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Unleashing the Power of C-Level Business Tools: Strategies for Success.

Rich Gee Group

(resource) Change Management Frameworks: Tools like Kotter's 8-Step Model and ADKAR provide structured approaches for managing organizational change initiatives. resource) Kaizen: A continuous improvement philosophy that emphasizes making small, incremental changes to processes and operations to achieve long-term improvements.

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First Look: Leadership Books for June 2021

Leading Blog

Kotter with Vanessa Akhtar and Gaurav Gupta. Kotter, Vanessa Akhtar, and Gaurav Gupta explore how to create non-linear, dramatic change in your organization. and how a work culture driven by quality relationships can reverse these trends. Transform your organization with speed and efficiency using this insightful new resource.

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Active Listening: the Key to Leadership Success

Great Leadership By Dan

Kotter wrote the book XLR8, which takes this concept on leading and describes a dual system organization meant to keep traditional hierarchy in place but facilitates direct and timely moves via a second organization that does not follow the former. After absorbing a new operation, I visited the factory floor. This is leadership!

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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. A positive culture will improve the quality of your employees’ work, which further supports your reputation and brand image.

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The Best Leadership Books of 2014

Leading Blog

Kotter For most companies, the hierarchy is the singular operating system at the heart of the firm. While his best qualities were seen on the field of battle, you will find much you can learn from his leadership—both good and bad. Accelerate : Building Strategic Agility for a Faster-Moving World by John P. Blog Post ).

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Fostering Employee Innovation at a 150-Year-Old Company

Harvard Business Review

Inspired by John Kotter’s dual-operating structure model, we asked all of these employees to maintain their “day jobs” within the established hierarchy, while also using 5-10% of their time to work on fast-cycle, informal innovation projects across silos. More than 600 were selected.

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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. Exploring cutting edge ways to lower costs and improve quality. We also had open questions in our surveys to give people an opportunity to express their concerns related to leadership, operations, compensation, and staffing.