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Brief History of Change: Kotter

LDRLB

There is perhaps no change model more cited than John Kotter’s eight-stage change process. Kotter’s work has been repacked and resold by countless “change consultants.” Kotter first presented this model in his 1995 book Leading Change. Develop a short vision with the coalition and practice communicating it.

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Brief History of Change: Kotter

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Kotter’s work has been repacked and resold by countless “change consultants.” Kotter first presented this model in his 1995 book Leading Change. Kotter outlined an eight-stage process that leaders should take their organizations through when implementing change: Create a sense of urgency. Form a powerful coalition.

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How to Ignite and Sustain Organizational Growth

Skip Prichard

With the ever-changing dynamics of the workforce, the stewardship of organizational culture is just as important as strategy, talent, product development, or customer service. He helps companies build strong sustained revenue growth through by developing energizing office cultures. Simply put, culture drives performance.

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Data Can Do for Change Management What It Did for Marketing

Harvard Business Review

Retailers combine data on demographics and weather to predict sales and develop merchandising plans. The failure of major transformation projects to deliver the expected benefits is a well-documented phenomenon : many change programs simply do not achieve their business goals. The issue is that they operate as artisans, not scientists.

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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.

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Fostering Employee Innovation at a 150-Year-Old Company

Harvard Business Review

To achieve that goal, however, we must innovate not only in terms of science and R&D, but also in how we run our business. By creating this volunteer network, we were able to make dramatic progress in developing other aspects of our innovation agenda. TheCrimsonMonkey/Getty Images. More than 600 were selected.

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How Coty Reinvigorated Its Supply Chain

Harvard Business Review

It can sometimes seem like magic when we get the right people together with the right attitude, motivated to work toward a common goal. To address these questions, Coty partnered with Kotter International to implement a broad global change management program. Kotter’s book Accelerate.). Operations in a Connected World.