John Kotter's Leading Change Analysis

Second, people imagine that they might not be up to the change. They worry that they might lack the skills needed once the change is put into effect. Third, people wonder if the change might mean that they could suffer a loss in personal power or status because they might suddenly need to share resources or no longer be able to make decisions for themselves and therefore would not be in control of their futures. Whatever its source, people fearful of change often experience psychological stress, in large measure because they perceive change to be personally threatening (p. 262).
A leader’s role should be to present change from a positive framework so it is viewed as a vision of possibilities rather than a personal threat. Moving forward with a positive framework provides a pathway to help identify within themselves a longing to grow personally and professionally—instituting approaches for creative contributions. As a transformational leader, John Kotter’s work presents to the world an approach for instituting transformation and examining the reasons why organizations and divisions fail when change is implemented. Along with outlining the errors, an alternative eight stage process is …show more content…
He defines change management as the utilization of basic structures and tools to control any organizational change effort. Change management’s goal is to maximize an organization’s benefits and minimize the change impact on workers and avoid distractions (resistance to change) (Kotter International, n.d.). His theory provides eight common errors associated with creating institutional injury and eventually failure when attempting transformation, along with an eight stage process corresponding to each error countering negative impacts to the change process even when organizational resistance is