Any time the military or an organization makes a major change, whether it's a new customer service plan, restructuring, downsizing, or in the case of this paper a new leader, it's the job of the leadership and management teams to communicate the new change effectively. "An organization will take on the personality of its top leader" (Phillips, pp 63-4). This famous quote by Abraham Lincoln is as true and accurate in today's organizations as it …showed first 75 words of 2365 total…

…showed last 75 words of 2365 total…they would find they could communicate probabilities quite effectively. At the same time, it is never less the duty and responsibility for the top twenty-five percent of leadership and management to communicate the vision and values of an organization to the seventy-five percent workforce. Following these few suggestions will go a long way toward developing a leadership team that can effectively guide an organization in the proper direction during a leadership change. ! ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography** None