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Leaders establish the vision for the future and set the strategy for getting there.
A higher rate of urgency does not imply ever-present panic, anxiety, or fear. It means a state in which complacency is virtually absent.
Because management deals mostly with the status quo and leadership deals mostly with change, in the next century we are going to have to try to... →
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... →
The world has 6 billion people and counting. We need to help 500 million people become better leaders so that billions can benefit.
Great leaders understand that historical success tends to produce stable and inwardly focused organizations, and these outfits, in turn, reinforce a... →
Neurologists say that our brains are programmed much more for stories than for abstract ideas. Tales with a little drama are remembered far longer... →
Many years ago, I think I got my first insight on how an incredibly diverse team can work together and do astonishing things, and not just... →
If the culture you have is radically different from an 'experiment and take-risk' culture, then you have a big change you going to have to... →
The vast majority of large scale change efforts fail. Which means that the probability that you have actually experienced a failure, and your people... →
In terms of getting people to experiment more and take more risk, there are at least three things that immediately come to my mind. Number one, of... →
Kotter International is about leading large-scale change, not just managing it.
Tradition is a very powerful force.