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Leading Change
John Kotter, the world's foremost expert on business leadership, distills twenty-five years of experience into Leading Change. A must-have for any organization, this visionary and very personal audiobook is at once inspiring, clear-headed, and filled with important implications for the future.
The pressures on organizations to change will only increase over the next d...more
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August 21st 2007
by Audio Renaissance
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In a more detailed and applicable way than the book Who Moved My Cheese (different author), Kotter touches on how to face change, saying that individuals that want to succeed in organizations in this age must be ready for it and the fact that it will come faster. Kotter presents two very good points: One is an eight-stage process to implement changes. And two, a very interesting premise about leadership vs management, which was mentioned in several other books on the Level II reading list, sp...more
Dan Wilson
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This is the change management book best known by business executives. It says everything that needs to be said, and it does it in a way that the folks on mahogany row can relate to. It won't upset them the way actual change does.
I've used this book with many executives and middle managers. I doubt many of them actually read it, but it looks good sitting on their desks, and they like that.
For the professional consultant, or the change management scholar, this book is requi...more
I've used this book with many executives and middle managers. I doubt many of them actually read it, but it looks good sitting on their desks, and they like that.
For the professional consultant, or the change management scholar, this book is requi...more
Establishing a sense of urgency
o Examining the market and competitive realities
o Identifying and discussing crises, potential crises or major opportunities
Creating the Guiding Coalition
o A group of people with enough power to make the change happen
o Getting the group to work together like a team
Developing a Vision and Strategy
• Creating a vision to help direct the change effort
• Developing strategies for achieving that vision
Communicating the...more
o Examining the market and competitive realities
o Identifying and discussing crises, potential crises or major opportunities
Creating the Guiding Coalition
o A group of people with enough power to make the change happen
o Getting the group to work together like a team
Developing a Vision and Strategy
• Creating a vision to help direct the change effort
• Developing strategies for achieving that vision
Communicating the...more
Steve Stegman
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People who must lead their group through change.
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Required School Reading
In today's modern global economy, change has become an ever present reality of life. John Kotter, in his book Leading Change, cites globalization as a major force in driving change (Kotter, 1996, p. 10). Kotter takes the traditional differentiation of management versus leadership. Kotter has carefully chosen his title as Leading Change rather than managing change to provide a statement that leadership rather than management alone is needed to guide organizations through times of great chang...more
We had just gotten a new CEO and they sent a copy of this out for the store managers. I was filling in as store manager at the time, while my boss was on maternity leave, so I though I'd give it a try. But I shouldn't have bothered. It took me weeks to get through since I didn't care if I picked it back up. Management books are like parenting books and dieting books: everyone claims to have the answers, but if they actually did, we wouldn't have shelves full of books on the topic, would we? ...more
Leading Change by John Kotter, erases the pollution inhaled from Good to Great and the Jim Collins team. Leading Change demonstrates that transformation for an organization can take place without luck and various hedgehog’s.
The book outlines eight items that are the building blocks for creating change. Each chapter provides additional detail about the steps and offers experiences from within Mr. Kotters engagements.
The material consistently focused on how these concepts...more
The book outlines eight items that are the building blocks for creating change. Each chapter provides additional detail about the steps and offers experiences from within Mr. Kotters engagements.
The material consistently focused on how these concepts...more
The organization that I am employed by is implememting Lean as a process improvement tool. I read the book with a formal class and really appreciated the insigt of John Kotter's experiences with other organizations that have adopted the Lean methodology. The book gives you a perspective about the shift in organizational culture and the different stages of management to leadership that an organization to transform it self into. The last chapter of the book really captured the "What's in i...more
Although the intended audience for this book is clearly executives who will try to lead large-scale corporate change from the top, I found some interesting points that are more generally applicable even for those who have to lead smaller changes within their organizations or teams. I asked my team to read this book as preparation for a meeting where managing and leading change was the theme, and feedback across the board was that the book provided useful context and vocabulary for discussion ab...more
Like all good training sessions, this book inspires. Yet I also feel a little down, because through learning the way in which attempts at change can succeed, and finding out why other attempts fail, I can see a little more clearly what is going wrong in my own organization. Oh that we could have a vision of what we want, and then work toward it. Please, no more vain repetitions of "change is needed, change is needed, change is needed..." while having communicated no idea of what nee...more
First off, don't judge me for reading business books. Well, go ahead, but know I judge myself for reading them too.
Thoughts while reading:
- Lacks the feeling of a well-researched piece of advice. It talks about large tectonic shifts in the marketplace, but it doesn’t use supporting evidence. The ideal audience member is someone who’s already had difficulty implementing change. Not a newb like me.
