When change requires you to challenge people\'s familiar reality, it can be difficult, dangerous work.
In a second book, Leadership on the Line , Heifetz and coauthor.
Ron Heifetz first defined this problem with his distinctive theory of Adaptive leadership in Leadership Without Easy Answers .
But as a leader, you need to find a way to make it work.
Whatever the context--whether in the private or the public sector--many will feel threatened as you push though major changes.
When change requires you to challenge people\'s familiar reality, it can be difficult, dangerous work