Books by John P. Kotter
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review 1: A book that describes the pitfalls of complacency and having a false sense of urgency, and suggests tactics to improve a company´s sense of urgency. It all starts with understanding that big and recent successes increase complacency. Then, after planning for it (because it will h...
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review 1: A useful guide filled with tips to achieve "buy-in": the ability to sell your ideas even when your audience isn't receptive at first. The book guides us through a fictional debate where each of its stage is deconstructed and analysed to help us recognize typical reactions to new ...
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review 1: This book was tough for me to get through and finish, so it didn't create a sense of urgency in me. Kotter does a decent job of exploring the false sense of urgency that companies can get, or the sense of complacency and thinking that they are okay, don't need to change, in a go...
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review 1: A SENSE OF URGENCY BY JOHN KOTTER SUMMARYTrue urgency focuses on critical issues. It is driven by the deep determination to win, not anxiety about losing. Many people confuse it with false urgency. This misguided sense of urgency does have energized action, but it has a frantic a...