The Heart of Change

Autorenporträt:

John P. Kotter, herausragende Kapazität auf dem Gebiet der Unternehmensführung, hat als Professor für Unternehmensführung den Konosuke-Matsushita-Lehrstuhl an der Harvard Business School inne. Er lebt in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Klappentext:

John Kotter's international bestseller Leading Change struck a powerful chord with legions of managers everywhere. It acknowledged the cynicism, pain, and fear they faced in implementing large-scale change-but also armed them with an eight-step plan of action for leaping boldly forward in a turbulent world. Now, Kotter and coauthor Dan S. Cohen delve deeper into the subject of change to get to the heart of how change actually happens. Through compelling, real-life stories from people in the trenches, in all kinds of organizations, the authors attack the fundamental problem that underlies every major transformation: How do you go beyond simply getting your message across to truly changing people's behavior? Based on interviews within over 100 organizations in the midst of large-scale change, The Heart of Change delivers the simple yet provocative answer to this question, forever altering the way organizations and individuals approach change. While most companies believe change happens by making people think differently, Kotter and Cohen say the key lies in making them feel differently. They introduce a new dynamic-"see-feel-change"-that fuels action by showing people potent reasons for change that spark their emotions. Organized around the revolutionary eight-step change process introduced in Leading Change, this story-driven book shows how the best change leaders use not just reports or analysis, but gloves, video cameras, airplanes, office design, and other concrete elements to impel people toward positive action. The authors reveal how this appeal to the heart-over the mind-motivates people to overcome even daunting obstacles to change and produce breathtaking results. For individuals in every walk of life and companies in every stage of change, this compact, no-nonsense book captures the heart-and the how-ofsuccessful change. John P. Kotter, world-renowned expert on leadership at the Harvard Business School, is the author of many books, including the award-winning, best-selling Leading Change. Dan S. Cohen is a Principal with Deloitte Consulting LLC.

Inhaltsverzeichnis:

Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction: The Heart of Change
Step 1 Increase Urgency
Step 2 Build the Guiding Team
Step 3 Get the Vision Right
Step 4 Communicate for Buy-In
Step 5 Empower Action
Step 6 Create Short-Term Wins
Step 7 Don't Let Up
Step 8 Make Change Stick
Conclusion We See, We Feel, We Change
Story Index
About the Authors

Themen:

• Organisationsentwicklung
• Unternehmenswandel

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• Change Management
• Führung
• Unternehmensstrategie
• Personalentwicklung
• Management
• Unternehmenswachstum
• Strategisches Management
• Projektmanagement
• Management; Theorien/Konzepte/Strategien
• Arbeitsrecht