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8. Making Change Last Overview
Why bother?
• Experience shows that successful, sustained change is difficult to
 achieve without attention from the entire team.
• Every change initiative competes for time, resources and attention.
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• We often spend most available time on the launch of an initiative  rather than its institutionalization and implementation.
What are we after?
• Consistent, visible, tangible reinforcement of the change initiative.
• An integration of the new initiative with on-going work patterns.
• Changes to organizational systems and structures that help make the   
   change a natural part of individual and team behavior.
Sustained change occurs when change leaders and agents build and implement strategies for making change last