CHAPTER SIX
Mindful Leadership Development
Assessing Self for Leading Change
Jacqueline M. Stavros and Jane Galloway Seiling
It is relevant that this chapter on leadership development for effectively leading change is written for those who have been termed
organization development practitioners. Practitioners include those who offer professional services as internal or external consultants to clients
and leaders and managers who are faced with being change agents and aspire to gain competence and confidence in effectively leading change.
Research in organization development (OD) has identified a mixture of personality traits, experiences, knowledge, consulting skills, relational skills, competencies, etc., important to leading ...