This document outlines John Kotter's 8 steps for leading organizational change which include increasing urgency around the need for change, forming a guiding coalition, creating a vision for change, communicating the vision, empowering employees to implement change, creating short-term wins, building on changes, and making changes stick within the organization. The 8 steps are increased urgency, executive sponsorship, set the vision, communicate for buy-in, empower employees, create short-term wins, don't let up, and make change stick.