinforcement and sanctions to ensure people

deliver your change.

Commitment secures engagement meaning that people will follow of their own accord

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We are, each of us, engaged in a dance of change with others

that influences both our, and their behaviours.

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From baseline to outcome, the achievement of objectives is seldom

linear. We therefore need to use our insight, wisdom and experience to

define the path of change.

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Engaging all stakeholders in a meaningful way is of

central importance to change leadership.

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The T-shaped leader pays attention first and foremost to the

needs of the business (the horizontal), and secondly to the

needs of their function (the vertical).