ABSTRACT
This chapter explores the widespread changes that the field of intellectual disabilities is experiencing, offers context but also to encourage the reader to consider such issues. It deals with practical suggestions for the reader, to encourage those working within intellectual disability settings to create and maintain a motivated working environment through a period of transformation. In the context of leadership and motivation, understanding desires for purposeful living, can assist leaders in creating an environment that reflects a healthy, dynamic and sustainable ecological workspace that allows for the actualisation of personally held desires for professional fulfilment. Leadership models such as the leader–member exchange have developed into a significant area of scientific inquiry, receiving considerable empirical research attention in the organisational sciences. Reflection on action is a significant component of contemporary change leadership. Leadership strategies that are fundamental to successful change management involve strong communication strategies and early consultation with all parties involved.
