The other week, I heard my coworker let out a small sigh. Then, a couple seconds later, he sighed again -- this time a little louder. A minute later, he heaved a sigh so massive I couldn’t ignore it.
“Everything good over there?” I asked.
“You won’t believe the email I just got,” he responded. “I’m forwarding it to you.”
Imagine this: You’ve just received a new email, adding yet another to the 200 messages already crowding your inbox. But once you start reading, you realize this email feels a little different from the rest. The formatting on your name is a little off and some guy you’ve never heard of before is writing to you as if you’re old pals.
An 8-step process to implement a change management strategy in the context of strategic alignment.
“Leading Change” by John Kotter is a very popular and well known book dealing with change management inside of large corporations. Kotter studied more than 100 companies that attempted to drastically transform themselves. And in the book, John outlines the eight largest errors commonly made.