The Masters of Change

Change & leadership

John Kotter

A leadership scholar who studies mobilizing people around organizational change. His eight-step model connects urgency, a guiding coalition and reinforcement.

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CORE FRAMEWORK · ORIGINAL SUMMARY

Build urgency and a coalition, remove barriers, generate wins and embed change.

Leading Change; 8 Steps

Reverse-engineer. Don’t idolize.

What the herd copied

An eight-step slide deck.

What actually worked

Credible people removing real barriers.

What survives

Use organizing questions, not a guaranteed formula.

Use it Monday at work

Make a company decision.

Name a company coalition and one barrier it can remove this week.

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