Change Management vs Change Leadership - are they the same?

'Quamplurimi et quam aptissimi" (As many as possible of the very best)

Organizational Change Videos by John Kotter

'Quamplurimi et quam aptissimi" (As many as possible of the very best)

These make good reference for LeadOC:

This is about corporate/organizational change.  Sometimes though, as difficult process as it is, it is better to close down the organization and start anew.  People resist change -  HARD

Difference between leadership and management You Tube videos

'Quamplurimi et quam aptissimi" (As many as possible of the very best)








I happened to sit beside in a plane trip with  a student of another  school who told me in confidence that her school is going to the dogs.  Their manager is superb in cost control and other management staff but apparently lacks leadership quality because the:   office staff are complaining, the teaching staff are demoralized, and have left in droves, no clear direction has been set and is in danger of losing their  ranking because of non compliance with standards.  Kulang ng leadership but excellent in management?

More on John Kotter re Leadership (you read him at HBR right?)

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Our Iceberg is Melting:




Kotter/s 8 step change model

Ignatian/Jesuit Leadership

What is Ignatian/Jesuit Leadership all about.

(From Heroic Leadership by Chris Lowney)

The conventional wisdom about leadership are:

(by Harvard Business Professor John Kotter:

1.  Establishing direction

2.  Aligning people through communication

3.  Motivating and inspiring

4.  Achieving results or change.

     May I add success

But what Ignatian leadership teaches are the following concepts (which are Jesuitical) if not contrary to the common Leadership wisdom

1.  We are all leaders and we may be doing it poorly or well;

2.  Leadership springs from what you do and who you are (it wells from within)

3.  It is not an act (a a one shot deal) but it is a way of life ( pp 1 to 15 Heroic Leadership4.  It is an on going process;  we can never be a perfect or complete leader (nor a hero or patriot

4. It is an ongoing process.  We are never a complete perfect leader, hero or patriot.  We are all journeying to become better leaders.