John P. Kotter

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John P. Kotter is internationally known and widely regarded as the foremost speaker on the topics of leadership and change. His is the premier voice on how the best organizations actually achieve successful transformations.

When speaking to groups, Kotter draws on the history of recent successes and failures in the business world.  He explores the new rules of leadership and the importance of lifelong learning in the postcorporate world.  Kotter offers the leadership tools necessary to achieve success in a business world that reinvents itself every day.  When Kotter speaks to an audience, he speaks with one and only one goal: to motivate action that gets better results.

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ABOUT John P. Kotter   (+/-)

Internationally Acclaimed Author and Lauded Management Expert

Kotter has authored 17 books, twelve of them bestsellers and his works have been printed in over 120 languages. His latest book, A Sense of Urgency, focuses on what a true sense of urgency in an organization really is, why it is becoming an important asset and how it can be created and sustained. Kotter's international bestseller Leading Change-which outlines an actionable eight-step process for implementing successful transformations-has become the change bible for managers around the world.  His books are in the top 1% of sales on Amazon.com.

Award-Winning Scholar and Education Innovator

Kotter has been on the Harvard Business School faculty since 1972. In 1980, at the age of 33, he was given tenure and a full professorship, making him one of the youngest people in the history of the University to be so honored. The many honors won by Professor Kotter include an Exxon Award for Innovation in Graduate Business School Curriculum Design, a Johnson, Smith & Knisley Award for New Perspectives in Business Leadership, and a McKinsey Award for Best Harvard Business Review Article.  In 2006, Kotter received the prestigious McFeely Award for "outstanding contributions to leadership and management development."

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A Sense of Urgency

Clients will explore the importance of this seemingly easy to express topic. What is the right way to create a sense of urgency? What is a false sense of urgency? Where do you go once the urgency is established? These and other important questions will be answered as your company explores how to follow the right path to establishing a true sense of urgency and continuing down the road to successful change.

Leading Change

This speech focuses on the eight-step process of implementing successful transformation. You will learn how companies can achieve their goals and how important it is to have successful leadership in order to make change happen. With personal attention to a company's efforts and failures, John Kotter can help to create lasting change as well as successful leaders.

Our Iceberg Is Melting

When change is needed in an organization, sometimes the hardest part is getting everyone to believe it. John Kotter will introduce his eight-steps for successful change in an easy to understand format. By providing the guidance needed in an ever changing world, audiences will begin to see how dealing with the challenges of change can be compelling when presented in the right way.

Succeeding in a Changing World

As the economy and world change, so must organizations. The pressure for organizations to modify their business will only increase in the years to come. Many times, a good plan can get lost in the midst of implementation. The methods used to restructure or reorganize often fail due to complacency, loss of traction, lack of leadership and other barriers. Learn from John Kotter how great companies succeed where others fail to achieve lasting change in today's world.

Leadership vs. Management

Many organizations today are over-managed and under-led because people do not know the difference between management and leadership. There are significant differences and each have an effect, both negative and positive, on a company's performance. John Kotter will explain and motivate the vital importance of the right leadership needed for a company's success.

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