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Leadership is about coping with change

John P. Kotter

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John P. Kotter
Age: 77
Born: 1947
Born: February 25
Economist
Educator
University Teacher
San Diego
California
John Paul Kotter
Change
Coping
Leadership

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Overcoming complacency is crucial at the start of any change process, and it often requires a little bit of surprise, something that grabs attention at more than an intellectual level. You need to surprise people with something that disturbs their view that everything is perfect.
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The heart of change is in the emotions.
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Most people don't lead their own lives - they accept their lives
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In an ever changing world, you never learn it all, even if you keep growing into your 90s.
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Leaders establish the vision for the future and set the strategy for getting there.
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We are always creating new tools and techniques to help people, but the fundamental framework is remarkably resilient, which means it must have something to do with the nature of organizations or human nature.
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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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In the final analysis, change sticks when it becomes the way we do things around here.
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Good communication does not mean that you have to speak in perfectly formed sentences and paragraphs. It isn't about slickness. Simple and clear go a long way.
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People change what they do less because they are given an analysis that shifts their thinking than because they are shown a truth that influences their feelings.
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Neurologists say that our brains are programmed much more for stories than for abstract ideas. Tales with a little drama are remembered far longer than any slide crammed with analytics.
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Tradition is a very powerful force.
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Leadership produces change. That is its primary function
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Effective leaders help others to understand the necessity of change and to accept a common vision of the desired outcome.
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We see, we feel, we change.
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Anyone in a large organization who thinks major change is impossible should probably get out.
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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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Motivation is not a thinking word it's a feeling word.
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Never underestimate the magnitude of the power of the forces that reinforce the status quo.
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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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