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| 1. | The Real Truth About Change |
| (Walpole, MA) May 4, 2000 - 5.0/5 stars |
| As with all of Kotter's work, this has the personal perspective of someone
who has been there. It deals with the realistic problems of leaders who
don't take the time to actually understand the dynamics of organizational... read full review |
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| 2. | Insightful, just insert your vision |
| (Austin, Texas) May 2, 2000 - 5.0/5 stars |
| Anyone who wants to know why most change efforts fail should read this
book. It is a sort of handbook for transformational leadership, rich with
examples on how to enact a change initiative. The only thing that I didn't... read full review |
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| 3. | Transforming Organizations is Tough Without Leading Change! |
| (Conover, NC United States) September 4, 2000 - 5.0/5 stars |
| Transforming organizations is tough! It is more difficult than many people
realize. Generally, leaders attempt change efforts that are too mild and
then give them too little time to succeed. As a result, many... read full review |
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| 4. | "The Eight Steps to Transformation" |
| (Istanbul, Turkey) October 23, 2000 - 5.0/5 stars |
| "Over the past decade," John P. Kotter writes, "I have
watched more than a hundred companies try to remake themselves into
significantly better competitors. They have included large organizations
(Ford)... read full review |
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| 5. | Changing Orginizations Outside of America |
| (Stuttgart Germany) March 2, 2001 - 5.0/5 stars |
| Leading Change offers some business basics, but also provides a workable
structure for implementation. The structure can be applied across
cultures. The system works with Germans in Germany, as well as Americans
in America... read full review |
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| 6. | Still the standard in organizational change |
| (London, Ontario Canada) February 6, 2001 - 5.0/5 stars |
| Even though this book is almost 5 years old, it is still the 'gold
standard' for organizational change. Reading this book can be
life-changing. Its precepts apply across many other business ideas. It is
particularly useful... read full review |
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| 7. | Make Change Irresistibly Attractive |
| (a happy Red Sox and Patriots fan in Boston) April 19, 2000 - 5.0/5 stars |
| The leaders of some organizations have no idea how to make successful
changes, and are likely to waste a lot of resources on unsuccessful
efforts. Professor Kotter has done a solid job of outlining the elements
that must... read full review |
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| 8. | Organizational Diagnosis - Powerful insights |
| (Montevideo, Montevideo Uruguay) February 21, 2000 - 5.0/5 stars |
| Working in an organization where change stalled, to a point where
innovation is absolutely discouraged, there were some sleepless nights
when I couldn't stop thinking "Why? What went wrong?" After
reading... read full review |
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| 9. | John Kotter - Even Dilbert Would Like Him |
| (Prospect, KY USA) August 2, 1998 - 5.0/5 stars |
| After plowing through scores of management books written by people who
probably couldn't manage their way out of a paper bag, I was overjoyed to
find this book. It will be immensely useful to anyone who wants to
actually... read full review |
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| 10. | I'm buying copies for some of our division presidents |
| (Richardson TX) January 5, 1998 - 5.0/5 stars |
| I bought Leading Change because of the reputation of John Kotter--he is the
best student of leadership that I know of. I found the book to be
exceptional. It is on the mark, simple to follow, and very much to the
point... read full review |
