Eight Steps to Transforming Your Organization

According to John P. Kotter, of the "Harvard Business Review on Change," there are eight steps to transforming you organization:

Step 1: Establishing a Sense of Urgency

Examining market and competitive realities

Identifying and discussing crises, potential crises, or major opportunity

Step 2: Forming a Powerful Guiding Coalition

Assembling a group with enough power to lead the change effort

Encouraging the group to work together as a team

Step 3: Creating a Vision

Creating a vision to help direct the change effort

Developing strategies for achieving that vision

Step 4: Communicating the Vision

Using every vehicle possible to communicate the new vision and strategies

Teaching new behaviors by the example of the guiding coalition

Step 5: Empowering Others to Act on the Vision

Getting rid of obstacles to change

Changing systems or structure s that seriously undermine the vision

Encouraging risk taking and nontraditional ideas, activities and actions

Step 6: Planning for and Creating Short-Term Wins

Planning for visible performance improvements

Creating those improvements

Recognizing and rewarding employees involved in the improvements

Step 7: Consolidating Improvements and Producing Still More Change

Using increased credibility to change systems, structures and policies that don't fit the vision

Hiring, promoting and developing employees who can implement the vision

Reinvigorating the process with new projects, themes and change agents

Step 8: Institutionalizing New Approaches

Articulating the connections between the new behaviors and corporate success

Developing the means to ensure leadership development and succession

Because of today's ever changing business environment, it is important to be aware of how you can transform you corporation to remain competitive and successful. If you would like more information on how you can diversify your current organization services, please contact us today at 315.701.5821 or on the web at www.msosolutions.com.