CEO Blog

MARCH 25, 2011

One of the books I read during my "found time" was Buy in - Saving Your Good Idea from Getting Shot Down by John Kotter and Lorne Whitehead. I like John Kotters ' books and writings. I suppose anyone who can sell an idea is more likely to be able to sell the product or service of their venture so it likely bodes well.

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Tanveer Naseer

JULY 26, 2016

Kotter and James L. If there is upheaval due to major product changes, mergers or acquisitions or other serious issues, the time may not be right to begin a journey that will require the organization to define their “dream” or mission, values and codes of conduct. In 2005, J. The intellectual commitment is easy.

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Great Results Team Building

JUNE 12, 2014

In a chronically leaking boat, energy devoted to changing vessels is more productive than energy devoted to patching leaks.”. “The rate of change is not going to slow down anytime soon. If anything, competition in most industries will probably speed up even more in the next few decades”. Dr. After five years, look at it with suspicion.

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Tanveer Naseer

FEBRUARY 20, 2018

And even though Kotter and Heskett showed that culture could account for a 20-30% better overall performance than similar competitors, many leaders and organizations don’t see how to develop a culture that enhances performance. Those are the ingredients of a positive culture, and they’re proven to boost productivity.

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The Center For Leadership Studies

SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

And it damages the morale and productivity of the employees you do have. Kotter and Lorne A. Subpar leadership costs money, too—and you don’t get anything positive in return. Poor or nonexistent leadership causes your organization to lose high-value employees (who are difficult and expensive to replace). APPLICATION CHALLENGE.

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Leading Blog

FEBRUARY 7, 2011

Forrester asks, “What is the last document or strategy you can point to as a ‘product of reflection’ built with all parts of the organization and senior-level involvement? Look for valuable insights from John Kotter, Mark Sanborn, Brian Orchard, Marshall Goldsmith, John Baldoni, Tom Asacker, James Strock, and Jeremy Hunter. * * *.

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The Practical Leader

OCTOBER 24, 2011

John Kotter and James Heskett’s classic book, Corporate Culture and Performance , is an organization development classic. Retention : Lower recruiting, hiring, training, and lost productivity costs because of greater employee loyalty. Returns to labor : Greater productivity per dollar of compensation.

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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 are essentially opposed to the status quo and strive to change it.” –Jan-Benedict Jan-Benedict Steenkamp. His vision was—.

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Marshall Goldsmith

DECEMBER 16, 2013

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. Five Trends . Our task is complicated by five additional trends: 1.

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LDRLB

SEPTEMBER 19, 2010

The extant research has demonstrated organizational citizenship behavior is strongly associated with employee task performance, organizational productivity, and customer satisfaction. Following Kotter’s (1996) five steps to empower people to effect change (p. 115), I’d recommend the following: 1.

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Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 7, 2011

This idea is supported by Harvard Business School Professor John Kotter, authority on leadership and change, who finds that in order to succeed, 75% of the company’s management, needs to ‘buy into’ the change. I had forgotten about them because I get stressed with the things I don’t like as much.

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Skip Prichard

JUNE 22, 2020

With the ever-changing dynamics of the workforce, the stewardship of organizational culture is just as important as strategy, talent, product development, or customer service. Yet, without the right culture, organizations cannot succeed short term, nor can they endure. Jason Richmond is President & CEO of Ideal Outcomes, Inc.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 12, 2017

Although the algorithm is completely agnostic, the classification it generates closely resembles John Kotter’s distinction between “managers” and “leaders.” The most common departments for CEOs to meet with are production (35% of time spent with others), marketing (22%), and finance (17%).

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Strategy Driven

SEPTEMBER 12, 2011

First, there are the discrete, tangible products that emerge directly from the debrief process. 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.

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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. The results helped mobilize a significant part of the organization: people at all levels and functions teamed up to generate new revenues, cut costs, increase productivity, and enhance quality.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 21, 2014

But that is activity, not productivity, and it also tends to be activity that is self-protective not organizationally important. My colleagues and I at Kotter International have found again and again that a sense of urgency around a big opportunity can create powerful and sustainable action. What to do?

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 15, 2015

It’s been almost 10 years since HBR published John Kotter’s classic article,” Why Transformation Efforts Fail.” I recently met with the senior leadership team of a large technology company that had been successful because one unique product constituted 90% of its sales.

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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.

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Chart Your Course

JUNE 30, 2016

Sinek entered mainstream business awareness with his TED talk, in which he introduces a deceptively simple model called “the golden circle” made up of three layers: What (Product), How (Process), and Why (Purpose). According to Sinek, great companies and leaders start with the “Why” layer. Leading Change (1995).

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 5, 2013

John Kotter defines leadership as "creating a vision of the future and strategies for producing the changes needed to achieve that vision; aligning people around the vision; and motivating them to overcome barriers and produce the changes needed to achieve the vision.". What are the right circumstances?

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 17, 2012

At one specialty retailer analyzing social media interactions resulted in more targeted product recommendations on their website. As change management guru John Kotter said, "Effective leaders help others to understand the necessity of change and to accept a common vision of the desired outcome."

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 27, 2012

Would shareholders of Kodak — which had some of the earliest digital photography technology — agree that its destruction made evolutionary sense, or would they echo Harvard Professor John Kotter's remark that it was the result of "complacency"? Focus on what you have that others don't , not on what others have that you don't.

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First Friday Book Synopsis

NOVEMBER 11, 2012

I hope that at least a few of these recent posts will be of interest to you: BOOK REVIEWS The Pumpkin Plan: A Simple Strategy to Grow a Remarkable Business in Any Field Mike Michalowicz HBR Guide to Persuasive Presentations Nancy Duarte Freedom, Inc.: Free Your Employees and Let Them Lead Your Business to Higher [.].

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 9, 2012

Millions worldwide have read and embraced John Kotter's ideas on change management and leadership. Freshly designed and with a new preface by Kotter, Leading Change is a true leadership classic. Kotter and Dan S. In today's global economy, it would be short-sighted to rely solely on local resources for new-product innovations.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 1, 2016

This magic zone is what John Kotter referred to as the “Productive Range of Distress.” If you believe there is too little stress on your team and that it will take a little more discomfort before your employees are in the productive range of distress, you have a variety of options to choose from.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 22, 2011

Many other experts, such as Senge and Kotter have certainly added to that understanding with complex and nuanced constructs, but Caldwell's invisible glue comment holds a truth. We can barely see and surely can't measure the cultural aspect of what makes great products, revenues or earnings per share.

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