702: The Agile Change Leader
Observe and apply the concept of leadership agility to empower your own change initiative or work project.
Research has shown that more than 70 percent of organizational change initiatives fail to achieve their desired results. Cross-functional change efforts require the commitment of people beyond HR’s authority who have differing priorities. According to Leadership Agility, the new book by Bill Joiner and Stephen Josephs, leaders move through five levels as they develop their agility. Examine these leadership levels and apply the concept of agility to your own HR change initiatives.
Charlotte L. Kells of Kells Associates began her career as a VP of HR in the banking industry and as a training and development specialist in the retail world. She has more than 20 years of experience as an organizational effectiveness consultant helping clients improve business results through organizational development, leadership coaching, strategic planning, mediation, team facilitation and problem solving, and custom training. For 10 years, she served as a faculty member at the Creative Problem Solving Institute in Buffalo, N.Y. working in its Facilitating Creative Leadership program.
