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Leadership produces change. That is its primary function
John P. Kotter
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John P. Kotter
Age: 77
Born: 1947
Born: February 25
Economist
Educator
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San Diego
California
John Paul Kotter
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Without credible communication, and a lot of it, the hearts and minds of others are never captured.
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No vision issue today is bigger than the question of efficiency versus some combination of innovation and customer service.
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One of the most common ways to overcome resistance to change is to educate people about it beforehand. Communication of ideas helps people see the need for and the logic of a change. The education process can involve one-on-one discussions, presentations to groups, or memos and reports.
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A culture truly changes only when a new way of operating has been shown to succeed over some minimum period of time.
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Most US corporations today are over-managed and under-led. They need to develop their capacity to exercise leadership.
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Good communication is not just data transfer. You need to show people something that addresses their anxieties, that accepts their anger, that is credible in a very gut-level sense, and that evokes faith in the vision.
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In the final analysis, change sticks when it becomes the way we do things around here.
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If the culture you have is radically different from an 'experiment and take-risk' culture, then you have a big change you going to have to make - and no little gimmicks are going to do it for you.
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Leaders establish the vision for the future and set the strategy for getting there.
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A higher rate of urgency does not imply ever-present panic, anxiety, or fear. It means a state in which complacency is virtually absent.
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We learn best - and change - from hearing stories that strike a chord within us.
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Leadership is different from management, but not for the reasons most people think.
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Tradition is a very powerful force.
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Never underestimate the magnitude of the power of the forces that reinforce the status quo.
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