Leadership – Critical to the Value of your Organisation

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Leadership – Critical to the Value of your Organisation

That’s right, this subject that many people consider fluffy, adds value to the capital value of your business.  Don’t believe me? Then try this. What is the share or sale value of your organisation today? Now add up the material assets of the organisation. Consider the value of any longer-term contracts and proprietary systems to the organisation value. If the organisation value is more than this then you have the intangible value of your organisation.  That intangible value can be attributed to the value of your brand and of your organisational culture.  Effective leadership brings value to the tangible and intangiblecomponents. Superior leadership will separate your organisation from the others when it comes to the value of the intangibles.  Leadership is therefore essential to maintaining and increasing the value of your organisation.  

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Why Invest in Change Management?

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Why Invest in Change Management?

This is another question that comes up when I am working with clients. But perhaps the subtext or nuance to the questions in more recent times is, “why should I invest that much in change management?” It is often not about the cost of any particular services that may be involved. It is usually about the investment of the time of the people impacted by the change, their leaders and their senior leadership, that is being questioned.

I would like to provide three broad perspectives in my answer to this question. The first two have a harder edge business focus, and the third, while still having business impact, has a more humanistic focus.

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Helping People Work Through Resistance To Change

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Helping People Work Through Resistance To Change

Managing resistance to change is often a requirement and a challenge for those in leadership roles. By recognising that people are not in fact resisting change, but resisting an actual or perceived loss, leaders can assist people to make the desired adaption by utilising one or more of the three approaches of ‘Resolve, Reframe, Go Through”.

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