Mastering Organizational Change: 8 Essential Steps for Success (Full Transcript)

Speaker 1: Step 1. Create a sense of urgency. For change to happen, others need to feel the sense of urgency for change and the reasons it is needed for organizational growth. Step 2. Build a guiding coalition. This step is focused on building a team with the correct skills to lead and implement the change. You should identify your top leaders and key stakeholders and work on team building to continue to build urgency around the need for change. Step 3. Create a vision for change. Having a clear vision helps others fully understand your goals and why you are asking for the change. When people can see what you are trying to achieve, they will be more on board. Create a strategy and a short summary showing what you see in the future for your business is a result of the change. Step 4. Communicate the vision. Don't just talk about your vision during meetings, talk about it every chance you get, and use it within your daily tasks to make decisions and solve problems. This will keep it fresh in everyone's mind. Step 5. Remove obstacles. Obstacles can occur frequently, therefore it's important to continuously check for barriers to be be able to move forward with change. This could be resistance to change from employees or structures that are getting in the way. Make sure to identify and take action quickly. Step 6. Generate short-term wins. By giving your staff a taste of success throughout the change process, it will motivate them to stay on track and put in the efforts. Without quick wins you may come across negative thinkers hurting the process if they aren't seeing any progress. Step 7. Build on the change. Many change projects fail because success is declared too early through quick wins. However, quick wins should be used as an opportunity to build on what went right and what can be improved. Set goals and measure changes to continue building on what you have achieved. Finally Step 8. Make the change stick. To make any change stick you must make continuous efforts to ensure that it is used and seen in all aspects of your organization. Make sure new behaviors continue until they are strong enough to replace old habits. The summary of COTA's eight steps are. 1. Create a sense of urgency. 2. Form a guiding coalition. 3. Create a strategic vision. 4. Communicate the vision. 5. Remove obstacles. 6. Create short-term wins. 7. Build on the change. And 8. Make the change stick. Thanks for watching we hope this video has helped. For more information please contact us or visit our website. Don't forget to hit subscribe for more upcoming training videos on our channel.