When Change Outpaces the Leader

Fifteen years ago, John P. Kotter wrote his seminal book Leading Change. It is one of those rare books that I try to read every year. It reminds me in fresh ways of the need to be a leader who is a change agent and one who understands the times of change in which we live. I doubt that Kotter could have predicted fifteen years ago the types and pace of change that confronts leaders and organizations today. From multinational organizations to nonprofit companies to churches to community organizations, the challenge of change can seem to have a heaviness and...