The Eight Steps for Successful Large-Scale Change

The Eight Steps for Successful Large-Scale Change

<p> The Eight Steps for Successful Large-Scale Change</p><p>People change what they do less because they are given analysis that shifts their thinking than because they are shown a truth that influences their feelings. This is especially so in large-scale organizational change, where you are dealing with new technologies, mergers and acquisitions, restructuring, new strategies, cultural transformation, globalization, and e- business – whether in an entire organization, an office, a department, or a work group. In an age of turbulence, when you handle this reality well, you win. Handle it poorly, and it can drive you crazy, cost a great deal of money, and cause a lot of pain. </p><p>To understand why some organizations are leaping into the future more successfully than others, you need first to see the flow of effective large- scale change efforts. In almost all cases, there is a flow, a set of eight steps to the process.</p><p>Step Action New Behavior</p><p>1 Increase Urgency People start telling each other, “Let’s go we need to change things!” 2 Build the Guiding A group powerful enough to guide a big change Team is formed and they start to work together well. 3 Get the Vision The guiding team develops the right vision and Right strategy for the change effort 4 Communicate For People begin to buy into the change, and this Buy-In shows in their behavior. 5 Empower Action More people feel able to act, and they do act, on the vision 6 Create Short-Term Momentum builds as people try to fulfill the Wins vision, while fewer and fewer resist change. 7 Don’t Let Up People make wave after wave of change until the vision is fulfilled. 8 Make Change New and winning behavior continues despite Stick the pull of tradition, turnover of change leaders, etc.</p><p>Kotter, 2002 (The Heart of Change)</p>

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