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Leading Change 
| 80% Recommended by our customers. Publisher: Harvard Business School Press Catalog: Book Release date: 1996-01-15 Media: Hardcover Number of pages: 187 Ean: 9780875847474 Book Isbn: 0875847471  Tip: compare prices with similar booksAuthor:
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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 others to act, creating short-term wins, consolidating gains and producing even more change, and institutionalizing new approaches in the future. This highly personal book reveals what John Kotter has seen, heard, experienced, and concluded in 25 years of working with companies to create lasting transformation. |
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 Written on August 15, 2006 Summary: Read it too late This book is excellent for anyone going through or planning to make changes in any organization. The material is straight forward, concise, and right on target. I only wish I had read this book last year before attempting to make major changes in our organization Written on July 9, 2006 Summary: Very Helpful I would recommend this book to any manager who is currently leading an organizational change effort. It's very practical. Kotter's Eight Steps are easy to follow. Written on June 27, 2006 Summary: Excellent Step-by-Step Guide for Enacting Change in the Workplace In Leading Change, Dr. John Kotter, a Harvard Business professor with twenty-five years of leadership training experience, and foremost expert on business leadership carefully argues his eight-step process for creating major change in business organizations. From "establishing a sense of urgency" amongst the work force to "anchoring new approaches in the culture," Kotter weaves a highly coherent and exacting guide to the successful implementation of new initiatives and strategic goals in business organizations. Kotter is careful to not only give a thorough explanation of each step, but to provide diagram models which assist in re-enforcing his concepts. Each step of the process is based on careful research, as Kotter uses many first-hand experiences with CEO's, Senior Managers, and Harvard graduate students to solidify his arguments. This is the ultimate "how to" manual for individuals who want to make important changes to their companies and organizations. Leadership and Management are both needed to implement major change in an organization: Kotter gives equal weight to the importance of both managers and leaders, arguing that while leaders are often the impetus for successful change - mangers are key to organizing and maintaining successful business transformations. According to Kotter, if an organization has the correct balance between leaders and managers, and follows the eight-step process - then successful change is imminent. Establishing the ground work and planning ahead in an organization are the key elements to having a successful transformation: Inspiring a sense of urgency and building a guiding coalition, according to Kotter, are the initial steps to successful change. As complacency is one of the more widespread shortcomings of major organizations, it is imperative for leaders to raise the level of urgency amongst employees and other managers. Kotter notes a subset of ways to accomplish this goal such as increasing the amount of communication and creating a relevant crisis in the work force. Once a clear and widespread sense of urgency is established, it is even more important to have support from a strong coalition. According to Kotter, the composition of this team must have four essential elements to be successful: a sufficient amount of power (front line mangers), experts, credibility, and proven leadership. In essence, Kotter notes urgency and team building as essential elements of the change environment - without them transformations will be fruitless and will ultimately fail. Changing the culture of an organization is difficult, but one of the most important steps to finalizing major transformation in an organization: Noting that culture transformation is the final major step in the major change model, Kotter uses a system of tying the new changes in with the old systems. To make his point, Kotter uses an excellent example of a CEO who implements major changes in his organization. Essentially, the CEO called an all-hands meeting and strategically placed the company's volumes of program policies where they would be seen by all. The CEO noted that the volumes had served the company well for ten years, but it was now important to re-vamp these manuals for modern challenges. This example illustrates that effective culture change has to have a connection to the past to be effective, as many employees have been embedded in current culture so long - that they need a "bridge" from old to new, in order to effectively make a transformation. Kotter refers to this process as "anchoring in" to new cultural approaches. And unless this final step is utilized effectively, then old world ways will ultimately stagnate major change. Leading Change was named the number one management book of the year by Management General. In general, Kotter simplifies a complex topic and allows for the laymen to easily understand his eight step process for major change. Moreover, Kotter is an expert in his field that sets the standard for business leadership. Written on March 23, 2006 Summary: Change Process It was great to have a direction for change through this book. I especially appreciated the definitions of leader and manager which was very beneficial in leading our change. The eight principles were a great spring board to work from in our organizational change. Written on March 13, 2006 Summary: Just great It's a great help in how to manage change and things we usually ignore when they are basic for a successful leading |
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| Catalog | Book | Book | Book | Book | Book | Book |
| Release date | 1996-01-15 | 2002-08-01 | 2006-09-05 | 2005-11-09 | 2001-10-16 | 2008-09-03 |
| Media | Hardcover | Hardcover | Hardcover | Paperback | Hardcover | Hardcover |
| Number of pages | 187 | 190 | 160 | 160 | 300 | 128 |
| Ean | 9780875847474 | 9781578512546 | 9780312361983 | 9781591397755 | 9780066620992 | 9781422179710 |
| Book Isbn | 0875847471 | 1578512549 | 031236198X | 1591397758 | 0066620996 | 1422179710 |
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