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Top 16 Books for Human Resource and Talent Management Executives

Chart Your Course

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. According to Sinek, great companies and leaders start with the “Why” layer. 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. Team members who were initially at odds were always able to reach a collaborative solution because they had spent time getting to know each other and they understood that everyone shared the same priorities around improving patient care.