Since I am taking a Sustainability Leadership and Implementation Certificate Course starting this Friday and Saturday, they requested I take read Leading Change Why Transformation Efforts Fail by John P Kotter. The article is about how many major change initiatives (ex boost quality or improve culture) that organizations attempt, fail miserably. One reason may be that many managers don’t realize transformation is a process, not an event. It advances through stages that build on each other. And it takes years. Managers must understand the stages of change to boost chances of a successful transformation.
EIGHT STEPS TO TRANSFORMING YOUR ORGANIZATION
1. Establishing a Sense of Urgency - Examining market and competitive realities
- Identifying and discussing crises, potential crises, or major opportunities
2. Forming a Powerful Guiding Coalition- Assembling a group with enough power to lead the change effort
- Encouraging the group to work together as a team
3. Creating a Vision- Creating a vision to help direct the change effort
- Developing strategies for achieving that vision
4. Communicating the Vision- Using every vehicle possible to communicate the new vision and strategies
- Teaching new behaviors by the example of the guiding coalition
5. Empowering Others to Act on the Vision- Getting rid of obstacles to change
- Changing systems or structures that seriously undermine the vision
- Encouraging risk taking and nontraditional ideas, activities, and actions
6. Planning for and Creating Short-Term Wins- Planning for visible performance improvements
- Creating those improvements
- Recognizing and rewarding employees involved in the improvements
7. Consolidating Improvements and Producing Still More Change- Using increased credibility to change systems, structures, and policies that don’t fit the vision
- Hiring, promoting, and developing employees who can implement the vision
- Reinvigorating the process with new projects, themes, and change agents
8. Institutionalizing New Approaches- Articulating the connections between the new behaviors and corporate success
- Developing the means to ensure leadership development and succession
EIGHT STEPS TO TRANSFORMING YOUR ORGANIZATION
1. Establishing a Sense of Urgency - Examining market and competitive realities
- Identifying and discussing crises, potential crises, or major opportunities
2. Forming a Powerful Guiding Coalition- Assembling a group with enough power to lead the change effort
- Encouraging the group to work together as a team
3. Creating a Vision- Creating a vision to help direct the change effort
- Developing strategies for achieving that vision
4. Communicating the Vision- Using every vehicle possible to communicate the new vision and strategies
- Teaching new behaviors by the example of the guiding coalition
5. Empowering Others to Act on the Vision- Getting rid of obstacles to change
- Changing systems or structures that seriously undermine the vision
- Encouraging risk taking and nontraditional ideas, activities, and actions
6. Planning for and Creating Short-Term Wins- Planning for visible performance improvements
- Creating those improvements
- Recognizing and rewarding employees involved in the improvements
7. Consolidating Improvements and Producing Still More Change- Using increased credibility to change systems, structures, and policies that don’t fit the vision
- Hiring, promoting, and developing employees who can implement the vision
- Reinvigorating the process with new projects, themes, and change agents
8. Institutionalizing New Approaches- Articulating the connections between the new behaviors and corporate success
- Developing the means to ensure leadership development and succession
What did you do today?
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