Executive leadership teams are important for creating and sustaining organisational cultures that embrace and implement successful change. Supporting change might need executive leadership teams to lead in new ways compared to traditional methods.
As an executive leader in your organisation, consider these points when supporting change.
Providing strategic direction for change
Senior leaders can lead successful change by working together as an executive team to:
- provide clear direction
- take shared ownership for tough choices
- prioritise and resource effectively
- outline a clear plan, purpose and vision
- collaborate across the system to achieve positive results
Taking active and shared responsibility for success
Effective leadership in change means every leader has a clear role. Leaders help their teams manage change. They spot and remove obstacles, then assist in solving problems. They work together, as an Executive Team and with others across different services and sectors.
Creating and valuing the enablers for change
Senior leaders’ views, communications and behaviours matter too. They help build a culture that values and enables these spaces and they can:
- build connections for better teamwork across all levels of the system
- develop, encourage, and support ideas for change through building and nurturing capability. This helps staff to take the initiative and shift from a top-down approach to bottom-up change
- take active and shared responsibility for success. Effective leadership in change means every leader has a clear role. Leaders help their teams manage change. They spot and remove obstacles, then assist in solving problems. They work together, as an Executive Team and with others across different services and sectors
- create and value the enablers for change
Senior leaders’ views, communications and behaviours matters too. They help build a culture that values these spaces
The Leadership Success Profiles on Leaders for Change, sets out the expected behaviours of Chief Executives and aspiring Chief Executives and can be helpful to consider for executive teams.