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“As new ways of working change principles become part of the fabric of your organization, the need for management and leadership is critical. Strong management is needed to handle the day-to-day, and strong leadership is needed to capitalize on unpredictable opportunities.”

To ensure new behaviors are repeated over the long term, it’s important that you define and communicate the connections between those behaviors and the organization’s success.

Press harder after the first successes. Your increasing credibility can improve systems, structures and policies. Be relentless with initiating change after change until the vision is a reality. So, you’ve had a few wins. It can be easy to lift your foot off the gas pedal after experiencing some success. Instead, this is the time to press harder a…[Read more]

Wins are the molecules of results. They must be collected, categorized and
communicated – early and often – to track progress and energize your volunteers to drive change. A win is anything – big or small – that helps you move toward your opportunity. They may take the shape of actions taken, a lesson learned, a process improved, a new behavio…[Read more]

Most Significant Change Technique | The Challenge Initiative

“Innovation is less about generating brand new ideas and more about knocking down barriers to making those ideas a reality.”

By removing barriers such as inefficient processes and archaic norms, leaders provide the freedom necessary for employees to work across boundaries and create real impact.

Large-scale change can only occur when very significant numbers of employees amass under a common opportunity and drive in the same direction. Kotter explains that “history has demonstrated that it is possible to find many change agents … but only if people are given a choice, and feel they truly have permission to step forward and act.” You m…[Read more]

“You can’t appeal to people with data and facts alone. You must also account for how people feel. If you can provide greater meaning and purpose to their efforts, amazing things are possible.”

Dr. Kotter defines strategic initiatives as targeted and coordinated activities that, if designed and executed fast enough and well enough, will make your vision a reality. Characteristics of a terrific strategic vision: Communicable, Desirable, Creates a Verbal Picture, Flexible, Feasible, Imaginable, Simple

The Guiding Coalition is, in many ways, the nerve center of Kotter’s 8-Step Process. It can take many shapes, but must consist of members from multiple layers of the hierarchy, represent many functions, receive information about the organization at all levels and ranks, and synthesize that information into new ways of working. Without a Guiding…[Read more]