John Kotter has written about the problems of strategic leadership and transforming an organisation. The first problem, he argues, is failure to establish a sufficiently strong sense of urgency about the need for strategic change. Which one of the following statements is INCONSISTENT with this view?

1.Change requires a new system and a new system always demands strategic leadership.

2.Convincing people of the need for change is much easier when the organisation is profitable, because it has more resources to help with making the change.

3.Getting a transformationprocessstartedrequires the aggressive co-operationof many individuals.

4.Because there is a tendency to 'shoot the bearer of bad news' senior executives often rely on external consultants to initiate the recommendations for change.