The document outlines Kotter's 8 steps for leading change in organizations, emphasizing the importance of establishing urgency and forming a powerful guiding team. It details the creation of a new vision, empowering employees, planning for improvements, consolidating changes, and embedding new behaviors into the organizational culture. The steps aim to facilitate successful change management and leadership succession.

1. 8 STEPS FOR LEADING
CHANGE IN YOUR
ORGANIZATION
(Adapted from “Leading Change,”
John P. Kotter, 1990)
Awang ANWARUDDIN
NIPA, Indonesia
awang@lan.go.id; awanglanri@gmail.com

2. #1 Establish a Sense of Urgency
“Identify and discuss
potential crises and
major opportunities
challenging your
organization. Examine
your competition.”
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3. #2 Form a Powerful Guiding Team
“Not just another
committee, but select
a diverse group with
enough power to lead
the change in your
organization. Work
together as a team.”
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4. #3 Create a New Vision
Create a new vision to
help direct the change
effort in your
organization. Develop
strategies for achieving
the new vision.
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5. “Use every vehicle in
your organization possible
to communicate the new
vision to all employes.
Teach them new
behaviors by best
examples.”
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6. #5 Empower Others to Act
Educate employees to
understand the vision.
Change programs, systems,
and/or traditions that
undermine the vision.
Encourage risk taking and
nontraditional ideas,
activities, and actions.
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7. Plan for visible, short-
term improvements for
your organization.
Recognize experts and
outside colleagues who
are involved in the
improvements.
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8. #7 Consolidate Improvements &
Produce Still More Change
Leverage successes to change
systems, structures, and policies that
don’t fit the vision. Develop and
empower employees who can
implement the vision. Reinvigorate
the process with new projects,
themes and committed brothers.
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9. #8 Make the Current Process a Part
of the Chapter’s Culture
“Articulate the
connection between the
new behaviors and the
success of change in
your organization.
Develop the means to
ensure leadership
succession.”
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