
John P. Kotter (Bild) ist Harvard Professor und einer der meistzitierten Change Management Experten unserer Zeit. Seine 8 Schritte zur Unternehmens-Transformation sind absolute „Essentials“, wenn es um Veränderungsprozesse in Organisationen geht.
1. Establish a Sense of Urgency
- Examine market and competitive realities
- Identify and discuss crises, potential crises, or major opportunities
2. Form a Powerful Guiding Coalition
- Assemble a group with enough power to lead the change effort
- Encourage the group to work as a team
3. Create a Vision
- Create a vision to help direct the change effort
- Develop strategies for achieving that vision
4. Communicate the Vision
- Use every vehicle possible to communicate the new vision and strategies Teach new behaviors by the example of the guiding coalition
5. Empower Others to Act on the Vision
- Get rid of obstacles to change
- Change systems or structures that seriously undermine the vision
- Encourage risk taking and nontraditional ideas, activities, and actions
6. Plan for and Create Short-Term Wins
- Plan for visible performance improvements
- Creating those improvements
- Recognize and reward employees involved in the improvements
7. Consolidate Improvements and Produce Still More Change
- Use increased credibility to change systems, structures, and policies that don’t fit the vision
- Hire, promote, and develop employees who can implement the vision
- Reinvigorate the process with new projects, themes, and change agents
8. Institutionalize New Approaches
- Articulate the connections between the new behaviors and organizational success
- Develop the means to ensure leadership development and succession
HIER finden Sie einen kurzen Artikel von Kotter, in dem seine zentralen Thesen gut zusammen gefasst werden.

Change Management ist organisationales Lernen. Und Lernen wiederum ist wie das Rudern gegen den Strom. Sobald man aufhört, treibt man rückwärts.