Improving Radical Organizational Change Implementation by Focusing Leadership Efforts on Building Commitment and Trust
Date of Award
5-26-2015
Document Type
Undergraduate Capstone Project
Degree Name
Master of Professional Studies
Organizational Unit
University College, Organizational Leadership
Disciplines
Leadership and Organizations
First Advisor
David Frostman
Keywords
Trust, Organizational change
Abstract
Leaders' failure to effectively engage with employees during a change initiative leads to resistance based on lack of trust and unwillingness to commit. To overcome this breakdown, leaders must learn how to generate trust in everyday interactions and develop practices that inspire commitment. The foundational competence needed is the ability to engage in conversations that allow for clarity around the change effort and elicit mutual commitment to a shared future. To address the issue of building leaders' capability to generate trust and commitment, a workshop and business simulation have been designed where conversational effectiveness for implementing change can be explored and practiced.
Publication Statement
Copyright is held by the author. Permanently suppressed.
Recommended Citation
Dorn, Steven Paul, "Improving Radical Organizational Change Implementation by Focusing Leadership Efforts on Building Commitment and Trust" (2015). University College: Organizational Leadership Capstones. 73.
https://digitalcommons.du.edu/ucol_orl/73