Kotters 8 Step Change Model 1 Create a

Kotter’s 8 -Step Change Model 1. Create a sense of urgency 8. Institute Change 7. Sustain Acceleration The Big Opportunity 6. Generate Short-term wins 5. Enable action by removing barriers 2. Build a guiding coalition 3. Form a strategic vision & initiatives 4. Enlist a volunteer army • Create a sense of urgency. Identify what it is you want to do. Leaders must describe an opportunity that will appeal to the heads and hearts. For change to succeed, this needs to be inspiring to the people working to make the change a reality. • Build a Guiding Coalition. Kotter advises pulling together a volunteer team of effective people from within the organization, who can guide, coordinate and communicate change activities. • Form a Strategic Vision and Initiatives. Define the vision for the future, and the activities that will make that vision a reality. • Enlist a Volunteer Army. Your coalition is guiding, but to make change happen requires an army. To be successful, you'll need a sizable body of employees excited about the change, and able to take action to deliver the outcomes. • Enable Action by Removing Barriers. Those of you familiar with Scrum, may recognize this from the role of the Scrum. Master. The principle here is the same. Removing barriers such as inefficient processes, or legacy structures, you create the environment needed to support your change initiative. • Generate Short-Term Wins. Big wins can take time to deliver. Look for opportunities to deliver short-term wins that can energize your teams to drive the change forwards. Crucially, the small changes need to be aligned with the vision so people can see clearly the direction the organization is moving in. • Sustain Acceleration. The goal is to build up speed, and then maintain it. To do this, you need to build up organizational stamina, and have strong change leadership. • Institute Change. As noted earlier in this article, it is important to make the change stick. It needs to become 'the way we do things around here'. Kotter advocates building and communicating the links between the behaviours that are valued in the changed organization, and organization's success. • Find out more about the model at Kotter International: https: //www. kotterinternational. com/ More Management Models at https: //www. hotpmo. com