Business
Leading Change
John P. Kotter
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A leadership scholar presents an eight-stage framework for successfully leading large-scale organizational change, based on extensive research into why most change initiatives fail.
Key takeaways
- Why Most Change Efforts Fail
- Establishing Genuine Urgency First
- Building a Guiding Coalition
- Vision, Communication, and Removing Obstacles
- Generating Short-Term Wins
- Anchoring Change in Culture
Action checklist
- Create a sense of urgency today around one change initiative that's stalled
- Communicate your change vision today through one more channel than usual
Final takeaway
Before your next organizational change effort, honestly assess whether genuine urgency has actually been established, not just announced — Kotter's consistent, research-grounded argument throughout the book is that this foundational first stage, more than any subsequent tactical execution, determines whether a change effort will ultimately succeed or join the substantial majority of organizational change initiatives that fail to achieve their intended objectives.
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