Claire V. Brisson-Banks

Claire V Brisson-Banks analyzed in her 2010 article the different methods an organization can use when change or transitions need to occur. There are five models discussed on how to organize and manage change: Lewin’s three-step module, Beckhard’s four-process model, Thurley’s five-strategies model, Bridges’ three-phase model, and Kotter’s eight-step model. Brisson-Banks also discussed their commonalities.
In reading this article and having to go through many changes and transitions within an organization that I have worked for within a non-leadership role, there was a lot of things I agreed and disagreed upon. However, now that I have been enlightening by this leadership course on the difficulties of being a leader, I fully understand why some of the methods and strategies have to be taken for the good of the organization. Some of these change and transition models seem harsh and unethical, however, …show more content…
Working for one of the biggest breweries, we have gone through so many changes and transitions. Our international portion of the business has been bought by our rival, resulting in our parent US company selling a big percentage to another subsidiary company. Therefore, managing change and the transitioning are occurring as we speak. The sale was going through legal for about a year, and as that was happening, most leaders took the initiative to train and coach employees on different things that they thought our new owners would implement. They knew that there would be system merge, so the brewery leaders created a program that joined all teams together to learn “best practices” within each area. They wanted to learn from the employees that work within the systems on a daily basis the right way to design the new system that would be combing both companies work. Each leader in each department had to use different leadership styles to get the employees to a comfort level to be able to share