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Organizational Change: Enemies of Change

Why Change Fails

 

 

 

Kotelnikov quotes: Leaders create wind of change, others resist  

Main reasons for resistance to change
 are fear of the unknown, fear of failure, insecurity, disagreement with the need for change, losing something of value, leaving a comfort zone, false beliefs, inertia, misunderstanding, and lack of trust.

 

 

 

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


How To Avoid These Errors

Example: Trumpformational Leadership

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... More