Engaging Leader

AUGUST 15, 2016

Most mature organizations have a built-in tendency to kill off anything agile, innovative, and entrepreneurial — which often is exactly what’s needed to stay ahead of today’s ever-increasing pace of change in the […]

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First Friday Book Synopsis

JUNE 18, 2014

At a meeting to talk about both a big program to magnify innovation and cleanup efforts after a fire in one of your plants, you know which topic occupies most of the conversation. John Kotter, Accelerate (XLR8): Building Strategic Ability for a Faster Moving World ——————— It really is no contest.

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First Friday Book Synopsis

NOVEMBER 26, 2014

Karl Ronn is the managing director of Innovation Portfolio Partners. Based in Palo Alto, he helps Fortune 500 companies create new businesses or helps entrepreneurs start category creating new companies. He is a co-founder of VC-backed Butterfly Health that sells Butterfly body liners nationally.

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Tanveer Naseer

OCTOBER 18, 2016

The following is a guest piece by Kotter International President, Russell Raath on behalf of The Economist Executive Education Navigator. Yet the most innovative companies—those that can face challenging times and emerge stronger than ever—often recognize a key truth that is missing in many traditional, hierarchical organizations.

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Great Leadership By Dan

AUGUST 24, 2017

John Kotter offers the “8 Step Process for Leading Change”. Building engagement also requires empowering people to change/innovate their work processes. There are only a few options such as Palladium Execution Premium Process™ (XPP ) developed by Drs. Kaplan and David P. Norton and their Palladium associates.

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Six Disciplines

APRIL 13, 2011

After two decades of the application of even the most modern and innovative business principles, the problem remains. Kotter, Leading Change, 1996). As Fortune Magazine noted in 1982, "Less than 10% of strategies effectively formulated are effectively executed.". 3] (Strategy & Leadership Journal, May/June 1999). [4]

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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. The CEO of a leading telecommunications company recently embarked on an innovative approach.

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Management Craft

AUGUST 28, 2012

I explained who he was and recommended his site, the Management Innovation Exchange. I was surprised, however, because Gary is not just a seasoned expert, he is very active and hip in the field of management innovation. Hamel, Peters, Kotter, Bennis, etc. He has remained on the edge. the greats of my time.

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Coaching Tip

JUNE 1, 2016

But when everyone thinks that way, institutions and organizations don’t adapt, they don’t innovate, they don’t change rapidly enough and it gets us all into trouble. Source : John Kotter: That's Not How We Do It Here!: That’s Not How We Do It Here! Secrets to gleaning “buy-in” from top leadership.

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The Office Blend Blog

MARCH 31, 2020

1 is setting — micro-nourishing one day, one hour, one minute at a time — an effective people-truly-first, innovate-or-die, excellence-or-bust corporate culture.” – Tom Peters. John Kotter. “CEO job No. The ability of an organization to respond effectively in times of crisis is paramount. Happy reading. Marla Gottschalk, HBR.

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Chart Your Course

JUNE 30, 2016

A Harvard Business School professor, Kotter emphasises a comprehensive eight-step framework that can be followed by executives at all levels. Using the lessons of successes and failures from leading companies, Christensen presents a set of rules for capitalising on the phenomenon of “disruptive innovation.”. Leading Change (1995).

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Chartered Management Institute

APRIL 18, 2024

What they do not do well is identify the most important hazards and opportunities early enough, formulate creative strategic initiatives nimbly enough, and implement them fast enough.” – John Kotter, Harvard Business School Business disruption, societal upheaval and rapid technological shifts bring constant pressure for organisations to innovate.

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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 engage in innovative behaviors that run counter to the established norms of their organizations, industries, and/or societies.

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Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 7, 2011

Business Improv: Experiential Learning Exercises to Train Employees to Handle Every Situation with Success by Val and Sarah Gee The secret to business growth is right before your eyes – it’s the creativity and innovation percolating in each one of your employees every minute of every day. Business Improv !

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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. Results (Four Rs, innovation, growth, and profitability). The book provided solid evidence of the payoffs that come from adaptive cultures and the negative power of unadaptive cultures. .

