Change is the only thing that is a constant for modern businesses and creating an environment for people to cope with change is an important responsibility for leaders. To truly realize the benefit of changes in strategy, structure, systems, processes or technologies, leaders need to be able to embed change into the daily behaviours of people within the business.
Change Management is a challenging undertaking for all leaders because success is rarely achieved to the level that is originally intended, or within the timeframe that is hoped for. Often this is because the emotional and therefore behavioural impacts of change are not well understood or supported in Change Management strategies and because human beings are primarily programed to resist change.