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How to UnFreeze

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John Kotter’s (1996) book leading change presents an eight-step model for facilitating change that closely follows Lewin’s (1951) three phases model. How often do we hear of a new CEO who enters intensely sharing a vision and who is fired just as intensely. Leadership change kotter lewin' Kotter, J.

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The Best Collection of Advice for New Leaders

Great Leadership By Dan

Bruce Lewin , from Four Groups'' Blog : “For public company CEO''s, I''d follow the advice of Eric Schmidt: Absolute profits are going to increase every quarter. Invest at least 20% leading those with authority over you and 15% leading your peers. " Blog Post: Real Leaders Challenge The Status Quo ”.

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Psychoanalyzing the World’s Problems Won’t Help Us Solve Them

Harvard Business Review

Not just among psychologists and artistic types, who have always had their ear to the unconscious — lately, CEOs, politicians, and economists all sound as though they have brushed up on their Freud. They followed Kurt Lewin’s admonition that the only way to truly understand social systems is to try to change them.

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Scaling Is Hard. Here's How Akamai Did It.

Harvard Business Review

Technical founders Tom Leighton and Danny Lewin built the original prototype at their lab at MIT starting in late 1996 before raising capital, so in a sense Akamai's Minimum Viable Product (MVP) was a prototype with the basic architecture and traffic mapping in place that validated algorithms for the founders and investors alike.

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The June 3rd, 2013 Leadership Development Carnival

Great Leadership By Dan

presents Iron Man vs. Athena for CEO - Leadership Battle of the Sexes. Bruce Lewin from Four Groups'' Blog presents 3 Barriers to Adaptability and Change. Well, here''s your monthly dose of "speed leadership development". 30 leadership bloggers in 90 minutes. Try ''em all, it''s the best investment of your time you''ll make today!