Great leaders understand that historical success tends to produce stable and inwardly focused organizations, and these outfits, in turn, reinforce a feeling of contentment with the status quo. John P. Kotter contentmentfeltfocus Change image and share on social
The vast majority of large scale change efforts fail. Which means that the probability that you have actually experienced a failure, and your people know that and are pessimistic, therefore, about trying something again, is very high. John P. Kotter changeeffortexperience share on social
Neurologists say that our brains are programmed much more for stories than for abstract ideas. Tales with a little drama are remembered far longer than any slide crammed with analytics. John P. Kotter abstractanalyticbrain Change image and share on social
We started Kotter International to improve leaders' ability to deal with big, important transformations in organizations - and in their lives. John P. Kotter abilitybigdeal Change image and share on social
I'm impatient. Typically people think they know all about change and don't need help. Their approach tends to be more management-oriented than leadership-oriented. It's very frustrating. John P. Kotter approachchangefrustrate Change image and share on social
Kotter International is about leading large-scale change, not just managing it. John P. Kotter changeinternationalkotter Change image and share on social
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 become much more skilled at creating leaders. John P. Kotter centurychangecreate Change image and share on social
Managers are trained to make incremental, programmatic improvements. They aren't trained to lead large-scale change. John P. Kotter changeimprovementincremental Change image and share on social
Leaders establish the vision for the future and set the strategy for getting there. John P. Kotter establishfutureleader Change image and share on social
In an ever changing world, you never learn it all, even if you keep growing into your 90s. John P. Kotter 90schangegrow Change image and share on social
