REFLECTION ON THE LEADERSHIP OF CHANGE: LITERATURE SYNTHESIS

As the role of leadership in responding to changing complex challenges evolves, so do does the research literature reflecting on the nature and effectiveness of leadership in its various forms. The leadership of change is reflected upon using six main authors that I found especially insightful. They are

• Hope Hailey and Balogun (2002) as the foundational framework,
• By (2005) on emergent change,
• Jacobs et al (2013) as a model for both environment and organisation
• Maes and Hootegem Van (2019) on diverse organisational conversations,
• Heracleous et al (2021) about underlying competence traps, and
• Beer (2021) on collaborative change.