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First Friday Book Synopsis

FEBRUARY 10, 2013

I hope that at least a few of these recent posts will be of interest to you: BOOK REVIEWS Creative Conspiracy: The New Rules of Breakthrough Collaboration Leigh Thompson This Will Make You Smarter: New Scientific Concepts to Improve Your Thinking John Brockman, Editor Unrelenting Innovation: How to Build a Culture for Market Dominance Gerard [.].

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Ron Edmondson

DECEMBER 7, 2021

High need for innovation. . In closing, I’m reminded of this John Kotter quote: “Management is about coping with complexity. Every good leader I know has somewhat of an entrepreneurial spirit. Risk is appealing to attract quality leaders. This should be especially true for my friends were attempting to walk by faith.

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Skip Prichard

JUNE 22, 2020

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. Why is creating a performance-enhancing culture critically important? Simply put, culture drives performance.

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Strategy Driven

SEPTEMBER 12, 2011

In a complex world where predictability is impossible and innovation and risk are necessary to survive and thrive, mistakes are not only acceptable, but welcome. One is reminded of the phrase ‘closing the loop’ We bring finality to a task and move on. But not before we learn from it. Third, debriefing is a catalyst for change.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 17, 2018

To achieve that goal, however, we must innovate not only in terms of science and R&D, but also in how we run our business. “We cannot be like Google, but neither do we want to be,” says Kemal Malik, the board member responsible for innovation, “We need to plot our own path.” The innovation agenda.

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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. Managing Global Innovation: Frameworks for Integrating Capabilities around the World. Doz and Keeley Wilson.

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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

APRIL 13, 2012

Hey boss, you know how you are always talking about how our department has to be more innovative. Research has shown that a prime determinant of workplace satisfaction and performance is a supportive boss who respects you and your ideas. Gabarro and John P. It's one of our favorites. Okay, you've taken some more steps.

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Leading Blog

DECEMBER 25, 2014

We must be creative and innovative in our organizations but perhaps more importantly, in working on ourselves. Kotter For most companies, the hierarchy is the singular operating system at the heart of the firm. Isaacson makes the point that innovation happens in the real world by teams and not lone geniuses. Blog Post ).

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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"?

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 16, 2012

In this HBR webinar, John Kotter , foremost expert on leadership and transformation discusses a new approach to accelerate the achievement of their strategic initiatives in a rapidly changing environment. But the old ways of setting and implementing strategy are no longer adequate.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 19, 2016

How can we as leaders help our front-line teams take more action to innovate and improve how work gets done? To address these questions, Coty partnered with Kotter International to implement a broad global change management program. Kotter’s book Accelerate.). How can we go even faster?

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 22, 2012

Sometimes, it seems they've always loomed large: for decades, Michael Porter has been synonymous with strategy, and John Kotter with change management. magazine, speaking at major conferences, and advising the White House on innovation. Other times, the explosion onto the scene is fast and furious.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 23, 2016

Twenty years ago, John Kotter pegged the failure rate at 70% and the needle hasn’t moved much since. Innovating for Value in Health Care. Organizational transformation is notoriously difficult. In healthcare, change is even harder than in most industries. Insight Center. Sponsored by Medtronic.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 22, 2016

McDonald and his team’s approach was heavily influenced by John Kotter’s eight steps for effective organizational change. Moreover, leaders provide training in potent improvement tools like Lean Six Sigma and Human-Centered Design , and empower the front line to innovate.

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Lead from Within

JUNE 10, 2018

” –John Kotter. “Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower.” .” –Warren Bennis. “Leadership defines what the future should look like, aligns people with that vision, and inspires them to make it happen, despite the obstacles.” ” –Ralph Nader.

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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 all know that we want the best ideas to triumph for the best innovations to take place, but sometimes we act as if that only applies when the idea is our idea.

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First Friday Book Synopsis

AUGUST 23, 2011

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Nilofer Merchant for the Harvard Business Review blog series, “The Conversation.&# To read the complete article, check out the wealth of free resources, and sign up for a subscription to HBR email alerts, please click here. * * * Trust, fights, and child care. When I’m [.].

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