Read the chapter, “The Challenge of Leading Strategic Change,” and go to the following link:

hps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1klZD0nKOF4.

Watch the video. Incorporate at least one thing you learned from the video.

a) Reflect on the following statement, then describe a me when you have witnessed—in yourself or through observation of others—the difficulty of changing work behavior.

“If people cannot easily and successfully change their own behavior when they say they want to, why would we be surprised that people have about the same level of difficulty and failure rate when trying to change others' behaviors, who may not even to want to change? (Black, 2014, p. 3)”

b) The first item on Black’s (2014) bulleted listing of six key prescriptions for change is “Start with yourself” (p. 16). Later in the reading, the author states, “The principle of ‘leading by example’ is relevant in most situations but it seems to be particularly important when it comes to leading change. Describe a situation where you have witnessed the principle of “leading by example” in the organization as either “successfully” leading by example or “poorly” leading by example. Explain why

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