Map
Framework

GE change acceleration model

The question it answers

A chief executive launching a big change worries it will fizzle out after a few weeks: which seven things should be checked for it to start and to stick?

Origin
Mento et al., 2002
Diagram type
Process by phase
Level of analysis
Firm
Topics
Change managementStrategy & leadership
Clay steps with a looping glass arrow, icon for change management

Diagram

GE change acceleration model

  1. Seven steps
  2. Leading change
  3. Create a shared need
  4. Shape a vision
  5. Mobilise commitment
  6. Make change last
  7. Monitor progress
  8. Change systems and structures

Pitfalls

Pitfall

Reading the seven steps as a new formula. Mento et al. (2002) record a remark by Kerr, one of the model's developers: it is a pilot's checklist that offers no new insights but makes existing knowledge more visible so no step is missed. The aim is discipline, not discovery.

Sources

References

Listed A–Z by author surname, Harvard style. A source with a DOI links to https://doi.org/…; one without links to its page or says plainly that it has no DOI.

  1. Mento, A., Jones, R. and Dirndorfer, W. (2002) ‘A change management process: grounded in both theory and practice’, Journal of Change Management, 3(1), pp. 45–59.doi:10.1080/714042520Source page