Leading Change
Leading Change
Rasmussen College
Author Note This paper is being submitted on September 13, 2014, for Samone Norsworthy’s Contemporary Leadership Challenges class.
Leading Change I found an article on Forbes.com that is about a leader that led a successful change to his company and it talks about what he felt was key in doing this. The article is about a New Zealand based fertilizer company Ballance Agri-Nutrients and its executive Greg Delaney. Delaney wanted to make changes to the continuous process of his distribution facilities. He went to a seminar and came back with ideas on how to make the process better. He implemented these changes by training small work groups to go and train the other plants. “The key to successfully leading change is committing to changing yourself first. Changing my priorities and committing time and effort to the program was the best way to show everyone how serious I was about the change”(Landel, 2013). I think that by showing you are committed to the change then people will take it to heart and follow along without resistance. As with any plan there will be problems with the initial startup but they can be fixed by working together and good communication. With this story they had issues but worked through them by collaborating and communicating clearly. Collaborating and practicing clarity when it comes to communication is, as always, a key to leading a successful change effort (Landel, 2013). I think that these are great keys to being able to overcome the hurdles of leading a change in any type of business. If you can get your staff on board to follow your lead then you will be successful in implementing the changes that you want to make.
References
Landel, R. D., & Goldberg, R. (2013, December 13). Successful organization change. Retrieved September 10, 2014, from The Washington Post website:http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/ successful-organizational-
Rasmussen College
Author Note This paper is being submitted on September 13, 2014, for Samone Norsworthy’s Contemporary Leadership Challenges class.
Leading Change I found an article on Forbes.com that is about a leader that led a successful change to his company and it talks about what he felt was key in doing this. The article is about a New Zealand based fertilizer company Ballance Agri-Nutrients and its executive Greg Delaney. Delaney wanted to make changes to the continuous process of his distribution facilities. He went to a seminar and came back with ideas on how to make the process better. He implemented these changes by training small work groups to go and train the other plants. “The key to successfully leading change is committing to changing yourself first. Changing my priorities and committing time and effort to the program was the best way to show everyone how serious I was about the change”(Landel, 2013). I think that by showing you are committed to the change then people will take it to heart and follow along without resistance. As with any plan there will be problems with the initial startup but they can be fixed by working together and good communication. With this story they had issues but worked through them by collaborating and communicating clearly. Collaborating and practicing clarity when it comes to communication is, as always, a key to leading a successful change effort (Landel, 2013). I think that these are great keys to being able to overcome the hurdles of leading a change in any type of business. If you can get your staff on board to follow your lead then you will be successful in implementing the changes that you want to make.
References
Landel, R. D., & Goldberg, R. (2013, December 13). Successful organization change. Retrieved September 10, 2014, from The Washington Post website:http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/ successful-organizational-
References: Landel, R. D., & Goldberg, R. (2013, December 13). Successful organization change. Retrieved September 10, 2014, from The Washington Post website:http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/ successful-organizational- change/2013/12/11/3e337850-6107-11e3-94ad-004fefa61ee6_story.html