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Disadvantages of the Kotter Change Theory
I would like to know If someone thinks there are disadvantages to using the Kotter Change Phases theory?
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David Coates, United Kingdom
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Kotter Change Stages - Caution 2
Yet the need for all this is preceded by the sense of urgency, (which is the why). For without that why should anyone change at all?
Iteration within the initial Kotter stages is important - these are the leadership stages - and it is important to get this front end loading right. Signing off the same sheet! From "empowerment" you get into the more management related phases, which are smoothed having got the right sponsorship in place.
Seeing Kotter as adaptive and matching it to circumstances is empowering in itself. The beauty of Kotter is it provides such a powerful foundation, onto which the likes of Collins, Covey, Bridges and others can be so easily blended to suit your circumstances. Utilising such combined wisdom it is much easier to ensure stakeholders get better messages to better stay on-side.
I would not lose sight of your cautions though, they serve you well; just increase your use of your guiding coalition to make you stronger.
Great discussion, I'd love to hear more...
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David Coates, United Kingdom
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Kotter Change Stages - Caution 1
@Victor L. : I hear your caution and offer a few thoughts. Timing is everything as you say and it can be self-defeating to get things moving too quickly.
In this regard, the first half of Kotter is worth thinking of as front end loading for the pre-implementation. So, how would it be if you take Kotter's stages before "communicating the change vision" as being iterative?
There is great value in working the first 3 stages in that way. Not least because from a leadership perspective too many organisations seem to struggle with the true concept of the guiding coalition. In Jim Collins' terms, you have to get the right people on the bus, and importantly get the wrong people off the bus. The guiding coalition is that means. So the guiding coalition has to be sufficiently broad and powerful enough to ensure all stakeholders are actively consulted and on board. Collins states it is important to sort out who before what, and this is matched by Kotter.
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David Coates, United Kingdom
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Disadvantages of Kotter's Change Phases Theory
Having used Kotter for many years, with a good rate of success, the only thing I can say is that the process is good and logical which might give you a tendency to rely on it too much. I always need (...)
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David Coates, United Kingdom
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Careful with Linearity over Sequence
Revisiting is fine and of course often necessary. Whilst the model is presented in this linear fashion, there is no intention for it to be uni-directional either.
The importance is in the sequence.
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Steven Locke
Strategy Consultant
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Kotter Disadvantages
Kotter's model is an excellent and proven change process for organisation wide, transformational change.
It can however be too much for more local or project based changes. In these instances, my pre (...)
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Stephen Rafferty, Ireland
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Kotter Model Disadvantages (Cautions)
The key disadvantage for me is that the Kotter model is presented as a linear model with no scope for departing from the defined process. I find that the reality is often somewhat different and some s (...)
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Sylvia Grant
Consultant, Australia
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Kotter's 8-Step Change Framework
@David Coates: Kotter's 8-Step is an excellent framework that is easily blended with other approaches. A favourite of mine is to blend Kotter's 8-Step with Prosci's ADKAR: with the 8-Step emphasizing (...)
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focusprojectmanagement
Accountant, Australia
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Caution: Kotters Change Sequence
My only caution with Kotter's sequence is that I have experienced major organisational backlash from a major change program, because sharing the vision and the communication timing with various stakeh (...)
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Graham Cowle, New Zealand
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Disadvantage of Using the Kotter Change Sequence
First of all I have to say that I like Kotter's model. Thinking about disadvantages is the flip side the the advantages, I suppose: not doing the steps in order or leaving one out will mean the change (...)
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Goodhand, United Kingdom
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Mixing ADKAR and Kotter
@Sylvia Grant: I found your suggestion to blend Kotter and ADKAR very useful. I am a nurse at at the beginning of my understanding to change management. I used Kotter as my model to implement a change (...)
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