Great Leadership By Dan

JANUARY 23, 2014

Great leadership is certainly associated with strong instincts and intuition, but intuition and instincts are shaped by training and more importantly, greatly augmented through experience. These individuals probably have some history of working together but they also operate with the same obstructed viewpoint.

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Skip Prichard

JUNE 22, 2020

James Heskett and John Kotter found that organizations with strong corporate cultures realized over eleven years revenue growth of 682 percent, employment growth of 282 percent and stock price growth of 901 percent. Corporate leaders that operate with an ivory tower mentality are likely to find their tower tumbling down.

How To 110

How To Middle Management Reputation Short-term 110

Strategy Driven

SEPTEMBER 12, 2011

Organizations that fail to continuously revise assumptions about their operating environment (i.e. Fighter Pilots and Special Operations teams have discovered and used a secret to continuous improvement – a tool every enterprise can benefit from. It may require a change in training or standards. But how is this done?

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Short-term Tools Learning-by-Doing Schein 65

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 17, 2018

Inspired by John Kotter’s dual-operating structure model, we asked all of these employees to maintain their “day jobs” within the established hierarchy, while also using 5-10% of their time to work on fast-cycle, informal innovation projects across silos. More than 600 were selected. Three key insights.

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Innovation Company Agility Workshop 12

Chart Your Course

JUNE 30, 2016

Ineffective companies operate only from the other two layers. 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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Human Resources Talent Management Resources Ulrich 100

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 27, 2012

Yet most reports, such as John Kotter's classic Harvard Business Review article " Leading Change: Why Transformation Effort Fail ," show that few attempts at fundamental change are very successful, a few are utter failures, and most fall somewhere in between, with a distinct tilt to failure.

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Process Mayo Six Sigma Ryan 15

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 22, 2016

McDonald and his team’s approach was heavily influenced by John Kotter’s eight steps for effective organizational change. Making service better in accordance with VA’s mission continues to attract new patients, forcing the organization to find new ways to get more out of its operation.

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Six Sigma Learning-by-Doing Crisis Kotter 8