Explain the role of effective leaders in fostering and supporting change while empowering others in the process. Include two characteristics that such leaders would need, as well as two strategies they might employ in order to empower people to cope with, adapt to, and embrace change. Provide an example of someone who is or was effective in this role and explain why and how. Empowering change

Enabling change

Leadership is a key role within any organization that supports and fosters change. Leaders are accountable for communicating the need to change, setting direction and supporting the process (Forbes 2020). For this position, leaders need to be able to communicate effectively and can motivate others. Leaders must communicate clearly and effectively the goals and benefits of change, and inspire others to accept and encourage them to implement it. For others to be able to deal with and adapt to change and to give support to them, Dulewicz (2018) suggests two possible strategies for leaders to use (Dulewicz 2018). Cont…