What is the First step of Kotter’s eight-step model for planning and leading organizational change?

Kotter’s model for planning and leading organizational change is an eight-step model that describes how to initiate and sustain a successful change. The eight steps are:

Establishing a sense of urgency

Creating the guiding coalition

Developing a vision and strategy

Communicating the change vision

Empowering employees for broad-based action

Generating short-term wins

Consolidating gains and producing more change

Anchoring new approaches in the culture

Therefore, the first step of Kotter’s model is establishing a sense of urgency.