Leadership and Change

Leading Global Change

Heifetz – mobilizing others to do adaptive work

Challenges:

Not all individuals are “early adopters.” Those that are slow to change may need to have risk reduced to balance stress level.

Leaders have difficulty differentiating between technical and adaptive issues. (A problem of misdiagnosis)

Diana included class on New Orleans case study. Brainstorm ideas for Daryl’s plight using adaptive processing.

Diana encouraged class to support Daryl and offer ideas at www.unitedsaints.org Nan challenged us to personalize globalization. Sen vs. Friedman perspective Clarification of Paper criteria

Leading Societal Change

Integrative Leadership – crossing boundaries successfully takes patience, persistence, flexibility, passion to solve problems, courage. (Not mentioned in class: very helpful to have someone willing to cross the boundary with you.)

Emotional loss occurs while change happens

To create meaningful recognition you have to get to know your employees

Celebrations serve as recognition in many different situations

Stakeholders are an important part of any change effort. Consider how they might contribute, defend, or take away influence.