ABSTRACT
The primary challenge for change leaders is overcoming the natural organizational elasticity that restrains change while at the same time focusing the effort and attracting enough followers to tip the scales in favor of a new direction. Despite some organizational success stories, that practical fact remains that few companies actually manage to achieve what they started out to do and actually deliver on their commitment to drive their change initiatives. To avoid the known danger areas and the challenge of change three core components are needed to lead successful change efforts: effective leadership, performance and a working mode, but start with effective leadership. In the end, the leader's character and courage cannot be separated from action, change, and performance.
Keywords
leadership, change, performance, management, character, organizational health