“ Opportunity dances with those who are already on the dance floor. ” - H. Jackson Brown The ability to adapt and bend is important when addressing change in this fast-paced marketplace. As H. Jackson Brown, the author who wrote many of those Life's Little Instruction Books, said: "Opportunity dances with those who are already on the dance floor." For those businesses that are out there in the mix of the chaos, it is easier for them to move to another partner or change the beat...so to speak. The role and style of leadership is particularly critical when facilitating change. A leader shares the “vision of what could be and speaks a new organizational future into existence” (Lloyd & Maguire, 2002). Purposeful dialogue, courage and vision allow for change to manifest and for those changes to remain sustainable (Quy Nguyen & Mintzberg, 2003). A leader must be virtuous also. According to Cameron (2006), “when people are exposed to virtuous
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