While I was stationed in Japan, our Unit had a change of command where we gained a new Commanding Officer who deemed that the Unit needed to be re-organized to be more efficient today …show more content…
Some of the steps we used in MCPP are also included in what we learned from our text in relation to Lewin’s Three-Step model and Kotter’s Eight-Step Plan for Implementing Change. The Commander change the status qou of the command and informed us to break away from being stuck in doing business as normal, the Commander ensured that we kept moving forward and not becoming stuck on a problem too long, and once we realized the way forward it became the new normal way of doing business which is in line with the Lewin’s Three Step model of unfreezing, movement and refreezing (Robbins & Judge, 2007, p. 625-626). The Commander also established a timeline in which he wanted the re-organization to be complete by coming up with a date to implement all changes, weekly update meetings to ensure we were on the intended path while at the same time allowing adjustments if needed. This is some of the steps displayed in the Kotter’s Eight Step plan as listed in our text (Robbins & Judge, 2007, p.