Leading Change
by John P. Kotter
Kotter's eight-step model for organizational change: create urgency, build a guiding coalition, form a vision, communicate it, empower action, generate short-term wins, consolidate gains, anchor in culture. It is the standard framework, clearly explained, and it explains why most change efforts fail at step one or step six.
Read it if…
you are leading a change initiative and want the canonical framework.
Skip it if…
you want personal change; this is organizational.
Three things you will actually use
- Urgency first; comfort kills change.
- Short-term wins sustain the effort.
- Change is not done until it is culture.
Do this first
Assess your current initiative against the eight steps and identify which one you skipped.
Our verdict
The standard model; clear and durable.
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