Great Leadership By Dan

JULY 24, 2014

Nadella, by contrast, set a strong direction from day one, clearly laying out a destination in his focus on “mobile-first, cloud-first” technologies. About the author: Randy Ottinger is an Executive Vice President at Kotter International , a firm that helps leaders accelerate strategy implementation in their organizations.

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Great Leadership By Dan

JANUARY 10, 2012

Here's another exclusive guest post from John Kotter. Here are some questions you can ask to determine whether complacency has set in among your employees: • Are team conversations inwardly focused, and not about new markets, emerging technologies or potential competitors? • Success is a lousy teacher. Share outside perspectives.

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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.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 15, 2015

It’s been almost 10 years since HBR published John Kotter’s classic article,” Why Transformation Efforts Fail.” For example, when a large technology firm integrated specialized engineers into its regional sales teams, there were shifts in roles, client coverage, compensation, goal setting, and teamwork.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 17, 2012

The question on many business leaders' minds is this: Does the potential for accelerating existing business processes warrant the enormous cost associated with technology adoption, project ramp up, and staff hiring and training that accompany Big Data efforts? If you can't define the goal of a Big Data effort, don't pursue it.

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