Ingredient 3 - Forming a Transitional Team

This involves selecting and nurturing a powerful, guiding coalition or pilot group, which

. Operates by the principles of teamwork and leadership

. Is a representative cross-section of the organisation with credibility/authority/power

. Has members who are recognised as the "opinion-makers/enablers/movers & shakers or shapers/ influencers" of the organisation

. Is a temporary structure, such as a "collapsible" team

. For more on developing teams, see Ingredient 5 (Maximising Connectedness)

(sources: John Kotter, 1995 a & b, 1996 a & b; Harvard Business Management Updates, 1996 ‐ 1999)