This chapter discusses leadership and organizational change, explaining the differences between leaders and managers. It examines whether there is one best leadership style or if the style should vary based on circumstances. The chapter also takes a critical look at portrayals of organizational leaders and assesses which leadership approaches are best suited for different types of change situations. Finally, it identifies sources of resistance to change and ways to overcome resistance.

1. ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGE (4TH ED.)
Barbara Senior & Stephen Swailes
Chapter 6: Leadership and change

2. LEARNING OBJECTIVES
By the end of this chapter, you will be able to:
 explain the differences between leaders and
managers;
 discuss whether there is ‘one best way’ of leading
or whether leadership style and behavior should
vary according to the circumstances;
 take a critical stance in relation to conventional
portrayals of organizational leaders;
 assess the compatibility of different leadership
approaches with different types of change
situations;
 identify sources and causes of resistance to change
and discuss ways of countering it.