cameron and green making-sense-of-change-management

Leading change• Inner leadership is about what goes on inside the leader. Outer leadershipis about what the leader does. Outer and inner leadership areboth important for achieving organizational change.• Daniel Goleman defines six leadership styles. A leader can select theright style for the right situation, taking into account the necessaryconditions for success and long-term consequences. Goleman’s checklistof emotional intelligence competencies is useful for any leaderwishing to be successful. These competencies include both inner andouter leadership elements.• Kotter says that the hard work must be put in early in the changeprocess, while Rosabeth Moss Kanter says the hardest part comes inthe middle and that perseverance is key. Bridges identifies specificleadership tasks during endings, the neutral zone and beginnings.• Bennis and Covey both place high value on the inner life of leaders.Bennis emphasizes the need for self-knowledge, whereas Covey listsa set of principles and guidelines to help leaders to develop positivethinking patterns.Leadership is a fascinating subject. We all have different experiences anddifferent views about what makes a good leader, and many of these viewsare ones we hold quite strongly. There are many apparent contradictionshere. It is always intriguing to see how leaders with very different stylescan be equally successful. This observation can appear baffling to thosewishing to make a rational assessment of what works in leadership andwhat does not work.So how do we get to the truth about leaders? Do our heroes give ususeful clues? The hero-leader is an enduring theme in discussions of leadership.Even the process of asking people to name their ‘top leaders’encourages an individualist perspective, and automatically results in thenaming of heroes. Perhaps this type of information is flawed, as itdepends so much on the profile-raising skills of the leader, and his or herown personal brand. The facts concerning how these leaders demonstratedgood leadership get lost in the general impression of success.Leaders who offer a vision, or have a strong story, tend to be the mostmemorable. Their stories, or new ways of thinking, if taken on, mayoutlive the leader. Is this a sign of great leadership: when the story begins179