The National Voice for All Primary School Principals

Dealing with Resistance: A Leaders Achilles Heel?

Dealing with Resistance: A Leaders Achilles Heel? - "Perhaps the most difficult challenge for most leaders  is overcoming resistance to major change initiatives from within the organization. The key to understanding resistance is to realize that it is a predictable, natural and necessary emotional response – an inevitable part of learning to accept change. Resistance is not the threat; ignoring it is. It isn’t a noxious gas that needs to be extinguished but rather a valuable form of feedback in times of uncertainty."