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8-Step Change Model Recommendations

Complete all of the 8-Step Change Model to build a Recommendations Plan for your client – the leadership of the merged company. This plan should also include the other steps completed earlier in the course.

Remove Obstacles

Describe how you will:

• Identify, or hire, change leaders whose main roles are to deliver the change.
• Adjust your organizational structure, job descriptions, and performance and compensation systems to ensure they’re in line with your vision.
• Recognize and reward people for making change happen.
• Identify people who are resisting the change, and help them see what’s needed.
• Take action to quickly remove barriers (human or otherwise).

Create Short-Term Wins

Describe how you will:

• Look for sure-fire projects that you can implement without help from any strong critics of the change.
• Thoroughly analyze the potential pros and cons of your targets.

Build on the Change

Describe how you will:

• After every win, analyze what went right, and what needs improving.
• Set goals to continue building on the momentum you’ve achieved.
• Apply kaizen, the idea of continuous improvement.
• Keep ideas fresh by bringing in new change agents and leaders for your change coalition.

Anchor the Changes in Corporate Culture

Describe how you will:

• Use Storytelling to inform others about the change process.
• Include the change ideals and values when hiring and training new staff.
• Publicly recognize key members of your original change coalition, and make sure the rest of the staff – new and old – remembers their contributions.
• Create plans to replace key leaders of change as they move on.