Leadership Styles and Change Management: A Comprehensive Analysis

Abstract

This review paper delves into the symbiotic nature of leadership styles and change management in organizational settings. In the spheres of increasing dynamism and development modern leadership becomes a pivot point enabling an organization or institution to new waters. a detailed review of leadership approaches in the research on transactional, transformational, situational, and charismatic branches how they contribute to change management. Acknowledging the need for adaptive leadership, this paper is dedicated to exploring the strategic coherence of leading styles vis-a-vis their peculiarities, claiming that such a relation matters for organizational resiliency. Leaders often must use subtle tactics to overcome challenges that can occur during change processes. This paper’s contribution to the current leadership discourse is the elaboration of how various leadership styles interact with change management processes. To this end, it seeks to clarify our understanding of the connection between leadership approaches and organizational adaptation by conducting an in-depth investigation into dynamic interactions that exist between leadership styles and change management processes. This review serves as an appetizer for understanding how effective change management outcomes are achieved through the strategic utilization of different leadership styles. This review presents a roadmap to grasp the relationship between types of leadership and effective change management.