Challenges Leaders Face in Organizational Development

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Organizations go through changes many times throughout their existence. According to Singh Kumar (2012) organizational change is “the movement of an organization away from its present state towards a desired future state to increase its efficiency and effectiveness” (pg.13). It is often hard for organizations to implement change within a company without the cooperation of the shareholders, employees, and customers. There are three key challenges that leaders face when managing change within an organization. The first challenge that leaders face is the resistance of the employees to the organizations change. Change can cause resistance in employees and in organizations which can lead to problems in implementing organizational improvements (Cummings & Worley, 2008, pg. 166). This can affect the outcome of the organizational changes both negatively and positively. Employees are resistant to the change efforts of the leaders of the organization, which makes it challenging to manage change. Employees fear the change of the status quo within the company and resist change in order maintain its equilibrium. Resistance can happen in all aspects of the organizations hierarchy. Employees resist the change due to uncertainty, power, insecurities, and control over resources within the organization (Kumar, 2012, pg.13). One way leaders can deal with resistance to change within an organization is through the participation and involvement of the employees. By allowing employees to have a voice in the design and implementation process of the change efforts, this will help employees become committed to implementing changes and reduce the resistance significantly (Kumar, 2012, pg.14). Another way is to educate and communicate with employees about the changes being made within the organization. This can be done through meetings, memos, emails, and reports. This allows leaders

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