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John Kotter Quotes

born 1947 United States

John Paul Kotter (born February 25, 1947) is a professor at the Harvard Business School and author, who is regarded as an authority on leadership and change. In particular, he discusses how the best organizations actually "do" change. (Kotter & Cohen, 2002)

United States
Academics
Business theorists

Also known as: John P. Kotter, John kotter

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The most general lesson to be learned from the more successful cases is that the change process goes through a series of phases that, in total, usually require a considerable length of time. Skipping steps creates only the illusion of speed and never produces satisfactory results.

Management makes a system work. It helps you do what you know how to do. Leadership builds systems or transforms old ones. It takes you into territory that is new and less well known, or even completely unknown to you.

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: John Kotter (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.