What is change leadership?

• Visionary methods

• Agile and flexible responses

• Responsive to changing and evolving business requirements

• An understanding of how to optimally overcome barriers to change

Change leaders that implement change leadership command, influence, and advocate for long-term transformation initiatives. When employees are the drivers of change directives, change leaders are the key figures that empower them to provide specific inputs.

Change leadership is linked to the vision and driving force behind large-scale transformational changes, ensuring the implementation process is quicker, more innovative, and more efficient.

There are three common forms of change leadership, including:

• The ADKAR model

  This involves Awareness, Desire, Knowledge, Ability, and Reinforcement (ADKAR). It focuses on employee education regarding the value of change and how it can impact their daily work processes.

• Kotter's eight-step model

  This form of change leadership works at the organizational level and is best for leading large enterprise groups. Here are the eight steps to this model:

  • Create a sense of urgency

  • Build the change team

  • Form a strategic vision

  • Communicate the vision

  • Remove barriers to change

  • Focus on short-term wins

  • Maintain momentum

  • Institute change

  The main drawback of this model of change leadership is that it does not involve employee feedback.

• The Bacharach Approach

  The Bacharach Approach is a change leadership method that views leaders as agents of change. It empowers them with critical mental and corporate tools for driving the change, instead of using forceful and authoritarian leadership.