It’s no secret that business and the way that organizations operate have changed over the last two decades and is dynamic. Change is not always embraced with open arms by employees, managers or business owners. Designing strategic and operational plans for a business is an inevitable process and keeps on changing in due course of time as the external factors change and keep influencing the internal factors and vice versa.

Organizations that have a formal planning process often assign a team of people to create and manage the plans. Changes in the team from its leader to any one of the participants can affect planning efforts. All teams go through standard and expected changes as they grow and mature – forming, norming, storming and performing, according to psychologist Bruce Tuckman’s business model. There should be elements differentiating an organisation from the rest, the zeal and the commitment to always come up with evolving and embracing change.

Below are key initiatives for any organization to be a Change Leader: