Those in senior management positions can often be heard complaining about a ‘lack of engagement’ when change initiatives go awry. Rather than questioning those down the management tree about who's to blame or giving employees a satisfaction survey, take a long hard look at the example being set at the top then mirrored elsewhere.
Leaders who consistently display constructive, fair and relevant behaviours set a pattern others can model and that flows down and out through the entire organisation. Leverage it.
Changing behaviours at the top changes behaviours everywhere.
In his book The Search for Leadership - An Organisational Perspective, William Tate expertly addresses this topic. Leaders who want behaviours to change need to change their own first. Until that happens there's no compelling reason for anyone else in the organisation to.
Leverage the Downward Flow