Last blog, I'd talked about change and how it might not always be the best choice, but what happens when it can't be averted, and is even needed in a group environment? In that case the most important element to consider is establishing the best guiding coalition to get the change started.
Without support, the idea of change, whether good or bad, lives and dies with the origin of it. The leader may create the change, use his/her referent power to build up support for it, and use his/her legitimate power to enforce it. However, as soon as the leader is out of their position, the organization will slowly revert back to the way it was before the change, unless the idea is firmly rooted in all aspects of the organization. That is where the guiding coalition comes into play. Not only are they the ones who will create ways to implement the change, they are the movers and the thinkers that will make the pill just that much more easier to swallow.
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