“Leadership styles for the five stages of radical change” (Reardon and Rowe, 1998) indicates that certain leadership styles are better suited for stages of change. The idea is to add upon Kotter’s model for change. By utilizing specific leadership types we can place appropriate people to lead specific stages of change. I believe this makes sense. People have definitive characters and abilities. The concept of the leader being suited to the task is found throughout leadership literature as far back as Plato. He argued that while it’s appropriate to turn to a physician to solve medical problems, a philosopher-king is needed to resolve problems of public policy. (Reardon and Rowe, 1998) Each stage of the process is different therefore it should require a leader capable of handling that process. By employing the right leader for the stage the odds of successful change
“Leadership styles for the five stages of radical change” (Reardon and Rowe, 1998) indicates that certain leadership styles are better suited for stages of change. The idea is to add upon Kotter’s model for change. By utilizing specific leadership types we can place appropriate people to lead specific stages of change. I believe this makes sense. People have definitive characters and abilities. The concept of the leader being suited to the task is found throughout leadership literature as far back as Plato. He argued that while it’s appropriate to turn to a physician to solve medical problems, a philosopher-king is needed to resolve problems of public policy. (Reardon and Rowe, 1998) Each stage of the process is different therefore it should require a leader capable of handling that process. By employing the right leader for the stage the odds of successful change