In this article, read more about how the change management approach will aid you to grow into a stronger leader for your team.
Join the DZone community and get the full member experience. The following article contains adapted content from the author’s book » WE CAN LEAD: A Guidebook of Personal Leadership and Self-Coaching. » “If you are entrusted with bringing about change, you are likely possessing the knowledge needed to change the organization and you might have a plan – but knowledge is not enough. You have to apply yourself to each of these interactions in a deeply authentic manner. People don’t care how much you know until they know how much you care.” – Doug Conant We as leaders are the coaches for the team, and we need to master the change management competency area. It is natural to roll out all the change initiatives we are experimenting with while building our software solutions, but how do we develop this skill? When we roll out any new changes, be it organizational or structural modifications, process modifications or role reforms, or even marrying someone, we require relying massively on the change management team or on our change management capability. Coaches are the key change agents in a transformation process, and it is fundamental to polish this skill in order to improve and impact the transformation process. Change management is defined as the process, tools, and techniques that are used to carry out the people side of the change in order to accomplish the expected business outcomes. The change management process is the array of steps or tasks that a change management team or a change leader follows to implement change management in order to encourage individual transformations and ensure that the project satisfies its expected outcomes. Usually, changes follow through the phases depicted below: In the team, when we start experimenting with a new way of working, we observe this Denial and Resistance phase. We consciously challenge ourselves and focus on what is our vision and how can we explore a better approach to minimize the C haotic stage.
