The Effective Change Manager's Handbook

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Personal and professional management

Ray Wicks

Introduction

A change management role can be extremely demanding. It requires high levels of personal commitment and resilience to remain motivated and perform well consistently through the change initiative. Having the skills to deal with personal emotions and actions, while managing the emotional fallout and challenges of organizational change, requires deep inner resources and self-discipline. Developing skills in areas such as personal leadership and emotional intelligence equips change managers with the resources required to manage themselves more effectively and, importantly, to lead others by example.

Change managers are instrumental in developing high-performing change teams, who have ...