Essays Tagged: "John Kotter"

Leadership Skills for Women: Developing the Leader in You

ence your actions and reactions. Thoughts are very powerful and they play a major role as a leader. John Maxwell explains that thinking has the greatest leverage on performance. Maxwell suggests that ... o cluttered, and any communication has to fight hundreds of other ideas for attention. According to John Kotter, one of the most powerful ways to communicate is though behavior (99-100). Perhaps life ...

(4 pages) 242 0 4.8 Feb/2004

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Management > Leadership and Communication

Book review: Leading Change by John P. Kotter.

Leading Change by John P. Kotter. Harvard Business School Press, 1996.In light of the increasing rate of change in the ...

(4 pages) 219 0 4.0 Aug/2004

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers

Change is often resisted at organisational and individual levels. Consider the reasons for this resistance and what strategies managers should adopt in order to successfully lead change'

hange is very damaging to the company, as staff would feel disinclined to continue working. In 1979 John Kotter and Leo Schlesinger wrote an article that identified six ways for managers to overcome r ...

(13 pages) 338 0 5.0 Jul/2005

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Management

Organizational culture

change (Allaire and Firsirotu, 1984; Brown, 1995; De Witte and van Muijen, 1999; Hirschhorn, 2000). Johnson (1993; 64) suggested that the strategic management of change is 'essentially a cultural and ...

(3 pages) 260 0 4.7 May/2006

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers

Management versus Leadership

ecisions to guide the company. Leadership involves setting an example through both words and deeds. John Kotter, the Konosuke Matsushita Professor of Leadership at Harvard Business School explains, "T ... oyee can translate the core values of the mission into his or her own guiding passion. According to John Kotter (1999):Great managers maintain the current system, but they do not adjust to dodging bul ...

(6 pages) 903 1 5.0 May/2006

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Management > Leadership and Communication

Gap Analysis: Intersect Investments

are more likely to experience growth, increased profitability, and increased customer satisfaction. John Kotter, an expert in leadership and change management has adopted an eight step model to help o ...

(9 pages) 240 1 5.0 Dec/2007

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Case Studies

Corporate Culture and Performance - Book analysis

AbstractCorporate Culture and Performance by John Kotter and James Heskett was examined in order to gain a better understanding of how a corporat ... in the company has allowed them the flexibility to do well in many different aspects.bibliographies:John P. Kotter "Corporate Culture and Performance"

(12 pages) 50 0 0.0 Nov/2009

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers

change Management

models of change that are commonly used by many organizations are Lewin's change management model, Kotter's 8-step change model and McKinsey's 7S framework approach. Each model has its own unique twi ... used by most organizations. However, like all other models, it takes time to implement this process.Kotter's 8-step change model causes change to become a campaign (Palmer, Dunford, & Akin, 2006). ...

(5 pages) 1 0 0.0 Oct/2014

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers