Being both manager and leader to conduct change

In our today’s changing world, organizations have to adapt to the evolving environment in order to continue meeting expectations, to seek opportunities and to be competitive in the marketplace. This continuous adaptation is done through changes. The process of change implies technical and human aspects to achieve success. All along the steps of change process, people involved have to accept and support this change in order to succeed. As everyone is impacted by the change, everyone is in the position to influence others regarding this change. But nowadays, as the change keeps increasing and increasing, the necessity of a leader to conduct the change has became crucial. Indeed, in order to deal with employees’ resistances to change and to help them accepting it, leadership skills are needed. In addition, in most of our current organizations, managers conduct change. That is why in order to cope with change, it is important to have both managerial and leadership skills. This paper will show why being manager and leader is crucial to conduct change.