o assess your ability to create a plan to manage the recipients of change.

Overview

Its been several weeks since you submitted your change vision statement to Mike Harrenton, CEO of EKT. Youve been occupied with several other projects at your firm when your supervisor meets with you again and says, It looks like the CEO at EKT has started communicating the change to his employees in an attempt to start to create some of the changes you proposed. But it looks like there are some mixed reactions among the employees -- some are pushing back and some are excited. I need you to head over to EKT and help Mike create a plan for getting employees to begin to buy into the new changes.

Action Items

1. Review all of the EKT documents and your work from previous EKT assignments.
2. In a Word Document, do the following:
   1. Identify who is in the in group and who is in the out group. The in group are those who are most likely to support the change, and the out group are those who are most likely to resist. Clearly identify which groups will need additional focus. Be clear about how you will get people to begin to buy into the changes so that EKT can move forward in their goals.
   2. Create the beginning of a change management plan for working with the stakeholders using the following steps of Kotters Change Process: establish a sense of urgency, create a guiding coalition, and communicate