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He is a thought leader in business, leadership, and change. Available in the national library of australia collection. Kotter is the konosuke matsushita professor of leadership, emeritus, at harvard business school and is cofounder of kotter international, a leadership organization that helps global. In leading change, john kotter examines the efforts of more than 100 companies to remake themselves into better competitors.
Kotter introduced an 8step change model for helping managers deal with transformational change. Kotter, who has authored 18 books throughout his career, hit a home run with leading change. Kotter is well known for his work in change management, as well as in the field of leadership. A dominant theme of the book is that people really need to feel an emotional connection to truly embrace change. Millions worldwide have read and embraced john kotters ideas on change. John p kotter what will it take to bring your organization successfully into the twentyfirst century. Kotter, 1996, harvard business school press, boston.
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