Managing… or leading change?

I'm back with a *brand new* infographic this week and the focus is on the difference between managing and leading change.

It's something that's been on my mind for a while, mainly because I don't think we always have the time to consider the heavy lifting we need to do as leaders to help people to:

• Understand why we're really doing this thing called change

• Process things we've considered and why we know in spite of it being tough, it's the right thing 

• Build a picture of what the future could look like, even if the here and now feels more attractive than that uncertain thing ahead.

I've put some thoughts together on the difference in what I see between managing change and leading change. I won't have got it all right, really this is a way to share the traps we might fall into when we don't have the time to carefully consider how we're going to lead change well. 

When you've worked with a leader who's cracked this - what have they done? What inspired you that you can share?