Common Change Management Errors (3 cont. b)

Leaders Shape Organisational Culture

Leaders have a great impact on their organisation's performance and long-term sustainability, ie extensive research has found
"...the correlation between sound corporate cultures and sustainability (including employment) is strong, as it is inversely true to toxic cultures..."
Ryk Croukamp, 2018

The toxic triangle: elements in 3 domains related to destructive leadership

(source: A. Padilla et al as quoted by Ryk Croukamp, 2018)

The above diagram shows
"...The relationship between leaders' behaviours, the values they espouse and their sense of responsibleness for and to others are clearly warped, with a narcissistic tendency, pure self-interest and will for power. During times of instability (change) when employees will look to leaders, destructive leaders focused on the self will not be able to bring about positive change, but will create conformists and colluders..."
A Padilla et al as quoted by Ryk Croukamp, 2018

You will not be able to inspire the best from your staff unless you have a fundamental belief in the unconditional worthiness and dignity of human beings.