CEO Mike Harrenton liked your plan for communicating the need for change and is excited to move things forward. As you sit in his office to review the plan, he says, "This looks great! I can see how we will really benefit from this plan."
"I would like you to create an action plan for making these changes happen. I believe this kind of change will take time, so it should be a fairly high-level action plan that demonstrates the changes we will be making over the next 18-24 months. Could you get this to me by the end of this week?"

Make  an action plan for implementing change. Your action plan should include the following components of Kotter's Change Process:

Develop a strategy and an action plan.

For this action plan, complete the checklist on page 334 of Organizational Change. You may also refer to Table 9.3 (Tools for Action Planning) on page 309 of Organizational Change. Your action plan should provide clear direction to the stakeholders on how to move forward in implementing the change.

Describe how you will empower employees.

Describe how you will generate short-term wins.

Describe how you will consolidate gains and produce more change.