When Comfort Crumbles, Courage Speaks

About this episode

The episode discusses the challenges of change management and the role of leadership in navigating these changes.

Change is always challenging, and sometimes frightening. In this episode of Change That Works , host György Péczely talks with István Kosztolányi about the experiences of successful, and less successful change processes. We discuss what makes change work, and how leaders step up to the task. István shares some of the most memorable cases he has witnessed during his 30+ years of consultant career. We discuss the underlying principles and draw pragmatic conclusions, showing how the courage and openness of leaders can help organisations through the most difficult periods of change. If you have any questions for György or István or are interested in collaborating reach out via changethatworks@icg.eu.com

People in this episode

Host: György Péczely

Guest: István Kosztolányi

Topics covered

• change management
• leadership
• consulting
• organizational change
• courage in leadership

Keywords

• change
• leadership
• consultant
• organizational change
• courage
• success
• experience

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: ICG

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