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Leaders establish the vision for the future and set the strategy for getting there.
John P. Kotter
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John P. Kotter
Age: 77
Born: 1947
Born: February 25
Economist
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San Diego
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John Paul Kotter
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Managers are trained to make incremental, programmatic improvements. They aren't trained to lead large-scale change.
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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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Tradition is a very powerful force.
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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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