What Change Agents Are Made Of

摘要

Apparently, any person running for President! Change -Agent - In - Chief is a title claimed by both Barack Obama and John McCain, setting off a veritable firestorm of debate about what kind of person is truly best equipped to shake things up.rnCount us in. Not on picking whether Obama or McCain is more likely to transform America; both will, just in very different ways. But count us in on the debate about what kind of person in general-and especially, what kind of person in business-has the qualities to really make change happen. Because, as your question implies, change agents are distinctly different from the pack. In fact, we'd estimate that in most organizations, they comprise no more than 10% of all employees.rnBut that's getting ahead of the story. Before you can even talk about the characteristics of true change agents, you need to acknowledge the single, critical trait they all share: power.