Book Review #3 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     Book Review #3 
                                                            LEADING CHANGE 
                                                            John P. Kotter - Harvard Business Review Press - 1996 - 187 p. 
                                                             
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               veloped  by  himself.  Dr.                                                                                                                                                          starter's  textbook  to  dis-
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               Kotter's vision is simple but                                                                                                                                                       cover and learn more about 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               very  strong:  leaders  who                                                                                                                                                         leadership & change. 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               successfully                                                                                transform                                                                                
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               businesses do eight things                                                                                                                                                          Dr. Kotter ends his book as 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               right (and they do them in 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               the right order).                                                                                                                                                                   follows:  people  who  are 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   making                                                  an                           effort                                         to 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               It  might  be  that  it  is  not                                                                                                                                                    embrace  the  future  are  a 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   happier lot than those who 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               completely  correct  (or  ho-                                                                                                                                                       are  clinging  to  the  past. 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               nest  because  this  might                                                                                                                                                          Hope  this  inspires  and 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               undermine  all  endeavours                                                                                                                                                          motivates  people  in  their 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               by                        thousands  of  other                                                                                                                                      work  towards  operational 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               people) to state that quite a                                                                                                                                                       excellence  &  continuous 
                                                            Let's  start  saying  that  we                                                                                                                                                     lot published after 1996 are                                                                                                                                                        improvement. 
                                                            do  no  intend  to  review                                                                                                                                                         "wishful  variations  on  the                                                                                                                                                        
                                                            'again'                                      John  P.  Kotter's                                                                                                                    same theme". This doesn't                                                                                                                                                           For  further  reading,  see: 
                                                            book.  Hundreds  of  people                                                                                                                                                        exclude that each new book 
                                                            have done this before.                                                                                                                                                             needs to be respected and                                                                                                                                                           www.kotterinternational.com 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               surely has its value - espe-
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    
                                                            However, amongst all the                                                                                                                                                           cially because there is quite                                                                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               some  evolution  and  pro-
                                                            textbooks  published  about                                                                                                                                                        gress  in  expert's  thinking                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 jde - XI.2013 
                                                            leadership  &  change,  this                                                                                                                                                       about  leading  change:  not                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        
                                                            book  nevertheless  remains                                                                                                                                                        directly about what & why, 
                                                            a  reference work. Dr. Kot-                                                                                                                                                        but  more  about  how  & 
                                                            ter  was  indeed one of the                                                                                                                                                        when. However, Dr. Kotter 
                                                            first  people  to  write about                                                                                                                                                     will  remain  without  doubt 
                                                            this subject. He defined the                                                                                                                                                       one of the founding fathers 
                                                            basics and outlined the fun-                                                                                                                                                       of leadership & change.  
                                                            damentals. It is no oblivion 
                                                            that  there  is  no  list  with                                                                                                                                                    The  reason  why  we  refer 
                                                            references  in  this  book  -                                                                                                                                                      to  this  book  as  'the'  refe-                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    
                                                            giving  evidence  that  the                                                                                                                                                        rence book is because it is 
                                                            author's message was really                                                                                                                                                        presently  still  recommen-
                                                            new in  1996  and  that  the                                                                                                                                                       ded at highschools and uni-
                                                            approach  followed  was  in-                                                                                                                                                       versities  as  an  outstanding 
                                                            vented, worked out and de-
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