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Retain Your Top Performers

Marshall Goldsmith

In his book New Rules, John Kotter notes that from 1974 through 1994, Harvard Business School graduates who worked for smaller corporations tended to make more money and have higher job satisfaction than their counterparts in large corporations. The CEO of a leading telecommunications company recently embarked on an innovative approach.

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How to Ignite and Sustain Organizational Growth

Skip Prichard

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.

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The Best Leadership Books of 2014

Leading Blog

We must be creative and innovative in our organizations but perhaps more importantly, in working on ourselves. If you thought you were serious about it, Learn or Die will take you to a whole new level with tools, case studies, and insights that will challenge your commitment to learning. A S LEADERS we must learn and grow. Blog Post ).

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How to Get Health Care Employees Onboard with Change

Harvard Business Review

Twenty years ago, John Kotter pegged the failure rate at 70% and the needle hasn’t moved much since. Innovating for Value in Health Care. We also had open questions in our surveys to give people an opportunity to express their concerns related to leadership, operations, compensation, and staffing. Insight Center.

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Top 16 Books for Human Resource and Talent Management Executives

Chart Your Course

3) Lack of commitment. 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. The five dysfunctions are: 1) Absence of trust. 2) Fear of conflict. 4) Avoidance of accountability.