John P. Kotter, the author of
Leading Change, listed
the
8 Common Errors in
Organizational Change Efforts:
① Allowing too much complacency
② Failing to create a
sufficiently powerful guiding
coalition
③ Underestimating the power of
vision
④ Undercommunicating the vision
⑤ Permitting obstacles to block
the vision
⑥ Failing to create short term
wins
⑦ Declaring victory too soon
⑧ Neglecting to anchor changes
firmly in the corporate culture
Example
Initially, as the 45th President
of USA inexperienced in politics,
Donald Trump failed to transform the country significantly. As the 47th
President of the United States, Donald Trump started
transformational leadership journey from Day 1 – powerfully and
remarkably!
On the
way, Donald Trump showed the world how not to make the 8 common errors when
making big changes...