John P. Kotter
John P. Kotter
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Low lights signal to our senses that the workday may be over and it's time for sleep, making it hard for an audience to pay careful attention. When we stand behind a big wooden podium, it can feel as if there's a shield between us and the audience.
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We started Kotter International to improve leaders' ability to deal with big, important transformations in organizations - and in their lives.
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Kotter International is about leading large-scale change, not just managing it.
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The world has 6 billion people and counting. We need to help 500 million people become better leaders so that billions can benefit.
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The vast majority of large scale change efforts fail. Which means that the probability that you have actually experienced a failure, and your people know that and are pessimistic, therefore, about trying something again, is very high.
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We worry about appearing awkward in a presentation. But up to a point, most people seem to feel more comfortable with less-than-perfect speaking abilities. It makes the speaker more human - and more vulnerable, meaning he is less likely to attack our decisions or beliefs.
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Complacency is almost always the product of success or perceived success