The Office Blend Blog

MARCH 31, 2020

1 is setting — micro-nourishing one day, one hour, one minute at a time — an effective people-truly-first, innovate-or-die, excellence-or-bust corporate culture.” – Tom Peters. The ability of an organization to respond effectively in times of crisis is paramount. John Kotter. “CEO job No. Happy reading.

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Skip Prichard

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

Leadership author John Kotter identifies the creation of a vision for change and communication of the change vision as the third and fourth steps in his model for effective change management. Charismatic leaders engage in innovative behaviors that run counter to the established norms of their organizations, industries, and/or societies.

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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. Boards see the negative impact of a culture crisis on the value of their companies.

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Strategy Driven

SEPTEMBER 12, 2011

Information overload is the management crisis of the 21stcentury. In a complex world where predictability is impossible and innovation and risk are necessary to survive and thrive, mistakes are not only acceptable, but welcome. Organizations that fail to continuously revise assumptions about their operating environment (i.e.

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Chart Your Course

JUNE 30, 2016

She faces the ultimate leadership crisis: Uniting a team in such disarray that it threatens to bring down the entire company. A Harvard Business School professor, Kotter emphasises a comprehensive eight-step framework that can be followed by executives at all levels. It is one of the most popular and frequently discussed books in HR.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 22, 2016

Department of Veterans Affairs was in crisis. McDonald and his team’s approach was heavily influenced by John Kotter’s eight steps for effective organizational change. The crisis that emerged in the Phoenix VA was triggered by the pursuit of a 14-day wait time goal for all appointments. In 2014, the U.S.

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