Questions Team Time – get into your groups

Reading John Kotter Leading Change: Why Transformation Efforts Fail Your thoughts? 1) What was the big message? 2) What did you find that was “interesting” 3) How did it relate to previous readings? 4) Were there any “holes” or weak points? 5) What did you take away? “Change Agent Lessons Learned” Reading

8 Steps for Leading Change 1) Create a Sense of Urgency 2) Create a guiding Coalition to Mobilize Commitment 3) Develop and Communicate a Shared Vision 4) Empower Employees to make the Change 5) Generate Short-Term Wins 6) Consolidate Gains and Produce more Change 7) Anchor new ways of doing things in company Culture 8) Monitor progress and Adjust when needed

Let’s make some KOTTER change Plans Sofna College What to do and what is the best way to implement them? Walker needs to determine what she should do on her first day at Sofna College, during her first week, and in her first few months. What are her priorities and how should she go about making change happened? What messages should she send, and to whom? And, specifically, what should she do tomorrow?

Next Class Influence article Find an article that explains how to “influence others” (BB) Come ready to influence others!