Leading Blog

FEBRUARY 7, 2011

Peter Senge, founder of the Society of Organizational Learning and senior lecturer at the MIT Sloan School of Management, once observed, “Most managers do not reflect carefully on their actions.” Most managers are too busy “running” to reflect. Even Lincoln had to resist the “instantaneous nature of the telegraph.”

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LDRLB

SEPTEMBER 19, 2010

Servant leadership is a belief in and practice of “leadership that places the good of those led over the self-interest of the leader, emphasizing leader behaviors that focus on follower development and de-emphasizing glorification of the leader” (Hale and Fields, 2007, p. Communicate a vision of servant leadership to managers and employees.

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Lead from Within

JUNE 10, 2018

” –John Kotter. All members of an organization, who are responsible for the work of others, have the potential to be good leaders if properly developed.” “Leadership is not a person or a position. “Leadership is about service to others and a commitment to developing more servants as leaders.

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Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 7, 2011

In providing research and developing training programs for various large corporations about managing change, we find that the biggest stumbling block for employees from top-down is lack of buy-in. Top executives have the vision, but often fail to get buy-in from managers who have to carry out the change initiative.

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Strategy Driven

SEPTEMBER 12, 2011

It is vital to develop the capacity to learn from your environment. Information overload is the management crisis of the 21stcentury. Fifth, once root causes are identified, an actionable and specific lesson learned is developed. It may require further development of a plan or program to address the root cause.

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You're Not the Boss of Me

APRIL 19, 2009

So, if you are a leader positioned somewhere in the middle of the organizational pack or an individual who wants to make a tangible difference in your organization, how do you do it? What specific positive outcomes do I expect from it? John Kotter is one of my particular favorites. How will the future be different because of it?

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 19, 2016

To address these questions, Coty partnered with Kotter International to implement a broad global change management program. Kotter’s book Accelerate.). The traditional, even predominant, way to form a team follows a well-rehearsed and perfectly logical flow: Develop a strategy. Allocate budget for a team.

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QAspire

JANUARY 1, 2012

Business ecosystem is rapidly changing – and as a student of personal and organizational change, I recently re-read Dr. John Kotter’s book (published in 2008) titled “A Sense of Urgency”. Dr. Kotter also goes on to explain that our major issue is not complacency – but a lot of false sense of urgency. If you have ideas, give it a life.

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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. Measure performance carefully and manage with an eye on what’s most important to customers. Leadership must create a culture and capacity for continuous improvement.

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