A Sense of Urgency

Informationen zum Autor John P. Kotter is Konosuke Matsushita Professor of Leadership, Emeritus, at Harvard Business School, and is widely regarded as the world's foremost authority on leadership and change. Klappentext In his international bestseller "Leading Change," Kotter provided an action plan for implementing successful transformations. Now, he shines the spotlight on the crucial first step in his framework: creating a sense of urgency by getting people to actually see and feel the need for change. Zusammenfassung Most organizational change initiatives fail spectacularly (at worst) or deliver lukewarm results (at best). In his international bestseller Leading Change , John Kotter provided an actionable, eight-step process for implementing successful transformations. The book became the change bible for managers worldwide. Now, in A Sense of Urgency Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. It All Starts With a Sense of Urgency 2. Contentment, Fear, and Anger: Pervasive yet Unseen 3. Increasing Urgency: A Strategy that Works 4. Tactic One: Bring the Outside In 5. Tactic Two: Use a Crisis 6. Tactic Three: Act Urgent Every Day 7. Tactic Four: Deal with "NoNo" 8. Keep Urgency Up 9. The Future: Start Today

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John P. Kotter is Konosuke Matsushita Professor of Leadership, Emeritus, at Harvard Business School, and is widely regarded as the world's foremost authority on leadership and change.

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In his international bestseller "Leading Change," Kotter provided an action plan for implementing successful transformations. Now, he shines the spotlight on the crucial first step in his framework: creating a sense of urgency by getting people to actually see and feel the need for change.

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Most organizational change initiatives fail spectacularly (at worst) or deliver lukewarm results (at best). In his international bestseller Leading Change , John Kotter provided an actionable, eight-step process for implementing successful transformations. The book became the change bible for managers worldwide. Now, in A Sense of Urgency

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1. It All Starts With a Sense of Urgency
2. Contentment, Fear, and Anger: Pervasive yet Unseen
3. Increasing Urgency: A Strategy that Works
4. Tactic One: Bring the Outside In
5. Tactic Two: Use a Crisis
6. Tactic Three: Act Urgent Every Day
7. Tactic Four: Deal with "NoNo"
8. Keep Urgency Up
9. The Future: Start Today