Managers - from team leaders through to senior executives  - make change happen.

With the rapid growth of Change Management as a profession and a discipline that's aligned to project management, let's not make the mistake of giving change managers the job of implementing the change!  One of their key responsibilities is to equip and enable managers to be successful change leaders.

An important lesson learned from the past few years in change management is that managers have been neglected by change managers and communications specialists.  End-users and front line employees have been the focus of most change management activities.

We need to treat managers as a unique group that needs to get on board and involved with change - not just as conduit for communicating to their teams. 

Change Managers also need to support managers at all levels in developing the change skills they need to lead their teams through change.  This work needs to be a key deliverable in all Change Management Plans.

One to one coaching, small group coaching, leadership development programs and change management training and toolkits are just some of the ways we can support managers in being the best change leaders they can be.