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Kotter's thesis is that strategies for change often fail in corporations because the changes do not alter behavior. He identifies the most common mistakes in effecting change, offering eight steps to overcoming obstacles. The eight-step process consists of establishing a sense of urgency by analyzing competition and identifying potential crises; putting together a powerful team to lead change; creating a vision; communicating the new vision, strategies, and expected behavior; removing obstacles to the change and encouraging risk taking; recognizing and rewarding short-term successes; identifying people who can implement change; and ensuring that the changes become part of the institutional culture for long-term transformation and growth. The author acknowledges that substantive change requires leadership, but not the elitist notion of leadership as a divine gift of birth granted to a few. Kotter makes a compelling case that winners will be those who outgrow their rivals. Mary Whaley

Ingram

One of the world's foremost experts on business leadership distills 25 years of experience and wisdom in this visionary guide to what it will take to lead the organization of the 21st century.



Book Info

Identifies an eight-step process that every company must go through to achieve its goal, and shows where and how people, good people, often derail.



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About the author:

John P. Kotter is the Konosuke Matsushita Professor of Leadership at the Harvard Business School and a frequent speaker at top management meetings around the world. He is the author of six bestselling business books. He is the content expert for an interactive CD-ROM program on leading change currently being developed by Harvard Business School Publishing for use in organizations.