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Empowering Strategic Change

Conversation-focused Project Leadership
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In today's fast-moving environment, leadership is no longer just about strategy and execution, it's about conversation. Empowering Strategic Change: Conversation-Focused Project Leadership offers a practical and human-centered framework that puts dialogue, storytelling, and reflective practice at the heart of effective leadership. Drawing on years of consulting across industries and original doctoral research on leadership conversations, this book introduces the Dual-Lens Framework: Lens 1-Experience: How conversations are perceived and lived by leaders and their teams. Lens 2-Function: What conversations are designed to accomplish in the context of change. Through real-world case studies, accessible tools, and reflective exercises, readers learn how to shift from transactional communication to transformational leadership. Practical techniques such as the Conversation Function Audit, Leadership Narrative Playback, and the Dual-Lens Storytelling Checklist help leaders build trust, interpret change, align strategy with purpose, and guide teams through ambiguity. Whether you are leading a project rollout, culture shift, or cross-functional initiative, this book equips you to foster clarity, connection, and impact, one conversation at a time.
Dr. Kathy Cowan Sahadath is a business leader, educator, and author with more than 30 years of experience in strategic project and change management, organizational development, and leadership transformation. She has held senior roles across complex organizations, advising executive teams on navigating workforce disruption, digital transformation, and cultural alignment. Kathy holds degrees in Psychology, an MBA in Project Management, an MA in Human and Organizational Development, and a PhD in Human and Organizational Systems, where her research explored how leaders use conversation to shape change. She has also taught extensively in higher education, weaving together adult learning theory, reflective practice, and systems thinking. An accomplished novelist and consultant, Kathy integrates storytelling with leadership expertise to design inclusive, human-centered learning experiences. Her work bridges research and practice, offering leaders fresh insight into the conversations that truly drive transformation.
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