Pros and Cons of Kotter's 8 Stage Model of Change PROS of Kotter's 8 Stage Model of Change Model comes with a vision of being shared and stresses importance of communication and engagement Creating a sense of value and importance among team members, keeping them heavily involved CONNS of Kotter's 8 Stage Model of Change Research shows it to be a complex model, the more complex things are the more resistance you can have. The creative stage where the vision is born has shown in research to have resistance among teams here as well