Change ManagementKotter's eight steps, and the one most often skipped.Business & ManagementKotter's model for leading organisational change.1Create urgencyMake the case that the status quo is riskier than change.2Build a guiding coalitionEnough authority, credibility and expertise to lead it.3Form a vision and strategySimple enough to state in a minute.4Communicate it, repeatedlyFar more than feels necessary, and by example.5Remove obstaclesStructures, systems and people blocking the change.6Generate short-term winsVisible, unambiguous, within a year.7Consolidate and build on itDo not declare victory too early.8Anchor it in the cultureNew behaviour becomes 'how we do things'.WHY CHANGE FAILSNo urgencyCoalition too weakVision under-communicated by a factor of tenVictory declared too soonLewin's simpler version: unfreeze, change, refreeze. The unfreezing isthe part organisations skip.Change Managementlearnposters.com
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Change Management, step by step

Kotter's model for leading organisational change.

  1. Create urgencyMake the case that the status quo is riskier than change.
  2. Build a guiding coalitionEnough authority, credibility and expertise to lead it.
  3. Form a vision and strategySimple enough to state in a minute.
  4. Communicate it, repeatedlyFar more than feels necessary, and by example.
  5. Remove obstaclesStructures, systems and people blocking the change.
  6. Generate short-term winsVisible, unambiguous, within a year.
  7. Consolidate and build on itDo not declare victory too early.
  8. Anchor it in the cultureNew behaviour becomes 'how we do things'.

Why change fails

  • No urgency
  • Coalition too weak
  • Vision under-communicated by a factor of ten
  • Victory declared too soon

Lewin's simpler version: unfreeze, change, refreeze. The unfreezing is the part organisations skip.

Questions about the Change Management poster

What’s on the Change Management poster?
8 numbered steps, with a full worked run-through. Kotter's model for leading organisational change. Create urgency — Make the case that the status quo is riskier than change.; Build a guiding coalition — Enough authority, credibility and expertise to lead it.; Form a vision and strategy — Simple enough to state in a minute.; Communicate it, repeatedly — Far more than feels necessary, and by example.; Remove obstacles — Structures, systems and people blocking the change.; Generate short-term wins — Visible, unambiguous, within a year.; Consolidate and build on it — Do not declare victory too early.; Anchor it in the culture — New behaviour becomes 'how we do things'.. Lewin's simpler version: unfreeze, change, refreeze. The unfreezing is the part organisations skip.
Who is the Change Management poster for?
Change Management belongs to the Business & Management section rather than to a school year, because business is not something one grade owns. Anyone learning people & organisations can pin it up — a beginner, a student mid-course, or someone revising years later.
When should you use the Change Management poster?
Urgency comes first. Change announced without it is resisted by default. A wall chart earns its place by being glanceable from where the work is happening, so Change Management belongs on the wall where that business work actually happens, within glancing distance, rather than filed away.
What other posters go with Change Management?
Team Roles, Managing Conflict and Emotional Intelligence sit alongside Change Management in the Business & Management section. Printed together they make a wall rather than a single sheet, which is how a reference set actually gets used.Team RolesManaging ConflictEmotional Intelligence
Is the Change Management poster free to download and print?
Yes. Change Management downloads as a free PDF with no account, no email and no watermark, like everything else in the Business & Management section. Print as many copies as you like for a home, a classroom, a library or a tutoring group; reselling the file is the only thing the licence rules out.Read the licence
What size does the Change Management poster print at?
Change Management is a vector PDF laid out for US Letter, and prints on A4 with Fit to page — the same file, no separate download. Because every mark on it is drawn rather than photographed, it stays sharp enlarged to A3, A2 or A1 at a copy shop. Colour carries emphasis only, so a greyscale print of Change Management loses nothing.Printing guide

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