Research 2026-01-17 Change Leadership Bern

An Unclear Vision Creates Unclear Resistance

An Unclear Vision Creates Unclear Resistance — SHR, Bern
An Unclear Vision Creates Unclear Resistance — SHR, Bern

An unclear vision creates unclear resistance — what the studies show, and what they do not.

The Research

Kotter (1995, Harvard Business Review) identifies the lack of a clear vision as a major cause of failed transformations.

The Limitation

An analysis of business cases, not a controlled trial.

An Unclear Vision Creates Unclear Resistance — Bern, Berne
An Unclear Vision Creates Unclear Resistance — Bern, Berne

The Nuance

A clear vision does not remove the need to explain what is not changing. (our executive and employee training programmes)

A Practical Implication, Testable in Bern

Write the vision for change in three sentences: what is changing, what is staying the same, and why now. To go further: explore the Change Leadership training in Bern in the canton of Bern, or browse our executive and employee training programmes in Switzerland.

In pictures: Change Leadership in Bern

Change Leadership training in Bern — in practice
Change Leadership training in Bern — in practice
Change Leadership training in Bern — hands-on workshop
Change Leadership training in Bern — hands-on workshop
Change Leadership training in Bern — on the ground
Change Leadership training in Bern — on the ground