Trust is essential for leaders to do more than just manage
Leading change is one of the most important leadership traits, too often people focus on managing, says Dr. Colin Hughes in the Irish Times.
The pace of change has intensified for organisations in recent years, especially as they seek to navigate AI and a greater focus on sustainability. To do so effectively, those heading them up must lead, not manage, says Colin Hughes, head of the Graduate Business School at Technological University Dublin.
“The ability to lead change is one of the most important modern leadership competencies,” he says. “I purposely say ‘lead’ change and not ‘manage’ change as I believe that the approach taken to implementing change is often too heavy on the latter."
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