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Benefits of Debriefing

Strategy Driven

Organizations that fail to continuously revise assumptions about their operating environment (i.e. Fighter Pilots and Special Operations teams have discovered and used a secret to continuous improvement – a tool every enterprise can benefit from. Copyright 2007-2011 by StrategyDriven, Inc. But how is this done?

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The Best Leadership Books of 2014

Leading Blog

Kotter For most companies, the hierarchy is the singular operating system at the heart of the firm. Best Leadership Books of 2011. Accelerate : Building Strategic Agility for a Faster-Moving World by John P. But the reality is, this system simply is not built for an environment where change has become the norm. Blog Post ).

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Top 16 Books for Human Resource and Talent Management Executives

Chart Your Course

Ineffective companies operate only from the other two layers. Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us (2011). A Harvard Business School professor, Kotter emphasises a comprehensive eight-step framework that can be followed by executives at all levels. By Daniel H. Leading Change (1995).

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How to Get Health Care Employees Onboard with Change

Harvard Business Review

Twenty years ago, John Kotter pegged the failure rate at 70% and the needle hasn’t moved much since. Yet, a variety of financial and operational problems impeded success and we lacked a clear strategic path toward building the kind of coordinated care delivery system healthcare desperately needs. Sponsored by Medtronic.