·          A passion for the vision

·          Ability to determine a transformational strategy

·          Ability to develop trust

·          Ability to foster and create an atmosphere that enables people to test new situations, generate recommendations, experiment with new ways of operating, and exhibit some dysfunctional behavior while new equilibrium takes root in the culture

·          Ability to frame change in terms of organizational results, as well as the effect on the individual.

·          Ability to install leadership processes

·          Ability to interact with individuals and groups in the organization to explain the who, what, when, where, why, and how of the change

·          Ability to lead change effort with every word and deed and serve as organizational role model

·          Ability to speak the languages (“organizational dialects”) of socio-technical systems, marketing, manufacturing, finance, human resources, and legal

·          Ability to stake rewards on results

·          Ability to:

o         Create

o         Innovate

o         Experiment

o         Take risks

·          Ability to work across functions

·          Ability to work without management sanction

·          Action orientation

·          Alertness to early signs of discontinuity, disruption, threat, or opportunity

·          Ambition and personal risk

·          Analytical skills, especially in analyzing workflow, systems, and finance

·          Being a:

o         Flexible driver

o         Determined contributor

o         Pain absorber

o         Political manipulator

o         Career enhancer

·          Business knowledge

·          Capacity to learn from personal experience and experience of others

·          Clear focus on desired achievement balanced against understanding of where the organization is going

·          Collaboration

·          Competence concerning:

o         Goals

o         Roles

o         Communication

o         “Managing up”

·          Confidence

·          Constant dedication to making change a reality

·          Continuous improvement

·          Coping

·          Creativity

·          Customer service and the ability to develop new perspectives for satisfying customers

·          Determination

·          Drive to go beyond one’s job as directed by organizational needs

·          Enthusiasm for change

·          Excellent communication skills

·          Exceptional combinations of:

o         Leadership

o         Managerial skills

o         Technical skills

·          Flexibility

·          Good corporate citizenship unconstrained by current practices and procedures

·          High tolerance for ambiguity and personal risk

·          Inclination to focus learning on meeting organizational needs

·          Influence skills and the ability to use a variety of influence tactics

·          Innovativeness and imagination

·          Internal drive to make a difference

·          Interpersonal communication skills that foster the ability to influence, lead, and manage

·          Negotiation skills

·          Openness to collaboration

·          Open-mindedness

·          Passion, conviction, and confidence in others

·          Path-finding

·          Political astuteness

·          Problem-solving

·          Professionalism

·          Recognition of the challenge of change

·          Recognition of need for extensive innovation

·          Resilience

·          Respect for the process and content of change

·          Responsibility, including personal responsibility for change management

·          Self-monitoring

·          Self-reliance

·          Systemic change management

·          Team effectiveness

·          Technical expertise

·          Tendency to question organizational assumptions

·          Total commitment

·          Transformational leadership behaviors

·          Vision

·          Willingness to listen and share