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Leading Change – Lessons for New Leaders from Satya Nadella

Great Leadership By Dan

Nadella, by contrast, set a strong direction from day one, clearly laying out a destination in his focus on “mobile-first, cloud-first” technologies. About the author: Randy Ottinger is an Executive Vice President at Kotter International , a firm that helps leaders accelerate strategy implementation in their organizations.

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Consider: Harnessing the Power of Reflective Thinking in Your Organization

Leading Blog

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? Some organizations he has studied have adopted a no internal e-mail Friday policy and other ways to temporarily disconnect from technology. Consider isn’t a fad.

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Retain Your Top Performers

Marshall Goldsmith

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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Buy-In – The Imperative Strategy

Strategy Driven

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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How Coty Reinvigorated Its Supply Chain

Harvard Business Review

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. Insight Center.

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How to Avoid the Big Data "Gotcha's"

Harvard Business Review

The question on many business leaders' minds is this: Does the potential for accelerating existing business processes warrant the enormous cost associated with technology adoption, project ramp up, and staff hiring and training that accompany Big Data efforts? If you can't define the goal of a Big Data effort, don't pursue it.

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We Still Don’t Know the Difference Between Change and Transformation

Harvard Business Review

It’s been almost 10 years since HBR published John Kotter’s classic article,” Why Transformation Efforts Fail.” For example, when a large technology firm integrated specialized engineers into its regional sales teams, there were shifts in roles, client coverage, compensation, goal setting, and teamwork.

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