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Change agent

Meaning in management & leadership, with examples

nounAdvanced term

In management & leadership, change agent means: A person who actively promotes change in an organisation and helps to carry it out, whether as a leader, a consultant or an employee who influences colleagues.

In Turkish: değişim öncüsü, değişim lideri, değişim ajanı

How it is used

Used in change management and HR. Large programmes often choose change agents, also called change champions, in each department to explain the change, collect feedback and support colleagues.

Example sentences

  1. We picked one change agent from every store to help introduce the new system.

  2. As a change agent, she spent as much time listening as explaining.

Common collocations

  • act as a change agent
  • change agent network
  • change champion
  • internal change agent
  • change managementThe planned way an organisation prepares, supports and guides people through a major change, such as a new system or a merger, so that the change is accepted and lasts.
  • buy-inReal agreement with and support for a plan or decision from the people it affects, so that they actively help to make it work.
  • resistance to changeThe unwillingness of people to accept or adapt to a new way of working, often caused by fear of losing something, lack of information or tiredness from earlier changes.
  • transformational leadershipA leadership style in which leaders inspire people with a shared vision and their own example, encouraging them to look beyond their own interests and achieve more than expected.

More terms: Change Management

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