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Video Book Club: A Sense of Urgency

Next Level Blog

Posted by: Jon Latzer | June 29, 2010 at 01:44 PM Love Kotter's work. I also share my big take away from the book not it’s not just about the facts, it’s about something else. Conversely, I watch those that are constantly moving with a "sense of urgency" but don't seem to produce or get much accomplished. Good take on it.

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Buy-In – The Imperative Strategy

Strategy Driven

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. To mitigate the lack of buy-in, Johns Kotter created an 8-step change process model the first step of which is to Increase the Urgency for Change.

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Benefits of Debriefing

Strategy Driven

It is vital to develop the capacity to learn from your environment. John Kotter, the renowned scholar on change management, suggests that successful change requires management to create opportunities for ‘short term wins,’ thereby repetitively reinforcing positive steps along the path to change. But how is this done?