Management of Change pt 5 – Guiding Coalition and Developing a Change Vision
Last week, we started to look at ‘Kotter’s 8 Step Process for Leading Change’. Importantly, we touched on the need to use these steps as an overlay to a Strategic Planning Process. It’s also worth reiterating that although Kotter’s steps can appear linear, effective application often involves concurrent and parallel activity aligned with the Strategic Plan. We will now look at the next 2 steps in ‘Creating a Climate for Change’ which Kotter describes as: Step 2: ‘Create The Guiding Coalition’ Step 3: ‘Develop a Change Vision’ Step 2 – ‘Create The Guiding Coalition’ [caption id="attachment_5849" align="alignright" width="316"] Commission's Guiding Coalition in a Q/A session during the recent Prayer Days[/caption] A Guiding Coalition is a group or team of people with enough influence, capability and credibility to lead a change…