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An 8 page paper that responds to three issues about leadership. The paper discusses the importance of leadership in change management and includes comments about resistance; the centrality of ethics in leadership reminding the reader of the consequences of unethical behaviors and discusses resistance; and the writer's leadership philosophy, which is meant to demonstrate the application of a personal leadership perspective. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
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one thing when initiating and managing a change process - resistance. A great quote from President Woodrow Wilson was: "If you want to make enemies, try to change something" (Kotelnikov,
2004). This is interesting because the only thing we can be certain of in todays world is change. We are in a constant state of change. In fact, several years
ago, Bolognese (2002) wrote: "In todays economy, change is all-pervasive in organizations. It happens continuously, and often at rapid speed." Change agents more often than not are viewed with
suspicion and even anger (Kotelnikov, 2004). People will react in different ways to resist change. The leader needs to know and understand what resistance is about and he or she
needs to adopt strategies to overcome it. The more dramatic or complex the change, the more resistance there will be. The reasons for resistance include: fear of failing, fear
of the unknown, and not believing the change will be beneficial (Bolognese, 2008). Leaders also need to remember there are three major elements in any change strategy: the content of
the change process, the process of the change effort and how people will be affected by the change (Anderson and Anderson, 2008). People need to know why they have to
change and how it is going to affect them. They need to know whats in it for them? Bolognese (2008) noted that people fear the unknown and question their own
ability to perform well under the new system or with the new equipment or whatever it is that is going to be changed. Leaders can develop a set of strategies
to deal with the underlying emotions people are feeling. The first step would be to educate people, give them information about both how the change will come about and what
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