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

Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 7, 2011

In providing research and developing training programs for various large corporations about managing change, we find that the biggest stumbling block for employees from top-down is lack of buy-in. Top executives have the vision, but often fail to get buy-in from managers who have to carry out the change initiative.

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Strategy Kotter RASCI Motivation 70

The Practical Leader

APRIL 18, 2012

One example was an e-mail from a manager at the American Society of Training and Development: “We are building our reference list for the ASTD Forum Lab in India in October. I have read about 30 leadership books including Maxwell, Kouzes & Posner, Kotter, and Schein. The theme is Executive global leadership. .”

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Review Books Schein Kotter 53

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?"

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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?" Top Books About Leadership.

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Books Leadership Handbook Kotter 50

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 16, 2013

As a recognized discipline, change management has been in existence for over half a century. Given this evidence, is it possible that everything we know about change management is wrong and that we need to go back to the drawing board? Obviously, not every company lets its managers off the hook in this way.

Six Sigma 11

Six Sigma Management Parcell Kotter 11

Harvard Business Review

JULY 31, 2017

One area so far relatively untouched is change management. The combination of predictive analytics, large data sets, and the processing power of today’s computers is starting to transform change management. But before that can happen, we have to understand why data has failed to catch on in change management to date.

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Marketing Root Cause Analysis Management Supply Chain 8

Strategy Driven

SEPTEMBER 12, 2011

The Forces of global change can render professional skill sets obsolete almost overnight. But how is this done? Information overload is the management crisis of the 21stcentury. This is the disciplined and effective debrief… something most companies talk about but don’t know how to do. Authors James D.

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Short-term Tools Learning-by-Doing Schein 63

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 17, 2012

The Big Data trend is as much about new solutions for managing and storing growing information volumes as it is about the data itself. 2: What skills, technologies, and existing data development practices do we have in place that could help kick-start a Big Data effort? 5: Can we manage the changes brought by Big Data?

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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

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%.

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Kotter Decentralization Business Model Engineering 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 22, 2012

It's often hard to deduce how someone becomes known as a leader in their field. Sometimes, it seems they've always loomed large: for decades, Michael Porter has been synonymous with strategy, and John Kotter with change management. Skills development comes first. Embrace luck — and make your own.

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Reputation Case Study Ries Kotter 8

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.

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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.

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Six Sigma Learning-by-Doing Crisis Kotter 8