- The logic feels right. Some of it is a bit provocative – the first three...more
Thoughts while reading:
- Lacks the feeling of a well-researched piece of advice. It talks about large tectonic shifts in the marketplace, but it doesn’t use supporting evidence. The ideal audience member is someone who’s already had difficulty implementing change. Not a newb like me.
- The logic feels right. Some of it is a bit provocative – the first three...more
Leading Change is a somewhat dated, but still valuable and timely book that explores John Kotter’s views on the essentials of leading organizational change, as informed by his experiences with numerous companies. His eight stage process of change leadership has been referenced in numerous textbooks, and has become a source of insight for many managers and companies desiring to change the way they meet their environment and competition.
The eight-stage process includes the following: ...more
The eight-stage process includes the following: ...more
Businesses and organizations, including non-profits, can learn from the study of business leadership that John Kotter has written about in this seminal book.
Author Kotter gives the eight point blueprint for organizational and leadership change within a business/team structure. Ignore the eight stage change process at the peril of survival. John Kotter shares his expertise in organizational change using what he experienced as a foremost consultant and a Harvard Business School profess...more
Author Kotter gives the eight point blueprint for organizational and leadership change within a business/team structure. Ignore the eight stage change process at the peril of survival. John Kotter shares his expertise in organizational change using what he experienced as a foremost consultant and a Harvard Business School profess...more
Insightful and practical. Really liked the distinction between leaders and managers, and realization that ICT has irrevocably altered society by speeding up change, so there is an urgent need for more leaders, or for managers to learn how to lead...Stumbled across this trying to read up on what "strategic planning" was all about. Should I be concerned that I'm finding books published by Harvard Business School interesting..?
This 186 page book could have been delivered via a 12 slide powerpoint presentation. The narrative is boring and wordy and useless, the only worthwhile parts of the book are the exhibits, which summarize all the content. The "case studies" presented are all masked and vastly oversimplified, and the only chapter worth actually reading is the last one.
In short - a business jerk book that's not even interesting.
In short - a business jerk book that's not even interesting.
"Kotter's eight step process is a great framework to think about how a planned change can be deployed in an existing organization. There was also a good discussion about the difference between management and leadership. One think not discussed was how the vision might be modified as the process proceeds. The material in this book is 5 stars, but the book itself has a lot of filler. I think the original HBR article was better than this book because it captured all the critical issues witho...more
I'm re-reading this book for two purposes; 1) because I'll need to cover leadership for my comps paper in my doctoral program and 2) because of the lack of leadership at my current place of employment and the most interesting conversation with my boss. It truly revealed his lack of understanding of both leadership and of the resultant organizational difficulties currently being experienced by staff at all levels.
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In Leading Change, John Kotter examines the efforts of more than 100 companies to remake themselves into better competitors. He identifies the most common mistakes leaders and managers make in attempting to create change and offers an eight-step process to overcome the obstacles and carry out the firm's agenda: establishing a greater sense of urgency, creating the guiding coalition, developing a vision and strategy, communicating the change vision, empowering ot...more
In Leading Change, John Kotter examines the efforts of more than 100 companies to remake themselves into better competitors. He identifies the most common mistakes leaders and managers make in attempting to create change and offers an eight-step process to overcome the obstacles and carry out the firm's agenda: establishing a greater sense of urgency, creating the guiding coalition, developing a vision and strategy, communicating the change vision, empowering ot...more
This book explains why creating change in any organization is so difficult and takes one through eight stages for overcoming them. This is a very clear, concise and useful classic for anyone working anywhere.
Read this for work. It was pretty good for developing tools for handling change well in the workforce. If you need to muscle something through at the office, it is worth checking out.
interesting ideas and discussion of how to adapt to market. this text is more about 30+ years of research summarized by a leadership guru. not one citation, not one reference.
A clear and understandable structure for working through a major change effort. I'm not sure who well it scales down to the smaller efforts I'm typically involved in, but I'm excited to try and put it to the test to find where things need tom adjust and where they fit.
Kotter is the guru of change management and has some practical suggestions for doing so more effectively. I train the topic and quote Kotter a lot. I'm a fan.
I enjoyed this book and found it interesting that there is a true balance between leadership and management. It was also an interesting read from an organizational perspective. Anyone involved in growing or changing a company should read this book.
Like the title says, the book has a lot of information about leadership and change. It has good information and is well organized, but not a page turner either.
It is the face of leadership. I really enjoyed reading this book. A lot of helpful tips without being overwhelming. It forces you to define leadership outside of management. Definitely one to re-read.
~Erika
~Erika
This book was included in my book: The 100 Best Business Books of All Time. www.100bestbiz.com
Very insightful and helpful in planning how to create change in an organization.
Re-reading for third or fourth time. It's a classic on change management.
One of the best business books I've ever read... really enlightening.
Read. Fascinating about undertaking major changes in corporation.
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