Eric Jacobson

NOVEMBER 26, 2014

As you think about what business books you want to read next year, how about adding to the list at least one book from the list below. Perhaps a book that will help you improve your leadership skills. They responded to a group discussion question, "Best Leadership Books -- What''s Your Favorite?"

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Books Leadership Handbook Kotter 79

Eric Jacobson

SEPTEMBER 20, 2012

. __ This Memorial Day, as you select the books you plan to read for pleasure this summer, how about adding to the list at least one business book. Perhaps a book that will help you improve your leadership skills. They responded to a group discussion question, "Best Leadership Books -- What's Your Favorite?"

Books 61

Books Leadership Handbook Kotter 61

Eric Jacobson

NOVEMBER 15, 2013

As you think about what business books you want to read next year, how about adding to the list at least one book from the list below. Perhaps a book that will help you improve your leadership skills. They responded to a group discussion question, "Best Leadership Books -- What''s Your Favorite?"

Books 50

Books Leadership Handbook Kotter 50

Eric Jacobson

MAY 25, 2012

This Memorial Day, as you select the books you plan to read for pleasure this summer, how about adding to the list at least one business book. Perhaps a book that will help you improve your leadership skills. They responded to a group discussion question, "Best Leadership Books -- What's Your Favorite?"

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Books Handbook Kotter Leadership Pipeline 92

The Practical Leader

APRIL 18, 2012

In the past few months I’ve been asked by workshop participants and readers for my recommendations on organization improvement, leadership, or personal development books. The theme is Executive global leadership. I have read about 30 leadership books including Maxwell, Kouzes & Posner, Kotter, and Schein.

Review 53

Review Books Schein Kotter 53

Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 7, 2011

This idea is supported by Harvard Business School Professor John Kotter, authority on leadership and change, who finds that in order to succeed, 75% of the company’s management, needs to ‘buy into’ the change. Practice in a mirror, check eye contact, and scan body language for distracting gestures.

Strategy 70

Strategy Kotter RASCI Motivation 70

Strategy Driven

SEPTEMBER 12, 2011

The Forces of global change can render professional skill sets obsolete almost overnight. But how is this done? This is the disciplined and effective debrief… something most companies talk about but don’t know how to do. Duke succinctly provide not only why to debrief, but how to conduct an effective debrief.

Short-term 63

Short-term Tools Learning-by-Doing Schein 63

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 17, 2012

2: What skills, technologies, and existing data development practices do we have in place that could help kick-start a Big Data effort? The data architecture, data quality, and metadata skills and tools these teams provide can often be leveraged to support Big Data efforts.

Kotter 14

Kotter How To Technology Information 14

First Friday Book Synopsis

FEBRUARY 10, 2013

I hope that at least a few of these recent posts will be of interest to you: BOOK REVIEWS Creative Conspiracy: The New Rules of Breakthrough Collaboration Leigh Thompson This Will Make You Smarter: New Scientific Concepts to Improve Your Thinking John Brockman, Editor Unrelenting Innovation: How to Build a Culture for Market Dominance Gerard [.].

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Blog Creativity Review Innovation 89

Harvard Business Review

JULY 31, 2017

These intangible factors like culture, leadership, and motivation do not yield easily to empirical analysis. This makes it difficult to set up controlled experiments to validate cause and effect to demonstrate how specific change interventions deliver the intended outcomes. The issue is that they operate as artisans, not scientists.

Marketing 8

Marketing Root Cause Analysis Management Supply Chain 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 15, 2015

It’s been almost 10 years since HBR published John Kotter’s classic article,” Why Transformation Efforts Fail.” ” And although his suggestions for how to improve the odds have been widely accepted, the success rate of major corporate change programs remains essentially unchanged — it still hovers at 30%.

Kotter 8

Kotter Decentralization Business Model Engineering 8

Tanveer Naseer

MARCH 17, 2015

In “ The Heart of Change ”, John Kotter and Dan Cohen discuss a study they conducted with Deloitte Consulting about the nature of change. Leaders master this basic skill of storytelling as a first step to move people emotionally. In a business setting, a logical argument is expected, of course.

Storytelling 100

Storytelling Kotter Influence Teamwork 100

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 9, 2012

Check out these new and forthcoming books from HBR Press: The Success Equation: Untangling Skill and Luck in Business, Sports, and Investing. Much of what we experience in life results from a combination of skill and luck," writes Michael Mauboussin. The Heart of Change: Real-Life Stories of How People Change Their Organizations.

P&L 8

P&L Kotter Books Globalization 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 22, 2016

Obama nominated Robert McDonald , an Army veteran and experienced executive who had honed his leadership skills during a 33-year career at Proctor and Gamble, to attempt the difficult turnaround. McDonald and his team’s approach was heavily influenced by John Kotter’s eight steps for effective organizational change.

Six Sigma 8

Six Sigma Learning-by-Doing Crisis Kotter 8