Leading Organizational Change

Part 1

 Jeff Yacup

Recap: 5 Functions of a Team

Build Trust

1.

Be Results Oriented

5.

Hold each other Accountable

4.

Commit

3.

Engage in Healthy Conflict

2.

Opening Reflection

1.

Allowing too much complacency

2.

Failing to create a sufficient guiding coalition

3.

Underestimating the power of vision

5.

Permitting outside obstacles to block the new vision

4.

Under-communicating the vision by a factor of 100

6.

Failing to create short term wins

7.

Declaring victory too soon

8.

Neglecting to anchor change in culture

From J. Kotter's Leading Change

Why Change Fails

Leadership

Management

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Kotter's Model for Org Change

Establishing Sense of Urgency

Examine the market and competitive realities. 

Identify and discuss crisis, potential crisis, or opportunities. 

Create a Guiding Coalition

Put together a group with enough power to lead the change.

Get the group to work like a team.

Develop a Vision and Strategy

Create a vision to help direct the change.

Develop strategies for achieving that vision.

 

Communicating the Change Vision

Use every way possible to constantly communicate the new vision and strategies.  Have the coalition role model the behavior expected of employees.

 

Empowering Broad-Based Action

Get rid of obstacles. Change systems that undermine the change vision.

Encourage risk taking and non traditional ideas/activities, and actions.

Generating Short Term Wins

Plan for visible improvements/wins.

Create those wins. Recognize those who made the wins possible.

Consolidate Gains and Produce More Change

Use increased credibility to change all systems, structures, and policies that don’t fit with the change vision.

Develop people who can implement the change vision. Reinvigorate with new projects, themes, and change agents.

Anchoring New Approach in the Culture

Articulate connections between new behaviors and org success.

Develop means to ensure leadership development and succession.

Create better performance through better leadership and more effective management.

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Leading Org Change Part 1

By Jeff Yacup

Leading Org Change Part 1

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