8 steps to change, could it be that easy?
I've complained a lot in this Blog about leaders (politicians especially) not leading change in their own particular areas. Obviously it's easy for me to preach this message having never (besides Student Union day) in a position to understand the difficulties that go along with the responsibility to change.
To educate myself about this I've started reading the above book, "Leading Change", by John P. Kotter. It's a book that was recommended by former Lieutenant Governor of Massecheusets(Deputy Governor to Mitt Romney) Kerry Healey when we met her on the Boston College Young Leader's Programme 2007. She was teaching a course in Harvard where she outlined how the Romney administration adapted the above book from its private sector roots to implement public sector change in their administration.
The 8 stage process Kotter outlines is as follows:
1. Establish a sense of urgency
2. Create the guiding coalition
3. Develop a vision and strategy
4. Communicate the change vision
5. Empower broad=based action
6. Generate short-term wins
7. Consolidate gains and produce more change
8. Anchor new approaches in the corporate culture.
I will report back on what the above actually means (and if I feel it has any applicability to public sector change) in a few weeks!
Young Leaders' Group with Dr. Kerry Healey, former Lieutenant-Governor of Mass. (I'm 4th from right)
RSS Feed