Leading Change

by: John P. Kotter
Leading Change
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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. "Every business leader can profit from Kotters thinking on change."--Larry Bossidy, Chairman and CEO, AlliedSignal, Inc. Available August 1996.

Book Description:
What will it take to bring your organization successfully into the twenty-first century? The world's foremost expert on business leadership distills twenty-five years of experience and wisdom based on lessons he has learned from scores of organizations and businesses to write this visionary guide.The result is a very personal book that 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 decades.Yet the methods managers have used in the attempt to transform their companies into stronger competitors -- total quality management, reengineering, right sizing, restructuring, cultural change, and turnarounds -- routinely fall short, says Kotter, because they fail to alter behavior.
Emphasizing again and again the critical need for leadership to make change happen, Leading Change provides the vicarious experience and positive role models for leaders to emulate.The book identifies an eight-step process that every company must go through to acheive its goal, and shows where and how people -- good people -- often derail.
Reading this highlypersonal book is like spending a day with John Kotter.It reveals what he has seen, heard, experienced, and concluded in many years of working with companies to create lasting transformation.The book is an inspirational yet practical resource for everyone who has a stake in orchestrating changes in their organization.In Leading Change we have unprecedented access to our generation's master of leadership.


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Rating: 2 out of 5 stars - Long day's journey into boredom
If you enjoy reading laundry lists, this is for you.I bought the audio version to listen to while communting, finally gave up in self-defense -- I was falling asleep at the wheel.Problems with this are:lack of real-life examples; pedantic, didactic style.

For better and more readable/listenable advice on implementing change, check out:"Good to Great" by Jim Collins; "Execution" by Larry Bossidy and Ram Charan; "Who Says Elephants Can't Dance" by Lou Gerstner; "Winning" by Jack ... Read More
Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - A Modern Leadership and Change Process
One of the hardest things to find is a book that links leadership to change in a practical, step-by-step, balanced way. Most books on the subject focus primarily on one or the other.

Based on his experience with major corporations as a Harvard Business School professor, Kotter's eight-stage process is clear, logical, and consistent with modern change management theory.

I use this book and a related article in a seminar on change management to provide the students with one ... Read More
Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - Very good book
I loved reading this book, it is very easy to read and interesting. I cannot remeber the delivery or price, but I can tell you that the product of the book is great! I don't plan on getting rid of it because it is a good book and even some coworkers have asked to borrow it.
Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - Fantastic outline for change initiatives
I'm a bit of a junkie for HBR books, but I have read a few stinkers before - this is not one of them.

Kotter does an excellent job of breaking down change management efforts into 8 stages.He then goes through each stage, highlights why it is important and the pitfalls that can occur.He then backs everything up with solid examples.

After reading the book and understand what is involved in large change management or culture change initiatives - one can understand why most ... Read More
Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - Insight into the world of change
One of the best books on strategic change resistance and gaining sponsorship you will ever read. I have used and continue to use the eight step framework for all my change programmes.

Well written, easy to read and practical.
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