Leading Change by John P. Kotter Book review by Pat Naughtin Harvard-Professor John P. Kotter has been observing the process of change for 30 years. He believes that there are critical differences between change efforts that have been successful‚ and change efforts that have failed. What interests him is why some people are able to get their organizations to change dramatically — while most do not. John P. Kotter writes: Over the past decade‚ I have watched more than a hundred companies try to remake
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Note: Guiding change may be the ultimate test of a leader – no business survives over the long term if it can’t reinvent itself. But‚ human nature being what it is‚ fundamental change is often resisted mightily by the people it most affects: those in the trenches of the business. Thus‚ leading change is both absolutely essential and incredibly difficult. Perhaps nobody understands the anatomy of organizational change better than retired Harvard Business School professor John P Kotter. This article
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Kotter’s 8-step change model John Kotter introduced his 8-step change process in his 1995 book‚ “Leading Change”. According to Kotter – the eight steps to transforming your organization are as follows 1 Create urgency Kotter suggests that for change to be successful‚ 75% of a company’s management needs to support the change. Therefore‚ it is essential to develop a sense of urgency around the need for change. This involves extensive internal dialogue regarding the market and competitor
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Kurt Lewin the Philosopher Prepared by: Kurt Lewin‚ a noted social psychologist‚ developed the three step model of organizational change. The three steps are Unfreezing‚ Changing‚ and Refreezing. Unfreezing involves melting resistance to change by dealing with people’s fears and anxieties so they can be more open to the change. People are given new information that makes
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Kurt Lewin Kurt Lewin was a great innovater at his time in the field of Psychology. The theories he developed‚ the methods of reserch he used and the people he influenced all have had a profound impact on Psychology and even more specifically on Social Psychology. Lewin was born in 1890 in what is now Poland but at the time was the Prussian province of Posen‚ in the village of Moglino and was the second of four children (Greathouse). His parents owned a general store‚ and a farm on the outskirts
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principles of change management addressed by Kotter. Much of what is inherent in Kotter’s stage process of change management is in equal measure reiterated by Ivancevich and his coauthors in their book Organizational Behavior and Management. Kotter postulates a model for leading and implementing change with each stage reflecting a key principle that relates to the responses of people as well as the approach of change in which people visualize change‚ own change and then effect change. Similarly‚ the
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Relevance of Kotter’s and Cohen’s Eight Steps for Implementing Change Initiatives and John Ivancevich’s Organizational Behavior Concepts Organizational Behavior Throughout my career‚ I have encountered continuous and constant change. Regardless of my assignment‚ I could always count on change‚ whether in people‚ technology‚ equipment‚ mission‚ or war. Successfully leaders and units were always able to handle change well‚ could adapt‚ get the unit headed in the right direction
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ADKAR model Lewin’s change model Kotter’s change model - ADKAR stands for Awareness‚ Desire‚ Knowledge‚ Ability and Reinforcement. Each word represents a step in the change process and must be done in order so that the desired change is achieved. - This model focuses on principles of change that are effective on an individual. Its focus is on how to change people. Steps - Awareness: To begin change‚ an individual must know what needs to change and why. What the risks for not changing are‚ benefit
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Kotter’s change model The importance is change in business cannot be over stated‚ organizations are continuously battling with ever changing internal and external forces which have direct impact on the success or failure of a business. Often times change is required and the success of the change management is vital to the future‚ health and reputation of the business. Most changes are either underachieved or not completed within budget/time (Change‚ 2009) John Kotter offers eight phases (Kotter‚ 2014)
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