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Leadership and Evolution

Coaching Tip

We are in the midst of a storm that has been increasing in intensity for decades, driven by advancing technology and global integration. Kotter provides a powerful new "dual operating system" framework for competing and winning in a world of constant turbulence and disruption. John Agno: Develop Leadership Skills: A Reference Guide .

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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 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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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. Kotter’s book Accelerate.). Kotter’s book Accelerate.). Identify the skills needed and create job positions or profiles. The technologies and processes that are transforming companies.

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Why We Need More (Women) Leaders

Harvard Business Review

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.". And they need to come from everywhere.

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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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Speak To The Heart To Lead Change

Tanveer Naseer

In “ The Heart of Change ”, John Kotter and Dan Cohen discuss a study they conducted with Deloitte Consulting about the nature of change. Leaders master this basic skill of storytelling as a first step to move people emotionally. In a business setting, a logical argument is expected, of course. People don’t think in a void.