Presenting the Problems, the Solutions, and the Transitional Plan to Oversight Groups and Organizational Members

Abstract

The goals of this chapter are to:

• discuss an approach to informing organizational members about the transitional plan and their specific roles and responsibilities in it

• emphasize the importance of gaining the support and approval of the leader’s own supervision (e.g. Board of Directors) during the development of the organizational plan and on its completion

• emphasize the importance of informing the leader’s own supervision about the transitional plan and its implications for the organization prior to disseminating specific information about it to internal or external sources

• describe potentially different organizational members’ reactions and attitudes toward new versus established leaders during the time of organizational transitions