Change leadership is a prized skillset in leaders, and an area of leadership development which is growing fast. But what are some of the myths about change leadership in general? Here are five of the most common myths and subsequent mis steps about change leadership.

Myth 1:

The CEO is the most important communicator. There is nothing further from the truth. The CEO plants the flag on a hill, and sets a tone, but at an individual level, the people leader is the one that matters. So Executive leaders need to spend more time than they realise the engage their direct reports, and depending on how many layers there are to the organisation, even more time with the next level and so on and so forth. Distortion of message can easily take place if there is a deep hierarchy and the probability of distortion is high if there isn't top down engagement in the change. Note I mentioned engagement rather than simply top down communication in cascade form. So you may have a CEO general message, but ...