In business, change is guaranteed. Change might be large or small, crucial, or inconsequential. It also may spur some degree of pushback from your employees. In that case, a leader needs to walk their employees through these changes. Doing so often entails a balance of multiple roles.
This course addresses the types of changes you might be faced with as a leader in your organization. You will learn about how change determines the context of your leadership, and how to balance your roles and powers. You will also explore people’s reasons for resisting change. By the end of this course, you will know how to articulate visions and goals. You will also gain insight into the leadership qualities you should embody.
Learning Objectives
- Understand types of changes and the process of change
- Learn about the leader’s role in helping employees accept change
- Know about the roles leaders must manage to be effective within an organization
- Learn the multiple types of leadership ‘powers’
Skills you’ll gain
Adaptive LeadershipChange AdvisoryChange LeadershipChange ManagementChange Management PlanningOrganizational Change ManagementWhat You'll Learn
- Identify the types of changes you may face as a leader, including first-order and second-order change, and understand the process of change
- Balance the multiple roles and leadership powers required to be effective during organizational change
- Recognize people's reasons for resisting change and apply the leader's role in helping employees accept it
- Articulate a clear vision and communicate goals to guide your team through change
- Lead with integrity, delegate with humanity, and coach by providing expertise and nurturing talent
- Motivate teammates to embrace change within your organization
Key Takeaways
- In business, change is guaranteed and may be large or small, crucial or inconsequential, and can provoke pushback from employees.
- Change determines the context of a leader's role, and that context in turn determines which roles the leader must take on.
- An effective leader balances multiple roles and draws on multiple types of leadership powers.
- Guiding employees through change involves articulating visions and goals, leading with integrity, delegating with humanity, and motivating teammates to embrace change.
Frequently Asked Questions
Who is this course for?
It is for leaders who need to walk their employees through changes in their organization and balance the multiple roles that doing so often entails.
What does this course cover?
It addresses the types of changes you might face as a leader, how change determines the context of your leadership, how to balance your roles and powers, why people resist change, how to articulate visions and goals, and the leadership qualities you should embody.
What skills will I gain from this course?
The course develops adaptive leadership, change advisory, change leadership, change management, change management planning, and organizational change management.
What will I be able to do by the end of the course?
By the end you will know how to articulate visions and goals and will gain insight into the leadership qualities you should embody.
Is this course part of a series?
Yes, it is the Balancing Leadership Roles Amid Change Series.
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Welcome to KnowledgeCity's course, Balancing Leadership Roles Amid Change. In this course, we'll be covering the types of changes leaders may deal with, a leader's role during change, and ways that a leader may balance their role as a manager, an expert, a motivator, coach, and change agent. We'll also discuss how leaders can motivate employees to embrace change. By the end of this course, you'll understand the process of change and a leader's role in guiding it. Let's get started.
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