The Heart of Change.
"[T]he core of the matter is always about changing the behavior of people, and behavior change happens in highly successful situations mostly by speaking to people's feelings. This is true even in organizations that are very focused on analysis and quantitative measurement, even among people who think of themselves as smart in an M.B.A. sense. In highly successful change efforts, people find ways to help others see the problems or solutions in ways that influence emotions, not just thought. Feelings then alter behavior sufficiently to overcome all the many barriers to sensible large-scale change. Conversely, in less successful cases, this seeing-feeling-changing pattern is found less often, if at all.
Step 1 Increase Urgency
Step 2 Build the Guiding Team
Step 3 Get the Vision Right
Step 4 Communicate for Buy-In
Step 5 Empower Action
Step 6 Create Short-Term Wins
Step 7 Don't Let Up
Step 8 Make Change Stick