Something really has to change: 'change management' as an imperative rather than a topic
Title:
Something really has to change: 'change management' as an imperative rather than a topic
Author:
Whitmore, John
Appeared in:
Journal of change management
Paging:
Volume 4 (2004) nr. 1 pages 5-14
Year:
2004-03
Contents:
This article confronts the current state of management and the slow pace of management change, the product of years of myopia, apathy and denial. It charges business leaders with being blissfully unaware of the wider context upon which their future depends, that of accelerating global, social, psychological and spiritual change. Staff, customers and the wider public are becoming allergic to business, because leaders fail to demonstrate greater vision, higher values and more corporate social responsibility than they do. It is also a call for a fundamental review of the assumptions which still govern and limit the ways in which we educate, train and manage people, and the assumptions we hold about people's real wants and needs. A growing number of people today seek to produce or to obtain something of meaning, rather than the usual consumer rubbish. Providing meaningful work, fostering a self-belief of all staff, being emotionally intelligent, and having a coaching management style, will be the key criteria for successful future leaders and managers regardless of their line of business.
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